Today it was my turn to my bit as a local organiser of Heritage Open Days when the Central Manchester Quaker Meeting House was open from 1pm to 4pm.
I was assistant welcoming friend in the morning, and we had a shared lunch. I was eating my lunch in the concourse with a couple of other friends when Beck, one of the elders, called us into the main room with the prospect of an "announcement". The announcement turned out to be handing me a birthday card which everyone present (children included) had signed and a rendition of "Happy Birthday" - all very nice, and I was touched.
We had 13 visitors during our opening of Heritage Open Days and a number had previously been to visit the Portico Library.
One thing that is a constant bugbear is the lack of publicity for Heritage Open Days in Manchester. A comprehensive guide is produced for Rochdale and for Oldham (and in years past a guide proposed for Tameside and for Stockport; I presume that happened again this year), but nothing for Manchester. I produced my own guide, but it was very basic indeed. The other guides I used were the Rochdale guide, the Didsbury Open Doors leaflet and the Cheetham Festival leaflet.
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