Entry to meetings is free to HA members, non-members £4 per meeting.

We are delighted to be able to welcome our members and interested members of the public to our 2026-2027 series of events! Of course, circumstances are always changeable and so events may be changed or cancelled at short notice, so we encourage you to watch out for updates on our website or Facebook page (details below).

For further information, please contact Sahand Razavi on 0161 2330818 or alternatively through email at srazavi@live.co.uk. All meetings take place at The Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS, on Saturday afternoons at 12pm (except for branch visits, in which details regarding meeting place and time can differ- please see details below) For directions and location of the Meeting House, please consult http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=383784&Y=397955&A=Y&Z=110.

The Meeting House is directly behind Central Library in the city centre, and can be accessed very easily by Metrolink, just get off at St. Peter’s station stop, and you will see the library.

 

 

Manchester with Liverpool & Chester Programme 2026-27

 

 

Saturday 17th October 2026 - Talk by Alan Davies (Archivist and local historian of Salford and Wigan) on "The Pit Brow Women of the Lancashire Coalfield"

 

Saturday 21st November 2026 - Talk by Professor Catherine Fletcher (Manchester Metropolitan University) on ‘Extraordinary Europe: Writing History for a Children’s Encyclopaedia’.

 

Saturday 12th December 2026 - Talk by Professor Heather Shore (Manchester Metropolitan University) on ‘From Artful Dodgers to Hooligans: Youth Crime in Victorian Britain.

 

Saturday 23rd January 2027 - Talk by Dr Marcus Morris on ‘Being Young in the First World War: How the North West (and Beyond) Responded to War’.

 

Saturday 20th February 2027 - Chris Unsworth on "Lord Leverhulme: Soapmaker to Fishmonger".  Exploring Leverhulme's plans to develop the fishing industry in the Outer Hebrides and his founding of the retail chain, 'Mac Fisheries’.

 

Saturday 13th March 2027 - Geoff Senior presents "A Postcard from Manchester".

A brief tour of the city and some of its well-known streets and locations by electric tram, using a selection of early twentieth century images from the archives of the Heaton Park Tramway.