Manchester donates Discover Provident Manchester

Hulme church launches 'radical' library

Reading now: 106
manchestereveningnews.co.uk

A church in Hulme has launched a library made up of radical and political texts. The Church of Ascension on Stretford Road has turned an upstairs room into a reference library.

It was opened earlier this week to mark International Women's Day. The room which will become the library already holds political and historical significance as it was the place where asylum seeker Viraj Mendez sought refuge for two years in the 1980s. Read more:'We will never stop standing up and shouting for our rights': Hundreds take to the streets of Manchester to champion International Women's Day Reverend Bec Wilkinson explained why the church has decided to open a library.

She said: “The Ascension Church in Hulme has got a rich history of being associated with protest, perhaps being made famous in the 1980s when it provided sanctuary to a political asylum seeker for two years.

He actually lived in that room upstairs where we’re developing a library. “So, it’s partly about history, and it’s partly about honouring the people of Hulme now." The texts which will fill the library were mostly donated by two pioneers of gender studies at Manchester Metropolitan University, Janet Batersleer and Margaret Beetham with further donations made by the Louise Dacocordia Trust.

Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The website celebsbar.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA