New Education Resource Available

We have worked in partnership with Bury Church of England High School and Bury Archives Service to produce a free education resource for Key Stage Three history studies. The pack uses the fascinating archives of the Bury Union Workhouse (also known as Jericho Workhouse) to explore issues of social care, challenge perceptions of the Victorian workhouse and find out about people affected by the workhouse system. While the archives relate to the Bury area, the resource has much wider relevance. The pack is cross curricular covering history, citizenship and ICT and is designed to encourage students to understand their own local communities with the context of the past.

It can be downloaded from this website and is in Winzip format. After downloading, your computer should "unzip" the file when clicked with your mouse.

Changes at Greater Manchester County Record Office

With effect from 28 June 2010, Greater Manchester County Record Office will provide an archive service in conjunction with the Manchester Archives service that was previously based in Manchester Central Library.

The new service will be Greater Manchester County Record Office (with Manchester Archives) – click here for more information.

Meanwhile, Local Studies services and the Record Office’s secondary sources (including microfiche and computer sources) will be available at The Manchester Room at the City Library – click here for more information.