#OtD 1 Jan 1934 Nazi Germany enacted a law which forcibly sterilised more than 400,000 disabled people. Later they began murdering them, killing 250,000. Their rhetoric about disabled and ill people being a burden on workers is still widespread today.

Interior of the Manchester Royal Exchange, 1877, by H. L. Saunders (d.1899) and Frederick Sargent (1837-99), Manchester Art Gallery. At its peak, up to 11,000 cotton merchants traded every Tuesday and Friday. While Liverpool traded raw cotton, Manchester traded goods for global export.

John Edward Taylor, cotton merchant who founded the Manchester Guardian, died #OnThisDay 1844. The paper was described by a rival, working-class paper as a “foul prostitute and dirty parasite of the worst portion of the mill-owners.”

#Behindthescenes Can you spot the difference from our usual Gala Pool appearance? What are we missing here? Answers to follow! #Heritage #Restoration #Manchester #VictoriaBaths #VisitManchester

Hoping to try something #new this year? How about making 2023 the year you #volunteer? 👍 There are many options for volunteering with #VictoriaBaths, and not all need a boilersuit! Find out more about how to get involved via our Volunteer Page here 🔗 ow.ly/ranr50MxHf9

An afternoon tea taxi tour of Manchester? Don't mind if we do! 🫖 And when led by John Consterdine ManchesterTaxiTours, you are sure of a good trip, one reason why he is our #TourismSuperstar⭐️finalist! Vote for John here: fal.cn/3vG94 fal.cn/3vG92

The Midland Hotel Manchester glowing in the winter sun!@MidlandMCR

I made an interactive map of Manchester's 1832 cholera riot open.substack.com/pub/manchester…

Tomorrow Wednesday at One series of talks. Victorian Workhouses and Asylums with Elizabeth Sibbering. Castlefield Viaduct @NT_TheNorth Book here nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cheshire…

Join me today on the beautiful Castlefield Viaduct for my talk on Victorian Workhouses & Asylums, 1pm. @NT_TheNorth nationaltrust-tickets.org.uk/event-tickets/…

An older woman in the pub carrying a tray of drinks into the beer garden just said to everyone "two soups" and nobody reacted and I think I love her.

Chuffed to find two full sets of #MIF23 Ryan Gander #thefindmcr coins today at Festival Square and inside Factory International

We're loving the amazing creations in our #paintpool 🎨 join us for day 2 of Heritage Open Days as we celebrate VBs creative history! ⏰ 11am - 4pm 🎟️ Free Entry 🎶 Choirs at 12, 1 and 2 🎨 Paint Pool & Crafts 🐝 Exhibitions victoriabaths.org.uk #manchester #HOD2023

Join us today - free entry until 4pm, choirs, exhibitions, gift shop, tea room and add to our #paintpool 🎨🖌️

Fabulous buildings - the terrace on Edge Lane are part of the building too. I'm trying to find an image of the mural in the foyer. Please can anyone help?

1/6 🧵I’ve given a few talks recently about trans-Atlantic slavery in British history, to people who really don’t want to hear it. I don’t mean haranguing shoppers in Oxford Street, but talks to church, community and business groups comprised of small ‘c’ conservative White

From the Archive, a beautifully illustrated letterhead from 1901 featuring an illustration of the CWS central building on Balloon Street, just opposite the Co-op Archive which is at Holyoake House. #Coop180 #CoopArchive

England - Somewhere Only We Know

#Oasis rehearsal this aft in #HeatonPark ready for tomorrow.