Mossley Heritage Centre

Visitors should be prepared to meet a very strict Victorian Schoolmarm, a Mill Owner's wife, and a Mill girl at Mossley Heritage Centre on Saturday September 12th. Teacher Alfred Holt will also talk to visitors about the book he wrote about Mossley in 1926. A new Centenary version of this book which has just been reprinted will be launched and celebrated. Digital displays will enhance the experiences of these and other characters and visitors will be able to experience the rigours of household chores and the living and working conditions of the Victorian era through our artefacts. Trying out a dolly and posser, weaving on a loom, writing on a slate, checking out a 'gazunder' will be just a few of the ways visitors can imagine life in a different time.

Timings

Friday 11 September:

1400-1600

Saturday 12 September:

1000- 1500

Location & directions

Emmaus Mossley, Longlands Mill, Queen Street, Mossley, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, OL5 9AH

Directions:

Queen Street is just off Manchester Road opposite Mossley Railway Station Queen Street is a narrow cobbled street, there is parking in Emmaus carpark and on waste land at the bottom of Queen Street. Mossley Heritage Centre is in the corner of the Emmaus building next to 'The Shed' in the courtyard.

Contact on day:

Dyllis Wolinski

Telephone number:

+447972929055

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

Emmaus has disabled parking and accessible toilets. If you have to park elsewhere, Queen Street is narrow, steep and cobbled, the ground is uneven and care must be taken. The Heritage Centre has space to move around but the floor is uneven.

Additional information

Emmaus is very popular, please note advice about parking and about the uneven road.

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