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…

Gladys remembers a very different park, with a band playing in the band stand, while football teams from the local pubs continued their tournaments for local victory. Look at the difference between these photographs - the first is from a postcard…

We have featured some wonderful original features of the Burnage Corporation Houses - the ceiling rack for example. But who remembers the doors? You could choose which colour to have your door painted, look at the blues of these doors! What…

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?

Hans Renold was the inventor of the roller chain. Having found great success in smaller premises, he sought to build a larger factory and began work building in Burnage in 1906.An early champion of worker’s rights, he was one of the first employers…

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…