Anti-Slavery in Warrington The antislavery movement developed early in Warrington and despite the town's proximity to Manchester it forged its own connections with antislavery activists in America who...
Thomas Glazebrook Rylands and Astronomy Collections Officer Craig Sherwood delves into the story of a prominent Warrington industrialist who rarely took his eyes off the sky. Thomas Glazebrook Rylands was...
The Second Epistle of Joe Muggins’ Dog Philip Jeffs resumes his Glazebrook-Rylands blog with another fictional character used to insult politicians… You may remember that in my blog entry about the “Warrington Menagerie”, a political...
The Man of Philanthropy, Politics and Clogs, circa 1868 Philip Jeffs‘ latest blog examines political smearing in the 1860s… The last three election posters I have shown you have all been very wordy, so...
The Warrington Menagerie, circa 1840s Heritage & Archives Officer Philip Jeffs investigates the story behind the “Warrington Menagerie”… The above picture shows a Victorian Menagerie. The travelling menageries were a sort of...
The Black List – 1841 Heritage & Archives Officer Philip Jeffs continues his Glazebrooks-Rylands family history blog… Today’s political item is slightly more straightforward than my last blog entry, which talked about child...
A Friend of the Factory Child – March 1833 Heritage & Archives Officer Philip Jeffs resumes his Glazebrook-Rylands blog, and looks at the 1832 General Election… When sorting through the electioneering material scattered throughout the...
Glazebrooks, Rylands, Politics and Medicine Philip Jeffs resumes his Glazebrooks-Rylands family history blog… I am back to writing the Glazebrook-Rylands blog after a bit of a gap, so look out for...
Who Was Cecily Rylands? When cataloguing a scrapbook kept by John Paul Rylands, I came across an invitation to the wedding of a Cecily Rylands to a John Samuel...
A Victorian Christmas It seemed suitable, given the time of year, for me to write a blog entry relating to Christmas. For many of the Rylands, throughout the...
