From the home page of the organisers, "On Saturday March 21st 2009, 4000 people came to the first Manchester Histories Festival (MHF) in Manchester Town Hall demonstrating an enthusiasm and interest showing the possibilities of this kind of collective event and of the wide popular appeal of discovering and celebrating our histories. All in all, about 1500 people helped make MHF and its educational projects, as well as those who came and enjoyed it.Headlining the Festival was a packed program of inspiring talks on Manchester's past, from top historians, including broadcasters Michael Wood and Tristram Hunt, Haçienda DJ Dave Haslam, academic Sheila Rowbotham, football journalist David Meek, Manchester Confidential's Jonathan Schofield and many others. Between them they covered everything from city life to science, and from football to factories."
The festival homepage can be reached at
http://www.manchesterhistoriesfestival.org.uk/
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