May Day, and a mystery solved
Today is May Day , a day often observed by European cultures to celebrate springtime; filled with traditional dance (often around a maypole), and, chiefly in England, the crowning of the May Queen .
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Work in progress
In 2019, the Together Trust secured a generous grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to support the charity’s 150th anniversary celebrations and community projects in 2020. As part of this grant we are digitising and making accessible the charity’s annual reports dating from 1870-1919.
Stories of Manchester Street Life
We have had another exciting donation for our archive collection this week. First Page of Daddy's Bobby Book
Photographs from Canada, 1894
As a Records, Archives and Information Manager at the Together Trust it’s not always about finding historical treasures in the archive (although I wish it was!). So when I do get a few moments to do some research and come across a gem it makes it all the more worthwhile. Our emigration photograph album (Together Trust Ref: M189/9/2/4) is one of my favourite items in the collection. It consists of photographs taken in Canada in 1894 by one the Refuge’s committee members, Gilbert Kirlew , who was visiting the boys there at the time. ‘Taking on Post’
