22 September 2011
New Friends programme for 2010-11 published - see the Friends page.
WFA Media and Cultural Centre has been working with Marion Hewitt at NWFA to catalogue and preserve their extensive film archive from the 1980s. They have some funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to offer free 'Valuing your Film Heritage surgeries' in October 2011, followed by some screenings of our archive films / footage in November. See their flier.

29 June 2011
Details of the Great War conference in 2012 published

8 Mar 2011
Changes to the Centre: Craig Horner has been appointed as a 0.5 lecturer in Community History.
Meanwhile, watch out for the new-look website which we are now working on.
And in the autumn we will be holding a day school on youth, to coincide with the launch of the next Manchester Region History Review, guest-edited by Melanie Tebbutt.

7 June 2010
Volume 21 of the Manchester Region History Review, on Business in the North West, guest edited by Prof John F. Wilson - now published. Click to order.

16 May 2010
Melanie Tebbutt has returned from research leave and is Director of the Centre

1 October 2009
Craig Horner will be acting director of the Manchester Centre for Regional History will Melanie Tebbutt is on research leave (2009-10)

13 August 2009
New Friends programme for 2009-10 published - see the Friends page
Please also note a late change to the programme for the Youth Histories conference: Adrian Horn has stepped in at late notice to replace David Fowler

21 July 2009
Day School, Youth Histories and the North West, co-organised with the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 12 September 2009 at the Lesbian and Gay Foundation

11 June 2009
Volume 20 of the Manchester Region History Review, on the subject of Sport in Manchester, and guest-edited by Prof Dave Russell, has now been published. Click here to order

30 March 2009
Details of the 2009/10 Locality and Region Seminar series, run by the Centre for Local History at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London. The seminar has been running for several years, and has established a reputation for the quality of papers and discussion.

30 March 2009
Volume 20 of the Manchester Region History Review, on the subject of Sport in Manchester, and guest-edited by Prof Dave Russell, is expected for publication in June 2009. All previous subscribers on our mailing list will be notified by post soon and invited to purchase this latest volume. Click here to order.

19 February 2009
Projecting the Regions conference, 17 September 2009: Call for papers

11 November 2008
Details of the new MA course published online

11 November 2008
Volume 19 (Early Modern Manchester) was launched at Chetham's Library, Manchester

16 October 2008
Melanie Tebbutt will be delivering a paper at a one-day conference at Bolton Museum:
Recording Leisure Lives: Sports, Games and Pastimes in 20th Century Britain

16 October 2008
New book from Ashgate:
The Diary of Edmund Harrold, Wigmaker of Manchester 1712–15, ed. Craig Horner
ISBN 978-0-7546-6172-6

7 August 2008
Volume 19 of the Manchester Region History Review was published and distributed in July. All subscribers should now have received their copies.

New book from Carnegie Publishing:
King Cotton: A tribute to Douglas A. Farnie, ed. Prof J.F. Wilson
Contents list; introduction; purchase

10 April 2008
Volume 19 of the Manchester Region History Review, on the subject of early modern Manchester, and guest-edited by Craig Horner, is expected for publication in June 2008. All previous subscribers on our mailing list will be notified by post soon and invited to purchase this latest volume.

Subsequent volumes of the Review (from Volume 20, guest-edited by Professor Dave Russell on the subject of Sport in the North West) will include abstracts and keywords, and authors should note our new guidelines.

20 January 2008
Notes and Queries
In response to some general queries we have had, we present a 'Notes and Queries' section under People and Research. This will be for general enquiries of a local nature. If anybody has any queries for consideration for posting, or wishes to have their suggested answers forwarded, pleased contact Craig Horner.
[H (Manchester) Squadron of the Legion of Frontiersmen] [20 Jan 08]

17 July 2007
North West Women's History Network
There is great deal of exciting research being carried out by historians in the North West but we are isolated from on another. A new group is being formed by those who wish to exchange ideas with others engaging in research. Proposed projects include a register of members research interests, presentation of papers, conferences themed round members interests, collation of resources for historians in the North West.
Further details from claredebenham@hotmail.co.uk or 0161-445 0529

21 June 2007
Volume 18 of the Manchester Region History Review posted to subscribers.

23 May 2007
Making Visual Histories conference, 14 September 2007: Call for papers

25 April 2007
Orders are now accepted for volume 18, to be published in June 2007

19 February 2007
Galley proofs of Volume 18 (ed. Prof John Pickstone) are now being proofed.

Back issues of the Manchester Region History Review are no longer sold by the MCRH. Certain back issues are available through a contact of the Centre, and if you wish to purchase a particular back issue, we can forward your message.

9 January 2007
Heather Norris Nicholson has been awarded a Prix de Quebec for her comparative project, ‘Old world traditions… romance’ and modernity: Cunard’s transatlantic travel films, c.1920 – 35’. Innovative film advertising campaigns in the early twentieth century promoted Cunard’s routes between Montreal/Quebec City and Liverpool/Southampton. The award is financing Heather's research on films held at the Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa and complementary work on footage held at the North West Film Archive. She will be working in Ottawa during early January on some of the Canadian-held Cunard material. Screening of two early Cunard films from the North West Film Archive will form part of this year's French Canadian film festival at the Duke's Theatre in Lancaster in January and early February 2007. Some of Heather's broader interests in travel-related archival film footage may also be seen in Package Holidays as part of the recently screened new series of Nation on Film (BBC4 digital) due to be repeated on BBC2 early next year. Her book on amateur film is due to be published by Manchester University Press during 2008.

9 January 2007
An opportunity to see rare archival film footage in Lancaster
‘Old world traditions… romance’, and modernity: these were some of the essential qualities used to promote Cunard’s luxury transatlantic passenger steamship routes between Liverpool and Southhampton and eastern Canadian ports during the 1920s and 1930s. Fierce competition between rival shipping companies prompted innovative film advertising campaigns in the early twentieth century and the making of such films as Travel Cunard Line - Canadian Route (c.1923) and Cunard from Canada (c.1927). As part of the forthcoming French Canadian Film festival being held at the Duke’s Theatre in Lancaster, there will be two opportunities to see rare examples of Cunard footage held the North West Film Archives, Manchester Metropolitan University. These films show how Cunard portrayed their ocean giants in their heyday before commercial air travel eclipsed regular passenger sea crossings of the North Atlantic. Heather Norris Nicholson, a research fellow at the Manchester Centre for Regional History, Department of History and Economic History, Manchester Metropolitan University will introduce the screening at 8.15pm on Sunday 4th February 2007.

The festival programme is as follows:
Tuesday 9 January 8.30pm La Neuvaine (French Canadian title)
Tuesday 16 January 8.30pm Snow Cake
Friday 19 January 8.30pm Souvenir of Canada + Cunard Line - Canadian Route (c.1923)
Saturday 20 January 8.30pm The Sweet Hereafter
Sunday 21 January 6.45pm Le Confessional (French Canadian title)
Wednesday 24 January 6.15 Cheech (French Canadian title)
Sunday 4 February 8.15pm Familia (French Canadian title)+ Cunard from Canada (c.1927).

Further information is available from:
The Dukes
Moor Lane
Lancaster LA1 1QE
Tel: 01524 598 507
larose@dukes-lancaster.org
www.dukes-lancaster.org

9 January 2007
Copy for volume 18 (guest edited by Professor John Pickstone) has now been sent to the publishers for layout and proofing work.

9 January 2007
All back issues are now available as PDF downloads - see the index. (Please note, you need to use Adobe Acrobat 5.0 or later.)

18 September 2006
Certain back issues are no longer available to purchase, such as the Peterloo (vol 3i). However, all articles from those unavailable volumes are now available as free PDF downloads - see the MRHR index. In addition, all the articles in over half of ALL volumes are now available as PDFs, and it is anticipated that every article from every volume (excluding the current volume) will be available as free PDF downloads by the New Year. In the meantime, the index is added to weekly, so please check for availability. Printouts of PDFs are available but for a fee of £3 per article.

16 August 2006
Volume 17ii has now been posted to subscribers

9 August 2006
Volume 17ii is expected to be sent out to subscribers in the week commencing 14 August.

5 July 2006
All articles in volumes 17i, 16, 15, and 14 are now available as PDF downloads. It is our policy henceforth to create PDF files over the coming months of all articles for which the hardcopy volume is sold out. Please see the MRHR index for latest information

27 June 2006
In order to facilitate wider access to our resources, it is the intention of the MCRH to make available for free all articles from back issues of the MRHR in PDF format. As a trial, all articles from Volume 16, and a selection from Volume 12 are available immediately as a PDF file on request. Meanwhile, if you require an article not currently available as a PDF, we will prepare it for you for free. See the MRHR page for details. It is our intention to discontinue photocopying of articles, but print-outs of PDF articles will be available for a flat rate of £2 per article including postage.

27 June 2006
The final proofs of Volume 17(ii) are now with Carnegie Publishing. The contents list has now been published on the MRHR index page and we will be in a position to publish in the new style format soon.
First proofs of Volume 18 are being prepared.
Most of the copy for Volume 19 has now been received and sent on for independent refereeing.

25 January 2006
Copy for Volume 17(ii) of the Manchester Region History Review is now with Carnegie Publishing.
Volume 18 will be guest-edited by Professor John Pickstone with a theme of the History of Science in Manchester.
Volume 19 will be guest-edited by Dr Craig Horner with a theme of early-modern Manchester.

7 April 2005
BEFORE JARROW: THE MARCH FOR JUSTICE NOT CHARITY
In April 1920 250 blind men set off in three columns to march to London to canvass support for the Blind Persons Bill, then before parliament, and meet Lloyd George. This march for 'Justice not Charity' was successful in its aims and influenced the government to enact the Blind Persons Act (1920).
Despite this success the march has received little attention from historians. The march from Leeds, Manchester and Newport South Wales preceded the Jarrow Crusade by 16 years. In an attempt to redress the balance and recover this lost history the BBC have produced a radio programme 'Before Jarrow', which traces the march using research into the National League of the Blind conducted by Francis Salt of the History Department, Manchester Metropolitan University. The broadcast is at 11 am on Friday 8th April 2005 on BBC Radio Four.

11 November 2004
Volume 17(i) of the Manchester Region History Review has now been printed. Contact us if you have not yet received your copy.

28 October 2004
Volume 17(i) of the Manchester Region History Review is now at the printers and deliveries expected in November 2004.
Volume 17(ii) is being edited by Brian Maidment and is expected in New Year 2005.
Abstracts for the Early Modern Manchester conference are now published and interest in attendance is invited.

26 May 2004
Research studentship in the History of the Built Environment:
see www.mcrh.mmu.ac.uk/rs

29 April 2004
The website is moving
Please adjust your browser to point to:
http://www.mcrh.mmu.ac.uk/

19 April 2004
We are pleased to welcome Professor Kazuhiko Kondo to the editorial board of the Manchester Region History Review.

5 April 2004
A day school, 'Medical History in Manchester' will be held by CHSTM on 16 October 2004. Prof Alan Kidd will be a speaker.

18 March 2004
Call for papers for the MCRH conference on early-modern Manchester, 2 April 2005

3 February 2004
Call for papers published for CORAL conference, The Nineteenth Century Provincial Press, to be held 2 September 2004 in Lincoln

2 February 2004
Call for papers published for Elizabeth Gaskell conference: Elizabeth Gaskell and Manchester: Identity, Culture and the Modern City, to be held 19-21 July 2005 in Manchester

15 December 2003
MCRH moves into new offices - GM 122.

2 September 2003
Details of the inaugural Friends meeting.
The steering committee meeting will be held on 2 October 2003 in Geoffrey Manton, 6.30pm, room 224.

29 August 2003
An inaugural meeting of the Friends of the MCRH was held in the Geoffrey Manton Building at Manchester Metropolitan University, with 24 people present. A steering committee was set up charged with creating a constition for presentation later this year. Further details will be posted as soon as available.

26 August 2003
Volume 16 of the Manchester Region History Review is now at the printers and will be published in the next few weeks.

26 August 2003
Articles in Volume 15 of the Manchester Region History Review (sold out) are now available as offprints (rather than photocopies) to order.

26 August 2003
The second MCRH Occasional Paper will be published in Winter 2003-4, entitled The Casualties of Peterloo, by Prof Michael Bush

20 June 2003
To accompany the Butterworth conference, the first MCRH Occasional Paper will be published in the Autumn, entitled Life, Literature and History in Early Industrial Lancashire: The Butterworths' Oldham Legacy, written by Michael Winstanley and Robert Poole

16 May 2003
Professor Alan Kidd's inaugural lecture

27 March 2003
Alan Fowler's book launch will be in Geoffrey Manton building atrium, Thursday 8 May 2003 at 6.30. All welcome. Wine and nibbles. Meal in Chinatown afterwards.

There is now a photocopying service for articles in volumes of MRHR now out of print.

It is intended to set up a 'Notes and Queries' page on the website soon. If you have any questions or notes to post, please get in touch

19 March 2003
More speakers lined up for Butterworth conference

MA students: Year 1 year handbook now online - Years 2 and 3 to follow

Alan Fowler is launching his new book on Thursday 8 May at MMU. More details to follow.

Conference set for 14 June 2003 at Aytoun Building, MMU, Manchester, UK
Window on a Changing World: Edwin Butterworth and the early nineteenth century provincial press
The aim of this day conference is to place the Butterworth collection in the broader context of the provincial press; to discuss the qualities which make the archive such a significant regional resource and to explore its potential for future innovative research.
Provisional programme now online

Back numbers of selected volumes of the the MRHR are now available to order

A Friends of the MCRH group is being set up. More details will follow, but if you are interested, please let us know.