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Her Hidden Histories Digital Archive

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As today marks International Women’s Day we thought it would be a great opportunity to share with you the wonderful digital archive that was created as part of our Her Hidden Histories project. The digital archive tells the story of our project through photos, videos and the voices of the young women who took part… follow the link and start exploring Her Hidden Histories

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This archive was developed by the young women who took part in our project, delivered in partnerhship with Digital Women’s Archive North (DWAN) with archive support from Heather Roberts. It was designed and built by Mike Ash.
Her Hidden Histories was made possible with public funding from Heritage Lottery Fund, Arts Council England and The Granada Foundation.

Her Hidden Histories visit the People’s History Museum

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Our Her Hidden Histories groups had a fantastic time visiting the People’s History Museum on Monday afternoon. Young women from Cedar Mount Academy and Newall Green High School came together for the first time in this phase of the project to gather inspiration for their upcoming performances at Victoria Baths in May. The performances will explore the role of everyday working women in the struggle for the vote and the groups came away buzzing with ideas!

Now we’re gearing up for more visits and creative workshops in the Easter Holidays: we’ll be heading to the Pankhurst Centre and the Working Class Movement Library as well as trying our hand at some music and dance. We can’t wait!

Her Hidden Histories – Centenary Celebration

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As today marks 100 years since the first UK women were granted the right to vote, it’s about time for an update on our Her Hidden Histories project!

Last summer saw two groups of young women, from Wythenshawe and Gorton, create some fantastic performances at both the Museum of Transport and the Greater Manchester Police Museum. ‘In the Driving Seat’ told stories of the first women to work on trams and buses, largely owing to the absence of men during the First World War. ‘Top of the Bill’ explored experiences of the first women in policing during a similar period, many of whom had also been on the other side of the law as suffragettes. Both performances enjoyed a rousing inter-generational musical finale, thanks to our fantastic Herizons group!

This year, we are bringing both groups of young women together to create another ambitious performance at the stunning Victoria Baths. ‘Turning Tides: First in the Fight’ will weave together the stories uncovered in the previous two performances and celebrate the role of everyday women in the struggle for suffrage. Exact times are yet to be confirmed but there will be 3 chances to catch this exciting new piece, with an evening performance on Thursday 31st May and both a matinee and evening performance on Friday 1st June.

Watch this space for more details!

Top of the Bill – young women set to perform at Greater Manchester Police Museum

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Time certainly flies when you’re having fun – it’s now less than 2 weeks until young women from Cedar Mount Academy perform their special site-specific piece at the Greater Manchester Police Museum! We can’t wait to share what the group has been creating and the good news is you have two opportunities to join in the fun! Please call or email us for FREE tickets (details on the flyer below) and be speedy as spaces are limited!Top of the Bill FlyerTop of the Bill Flyer Reverse

Uncovering archives at Greater Manchester Police Museum

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We had another great afternoon with young women from Cedar Mount Academy at the Greater Manchester Police Museum yesterday. As part of our Her Hidden Histories project, the group are in the process of creating a promenade performance at the museum and so we took this opportunity to rifle through the fascinating archive material for additional inspiration. We were joined once again by Heather Roberts, our fantastic Archive Consultant on the project, who helped the girls to explore and make sense of what they found. The group were full of energy and enthusiasm, despite having come straight from their school sports day, and left buzzing with even more creative ideas for the performance – which is in just over 2 weeks time! Watch this space for more details…

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Walking the beat at Greater Manchester Police Museum

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We had a fantastic afternoon at the Greater Manchester Police Museum yesterday, for the next phase of our Her Hidden Histories young women’s project. Young women from Cedar Mount Academy had great fun exploring the museum, quizzing the volunteers and learning to march in formation! The group are currently working towards a performance at the museum, inspired by true stories of the first women to work in policing. We’ll be bringing their ideas to life in creative sessions over the next few weeks and, if today’s visit is anything to go by, it’s sure to be a lot of fun! Check back soon for more details on the performance.