Category Archives: Arts & Crafts Awakening

An interesting piece written by Jonathan Schofield highlighting the differences between the monolithic Manchester and it’s “provinces”.  Middleton and Edgar Wood are mentioned too! https://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/news/manchester-today-state-of-the-city_29-12-2015_12-07-08#.VobK7xB9lNg.facebook…

SIGN THE PETITION to save two monuments of Lancashire’s cotton and wool industries. In a knee-jerk response to government cuts, Lancashire Council is closing every museum, library and country park that it can. Included are Helmshore Mills Museum, Rossendale and Queen Street Mill Museum, Burnley, two of the finest industrial heritage museums in the world…

A painting by Edgar Wood comes home after 108 years. Joan now living in Seattle, bought the painting in Washington State in 1970 when she was a student. Now down sizing, Joan wanted to find a good home for the artwork and doing a search on Edgar Wood came across our web site, got in…

The developer of Old Granada Studios and Spinningfields is believed to have been selected as the buyer for the Grade II listed building. REPORT AND PHOTOS HERE…

Manchester loves a pint, but how about drinking in a part of the region’s history in a pub on the heritage list, too? Greater Manchester is home to many buildings with listed status but no pubs make the highest Grade I status and only three current pubs make the second highest Grade II* according to…

Appeal against decision to link Piccadilly and Victoria stations is thrown out despite concerns of damage to city’s railway heritage. REPORT AND IMAGES HERE…

Train passengers will celebrate another milestone in the city’s railway revolution today as Victoria station is formally reopened to the public. Network Rail officially relaunched the hub, with its futuristic new ‘bubble roof’, after a project which has seen large swathes of it almost completely rebuilt. REPORT AND PHOTOS  …

Here is a miscellany of the heritage news for September… Greater Manchester Middleton Time Team dig at St Leonard’s Square Heritage Open Day: Long Street Methodist Church Middleton in step for more beautiful walkways £50m plans submitted to convert Warwick Mill, Middleton St John the Baptist Church, Rochdale upgraded to Grade II* Future vision built…

There was a great turn out to Wilson Potter’s Heritage Open Day soirée. People relaxed and savoured the moment in Edgar Wood’s Long Street School Hall, aka Middleton Edgar Wood Centre. It was a joint event where real ale and heritage aficionados mingled and enjoyed one another’s company…

Returning from holiday in Finland, Nick Baker, curator for Arts and Crafts Awakening project, has just a couple of days to finish the new exhibition at Middleton Edgar Wood Centre. Called, ‘Middleton’s Arts & Crafts ‘Trinity’ and The Northern Art Workers Guild’, it’s looking pretty good already, as these photos show. The exhibition formally opens…

Here is a miscellany of heritage news over August… Greater Manchester Plan to demolish old Coronation Street set submitted to council Plans revealed for dozens more flats to be built in Ancoats as part of £1bn housing masterplan Converted Bolton church aiming for national recognition at ‘property Oscars’ Victoria Station revamp: Network Rail reveals £44m…

Middleton Heritage, minus a few on holiday, had an enjoyable meeting Thursday tea-time. We picked up where we left off at the July meeting, chatting about recent and upcoming events/activities such as the Wilson Potter beer soiree, September Arts & Crafts exhibition, ‘Art Nouveau to Art Deco’ Edgar Wood buildings guide, Word War I memorial…

Around 90 people braved the inclement weather on Saturday and made their way to the Edgar Wood Centre for the monthly Wilson Potter Brewery ‘Saturday Soirée’. As well as their usual range of award winning craft ales, a new heritage themed beer was available to try. ‘Crafty Mr Wood’ has been specially brewed for Middleton…

Here is a miscellany of Greater Manchester heritage and Arts & Crafts news over July.… Greater Manchester Archaeologists uncover 270 bodies as part of Cross Street Metrolink works Whitworth Art Gallery nominated for top architecture prize Manchester Town Hall extension and Central library bag two national construction awards School and homes plan given green-light on…

Members of Middleton Heritage met on Thursday evening to plan the September Golden Cluster Month and Heritage Open Days. It was a very positive meeting with lots of ideas coming from different groups. Among initiatives discussed were new and improved visitor guides and trails, including new versions of the Sam Bamford trail and Edgar Wood…