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Add MS 89161/6/32
- Record Id:
- 040-003317456
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003252088
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100034092140.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89161/6/32
- Title:
- Joan Bakewell: The Centre of the Bed (background material about Stockport and Manchester)
- Scope & Content:
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A file of background material about Stockport and Manchester, particularly in relation to Bakewell's family history, assembled during the course of writing her autobiography.
The file includes:
- 'Revisiting Manchester': autograph notes (25 sheets from notepad) dated 10 October 2001.
- Chetham's School of Music - concert programme, 10 October 2001.
- Information about The Church Army - includes copy correspondence (1994-98) regarding Bakewell's ancestor Captain Rowlands. Capt. John Smith writes (6 January 1998): 'One of the photographs I use on my exhibitions from time to time is one of Captain Rowlands outside his marquee obviously somewhere in Manchester because one can just see the houses in the background.' For the photograph, see Add MS 89161/1/12. See also, The Centre of the Bed (2003), pp. 5-7.
- Robert Nicholls, Looking Back at Belle Vue, Manchester (Willow Publishing, 1989). Reproduces many old photographs.
- Five issues (2001-02) of Spotlight (Official Newsletter of the 'Friends of the Plaza').
- 'The Fairest Fortune' (HTV, July 1974). Documentary in which Bakewell visited Aberystwyth to discover more about her family roots. Photocopied newspaper cuttings (programme reviews) and a typed transcript (4 sheets) of her voice-over.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003252088
036-003316936
040-003317456 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89161 : Joan Bakewell: Personal, Professional and Literary Papers
Add MS 89161/6 : Joan Bakewell: Journalism and Literary Papers
Add MS 89161/6/32 : Joan Bakewell: The Centre of the Bed (background material about Stockport and Manchester) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003252088[0006]/036-003316936[0032]/040-003317456
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89161
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1974
- End Date:
- 2003
- Date Range:
- 1974-2003
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)