Culture Guides
Destination Guides
Living History performance: Strike A Light! – A Match Girl’s Story at People’s History Museum, City Centre, 8 March 2017 - Book now
Meet Maggie McCallow, a Victorian match girl involved in the match factory strike of 1888 and find out how she campaigned for better rights for workers. Her story inspired The People’s History Museum’s Fabric of Protest group to create a banner commemorating their campaign.
This event has been supported with a grant from Manchester City Council.
1.15-2pm
Living History performance: Strike A Light! – A Match Girl’s Story at People’s History Museum, City Centre
8 March 2017
Free entry
Related Guides
Museums in Manchester
Manchester is studded with fantastic museums – read our picks of the best here.
Things to Do in Manchester
Spend a day in the city and it rapidly becomes apparent just how much it…
Families
Luminous adventures, festive fixes, Drag Queen Storytime and New Year’s Eve parties with nippers to book now for … look no further for the best things to do with kids.
Indian restaurants in Manchester
The curry mile is undeniably great but look a little further afield and you’ll find everything from little backstreet haunts, to celebrity-packed multi-million-pound mega-restaurants as well.
Business Hotels in Manchester
Travelling to Manchester for work? We round up some of the best business hotels in Manchester.
Places to go / stay / shop / eat / drink
Things to do right now
Powered by
