Our Forgotten Fields project will be showcasing its work and findings from the last two years at this year’s Manchester Histories Festival (MHF); a celebration of Greater Manchester’s unique history and heritage through a packed ten day programme of events and activities.
MHF Celebration Day, 3 March
MHF's Celebration Day will be held on Saturday 3 March in Manchester Town Hall and will feature over 80 exhibitors, talks, cookery demonstrations, walking tours, games, a music Fanzine Panel, and workshops...all free of charge!
Stop by and visit the Forgotten Fields team who will be hosting a stall showing off our soon to be completed website (forgottenfields.org.uk) and our 2012 food heritage calendars. Fiona will be on hand to talk about our projects across Greater Manchester and our growing picture of how our city's population has been fed since the industrial revolution.
MHF: Forgotten Fields Local Presentations, 27 Feb - 10 March
As part of the MHF festival, Forgotten Fields will also have locally-focused displays in the communities we have worked with over the last two years, running from 27th Feb to the 10th March, in libraries and community centres:
Levenshulme.
This display explores the food heritage of Cringle Fields and the Highfield Park area of Levenshulme, which was well known locally for smallholdings known as the Piggeries.
Display Location: The Cafe, The Inspire Centre, 747 Stockport Road, Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 3AR
Opening times: Monday to Friday 9.30am – 6pm and Saturday and Sunday 11am – 4pm.
Eccles.
Display based on a calendar for 2012, produced with the help of children and wider community of Westwood Park Community Primary School, Eccles, to illustrate food heritage from near the Westwood Park area of Eccles.
Display Location: Winton Library, Old Parrin Lane, Winton, M30 8BY
Opening times: Monday: 9.30am to 1.00pm and 2.00pm to 7.00pm Tuesday: 9.30am to 1.00pm and 2.00pm to 5.30pm Wednesday: closed Thursday: 9.30am to 1.00pm and 2.00pm to 5.30pm Friday: 9.30am to 1.00pm and 2.00pm to 5.30pm Saturday: 9.00am to 1.00pm
Sale.
Based on a calendar for 2012 produced with the help of the pupils at Wellfield Junior School, Ashton upon Mersey, to explore the history of market gardeners of the area and the relationship to the growers near Glebelands Road today.
Display Location: Foyer Exhibition Space, Sale Waterside House, Sale, M33 7ZF
Opening times: Monday 9am - 7pm Tuesday 9am - 5pm Wednesday 9am - 7pm Thursday 9am - 5pm Friday 9am - 5pm Saturday 10am - 4pm
Timperley.
Display & calendar produced with the pupils of Heyes Lane Junior School, Timperley to explore the heritage of food growing and availability near Heyes Lane. Topics explored include indigenous wildlife, fields and crops in the 1840's, early market gardening families, nursery workers and their cultivation techniques, the local community orchard as well as growing food locally.
Display Location: Timperley Library, 405 Stockport Road, Timperley, WA15 7XR
Ohttp://kindling.org.uk/node/606/editpening times: Monday 10am - 5pm Tuesday 10am - 5pm Wednesday Closed Thursday 10am - 7pm Friday 10am - 5pm Saturday 10am - 4pm
Tameside.
A 2011 calendar produced by the pupils of Aldwyn Primary School, local residents and Audenshaw Local History Society to explore the heritage of food growing and selling on Ashton Moss, Audenshaw, Tameside. Topics explored include indigenous wildlife, the drainage of 'The Moss' (bog) into plots, the families sustained by growing food on the Moss; market gardeners, cultivation techniques, as well as different cultural influences on the availability of locally grown vegetables today
Display Location: Tameside Central Library, Old Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 7SG
Opening times: Monday, Tuesday: 9.00am – 8.00pm Wednesday: 9.00am – 5.00pm Thursday: 9.00am – 8.00pm Friday: 9.00am – 5.00pm Saturday: 9.00am - 4.00pm
Cheetham.
A calendar for 2013 produced with the pupils of Cheetham Community Primary School who interviewed local residents about the history of food growing and availability in the area near Halliwell Lane, Cheetham Hill. Topics included; the indigenous wildlife, historic maps and census details, the effect of different migrations on food availability, the Vietnamese influence, small local shops, the Asian supermarkets, Cheetham Communities Together and Fare Share of food that would otherwise be wasted.
Display Location: Broughton Library, Broughton Community Hub, 50 Rigby Street, Salford, M7 4BQ
Opening times: Monday: Closed Tuesday: 10.00am to 7.00pm Wednesday: 10.00am to 7.00pm Thursday: 10.00am to 7.00pm Friday: 10.00am to 7.00pm Saturday: 10.00am to 2.00pm Sunday: 10.00am to 2.00pm
For more information about the Festival please visit: http://www.manchesterhistoriesfestival.org.uk
Rebecca Lowson, Festival Co-ordinator info@manchesterhistoriesfestival.org.uk 0161 306 198
For moreinformation about Forgotten Fields please visit: http://kindling.org.uk/forgotten-fields
Forgotten Fields is funded by The Heritage Lottery fund. The Heritage Lottery Fund uses money raised through the National Lottery to 'sustain and transform our heritage'. It supports museums, parks and historic places as well as the natural environment and cultural traditions. For more information visit: www.hlf.org.uk