Writer interested in public art, place, architecture, C20 education & social history. Adopted northerner via Kent & Essex. My views are not those of my employer
Greater Manchester
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The Shrieking Violet in the University of Salford Library ift.tt/30vStC2
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Join us on Thursday December 5th for an evening of films and discussion at Home cinema in Manchester. homemcr.org/film/co-operatio…
ALT Two men in suites from the 1940s smiling and looking at a film projector.
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Dismayed to hear that Certificates of Immunity have been issued for the buildings of the UMIST campus - @SAVEBrit @modernistsoc - bad on heritage grounds and bad on environmental grounds
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NEWS // C20 is seeking a new home for a space-age classroom, inspired by the iconic Stirling Prize winning Lord's Media Centre.
Designed by Future Systems in 2004, the Ingenium Pod at Grey Court School in Richmond-upon-Thames was once heralded as the most futuristic classroom in Britain, but now faces demolition as the school have outgrown the structure. The Society is issuing an urgent call-out for any interested parties who may be able to relocate and reuse the 100sqm pod.
Sports hub? Ice-cream parlour? Park cafe? Or how about a Serpentine Pavilion based on reuse for a change? There's opportunity a-plenty, but potential new owners will need to move quickly - the structure must be removed by the end of the school term.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/wante…
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Call for papers: ‘Sixty years on from the London County Council: legacy, impact, learning’. Organising with @sundaegirl @Dawnyprawnypie and held at @LSofARCH @TheLdnArchives in March 2025. DM me for the full call for papers. Deadline for abstracts is 16th October 2024 #LCC60
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Someone needs to actually dare to say it: the reason we have immigration is that it is a good and desirable thing; the reason we offer people asylum is that this is the right thing to do.
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Work with us - we are looking for an Assistant Editor. See link for full details.
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Don't forget your photo ID when going to vote, folks!! Even expired ID will be acceptable if it looks like you. Here are the details from gov.uk:
gov.uk/how-to-vote/photo-id-…
#GeneralElection2024 #ge2024
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This is what Labour leaders in Manchester pursued for 20 yrs + it’s caused a massive housing crisis + persistent inequality + unsustainable built environment
Don’t copy the ‘Manchester Model’ remake our cities based on co-operative / community wealth not corporate profit
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DO IT! gov.uk/register-to-vote 👍🏻 REGISTER TO VOTE.
Great opportunities at a great organisation!
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Always a #PopularItem is the periodical 'Women's Outlook' published by the Co-operative Press from 1919 to 1967. The range of articles cover social and political history and also design and style in the 20th Century. This knitting pattern is from Oct 1966. #Archive30 #CoopArchive
ALT A page from a magazine with a picture of two women modelling knitted hats with the instructions printed underneath.
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#Archive30 @ARAScot today is #ArchiveBuildings. The Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS) Tower, completed 1962, stands at 387ft and is near the archives in Manchester. Sometimes in the reading room you can hear the peregrine falcons which nest there.
#CoopArchive 📸CUP Collection
ALT The top of the CIS building on opening with Victoria railway and Manchester Streets below. There are men with hardhats drinking tea round a concrete funnel and and there is a flag with CIS on it.
ALT An exterior view of the CIS building which shows all the floor and a small part of the Manchester Streets below.
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In 1971 the Post Office deemed that post-war university buildings were architecturally and culturally significant enough that they should appear on stamps. Four were issued: Aberystwyth, Southampton, Leicester and Essex.
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A fitting + lovely tribute this. The Star + Garter is an amazing place, so many of my favourite gigs + discos + friendships bloomed there over the years + Andy was a total gem. It's always one of my hearts, portals + compass points in the city. Sending love + condolences xx
The Star and Garter, an iconic half-pub, half-venue on the edge of the city, mourns the loss of Andy Martin.
The venue operator and licensee, who passed away on Friday 29th March, was at the heart of making the S&G a very different type of venue.
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Locus Lancaster: Campus, Place and Experience : A day symposium including photo walk and pop up exhibition - investigaiting the modernist legacy the Lancaster University Campus.
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We need your help! 🧐 📰
The #HardPressed project is delving into the hidden history of Manchester’s radical independent publishers from between 1970-2010. Do you have any printed publications (books, pamphlets etc) from this time?
Get in touch: [email protected]
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I'm doing a talk for @modernistsoc on 18th January, "Residents on film". I shall be following a short talk, "Why Do Baddies In Movies Always Live In Modernist Houses?" by @EddyRhead Details and booking here: the-modernist.org/collection…
