And so it begins...

The Portico Library, 57 Mosley St.

We have certainly come a long way from the 1806 handwritten minute books that document the beginnings of The Portico Library! Sitting in the Library it is possible to imagine what it would have been like for Peter Mark Roget or Reverend Gaskell when they too sat amongst the collection taking stock of their surroundings, but where they may have put pen to paper, we are now putting fingers to keyboard. The year is shaping up as an exciting one with the Portico Prize 2012, progress on our online catalogue, The Manchester Histories Festival, new events tied to The Urmston Bookshop, exhibitions on Dickens and Grimm's Fairy Tales and a variety of artists so watch this space as we intend to fully exploit our new blog to document the year ahead!