In the second of our two-part digital symposium, we welcomed specialists in housing, community and placemaking to explore the ways those moving to places like Burnage in the inter-war years were able to establish a new community for themselves.…

A webinar held by Burnage: A Place Called Home, which gathered key speakers to reflect on the past, present and future of affordable housing. Speakers: John Boughton, Social Historian and Founder of Municipal Dreams: The Municipal Vision Dr Martin…

Ann remembers her father getting dressed up to go to the pub on a Sunday, is this something your parents did? Do you visit the same drinking holes now?

The Working Woman’s House was published in 1919, summarising responses to a survey sent to all women by the Labour Party’s Women’s Housing Sub-Committee. The survey asked women what they most desired from a home. Responses included a want for…

Perhaps this sparks a memory for you.What do you remember about your childhood in Burnage or elsewhere? Is there a sound, a smell or a feeling which symbolises this memory for you?

With thanks to Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives for the images.

This bottle was found in the grate in the back bedroom of Arthur Howell’s Corporation house. He moved into the house in the 70s and later bought it, updating various parts including the grates. The writing on the bottle shows it had come from the…