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 2024 – 2025 series of events. Of course, circumstances are always changeable and events may vary or be 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 233 0818 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, for which information regarding meeting place and time can differ – please see details below). The Meeting House is directly behind Manchester’s Central Library in the city centre, and can be accessed easily by Metrolink, just get off at St. Peter’s Square tram stop, and you will see the Library.

The published programme of events may be subject to changes, please consult the Branch website at: www.history.org.uk

OR find us on Facebook at Manchester and Liverpool Historical Association

For further information, please contact Sahand Razavi at srazavi@live.co.uk

Manchester Branch Programme 2025

Saturday 18 January 2025

Dr Chris Millington, Manchester Metropolitan University

France in the Second World War: Collaboration, Resistance and the Holocaust

A wide-ranging introduction to how thousands of men, women and children suffered arrest, deportation and death as the French Vichy regime worked to secure a place for France in Hitler’s New Order.

 

Saturday 1 February 2025

Kevin McPhillips Memorial Lecture.

Professor Emeritus Keith Laybourn, University Huddersfield

“Who Killed Cock Robin?” The Rise and Fall of the First Labour Government in Britain, 1924

A penetrating analysis of how, although short-lived, the very existence of the 1924 minority Labour government proved to have a vital impact on the future of British politics.

 

Saturday 15 March 2025:

Dr Charlotte Wildman, University of Manchester

Militant Manchester: Women’s Activism from Emmeline Pankhurst and Beyond

We end our series of lectures in Women’s History Month with Dr. Wildman’s insightful thoughts on the way that women’s social standing in Victorian Britain prompted the birth of the suffrage movement in Manchester.

 

Saturday 10 May 2025: Guided Tour of Manchester Museum.

We finalise our programme in Local and Community History Month with what should be a highly interesting guided visit of the University of Manchester’s re-developed Manchester Museum. Meet inside the Museum’s main entrance at 11.45 am for 12 noon start. Admittance to the Museum and guided tour is free for HA members, whilst the cost of entry and tour is priced at £4 per person for non-members. Anyone who is keen to attend must express their commitment beforehand as places are limited. Please email: srazavi@live.co.uk to reserve a place.