The Old Parsonage Stenner Lane Didsbury Manchester M20 2RQ
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The Old Parsonage
Venue: Stenner Lane, Didsbury, Manchester M20 2RQ – Open: Saturday 10th September 2pm to 5pm Sunday 11th September 10am to 5pm Website: Didsbury Parsonage Trust Home of Fletcher Moss Alderman, philanthropist, JP and author. The house is now… Read More
Didsbury Mosque
Venue: 271 Burton Road, Manchester M20 1HN Open Sunday 11th September 10am to 4pm A warm welcome to this interesting Centre and Mosque is guaranteed. Built in red Accrington brick as a Methodist church in the Edwardian era,… Read More
Didsbury Library
Venue: 692 Wilmslow Road, Manchester M20 2DN Open Saturday 10th September, 9am to 7pm. Discover the Carnegie Library which was built in 1915. This beautiful Arts and Crafts library was opened on 15th May 1915, the generous Scottish-American… Read More
Didsbury Church of England School
Venue: Elm Grove, Manchester, M20 6RL Open 10am to 4pm Saturday 10th September. The present site dates from 1878 with a Grade II listed Arts and Crafts building designed by John Swarbrick, a member of the Manchester Society… Read More
St. James Church
Venue: On Stenner Lane, behind The Didsbury pub, on Wilmslow Road, Didsbury. Open 1pm to 5pm. As a sign of respect for Queen Elizabeth II the bellringing has been cancelled other than to mark 12pm and 1pm. There… Read More
The Towers
Venue: Rear of Towers Business Park, Wilmslow Rd, Manchester M20 2RY Open: 1pm to 4pm. There is no level access to the building. A hidden historical mansion, sometimes known as the Calendar House, for its 365 windows, 52… Read More
DCS Social Trip to Trentham Gardens Retail Outlets and Wedgwood Pottery
On Thursday 28th April 2022 the DCS organised a further social trip into the potteries with 39 travellers in attendance, meeting at the usual collection points from 8:30 at Didsbury Library and then onto Parrswood Road Methodist Church…. Read More
The Spanns ghost advert at Costa Coffee, Didsbury Centre
Disbury Civic Society has obtained a photo of The Spanns ghost advert clearly showing the Spanns shop as it was in 1924, (Manchester City Archives). Currently a group of members are looking at the history of the Spanns… Read More
Posted: July 24, 2022 by Ellie
Warburton Street
Venue: M20 6WA – Shops open Saturday 10th September 9am to 5pm. Cobbled, quirky shopping street which is the oldest street in Didsbury Warburton Street, leading away from Wilmslow Road is the oldest street in Didsbury. Its cobbles,… Read More