Richard Roberts Archive: Everyday histories

Welcome, Heritage Open Days explorers!

In a trip down memory lane, we will dig deep into our advertising archive to explore the evolution of everyday products. From washing powder to televisions, groceries to motor cars, the nature of the everyday changed with technological development and rising disposable incomes. What was unattainable for one generation became indispensable for the next. In creating these markets, advertising could make the mundane glamorous, even iconic.

To illustrate this, a talk will be presented three times: 11.00, 1.00 and 3.00. This will demonstrate how everyday products are promoted, glamorised and made indispensable. There will be opportunities to handle advertising materials of all sorts: from paper advertising to three-dimensional product placement.

Our trustee team will be on hand with guided tours of the archive on demand, and to chat about our exciting volunteer opportunities. We will have our usual popup cafe and, this year, there will also be a sale of duplicate advertising pieces from our archive - so come on down to bag yourself a unique item of advertising history!

Open 1000 - 1630 (last admission 1600).

Timings

Saturday 12 September:

Three illustrated talks (11.00, 1.00, 3.00) plus tours on demand

Location & directions

Unit 14, Adswood Industrial Estate, Adswood Road, Stockport, Greater Manchester, SK3 8LF

Directions:

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Contact on day:

Richard Roberts

Telephone number:

+447873959861

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

Additional information

We offer three short illustrated talks on our collection and will give tours of the collection as requested. No need to book.

Max number of people:

6

Estimated duration:

1 hour(s)

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