Manchester quiz. Can you answer these questions?

Who are these people? What building is that in the background?

Hint: The photo is dated 1917.

Sunday, October 24, from noon to 2:00 p.m. at Woodbridge Farmstead -- our LAST open house of the season. Come for a half hour or several hours! Take a stroll through our 18^th century barn. We are having a special program at 12:30 about “The Green,” an important center in Manchester’s history. Music by Town Troubadour Bill Ludwig. The Town Historian, Susan Barlow, will present information about this area of town, through the decades and centuries. George Washington stopped at the Woodbridge Tavern at the Green in November 1789, and Manchester’s first post office was established here in 1808. If it rains we will have our program inside the barn. The Farmstead is located at 495 Middle Turnpike East. Park on the street or at the nearby Senior Center.

Sunday, November 14, from 1:00 to 4:00 at the Cheney Homestead -- Open house includes early American crafts and skills such as wool spinning and weaving, a tour of the 1751 Keeney Schoolhouse, the 1785 Cheney Homestead, where you'll discover “art, ingenuity & early American life.” The Homestead and Keeney Schoolhouse are located at 106 Hartford Road.

Saturday, November 6. Old Manchester Museum -- open the first Saturday of the month, 10:00 to 2:00, hosted by Bob Kanehl and Art Pongratz, who can help you with some research, using our collection of town directories. Located at 126 Cedar Street, the former schoolhouse's exhibits include copies of old maps, examples of Cheney silk, Pitkin glass, Spencer rifles, Case water-bottling works items. Museum open May to December. There is a small museum store with local history items: books, maps, Pitkin jewelry items, etc.

The History Center is under construction, but the museum store and offices are open Tuesday through Friday 10:00 to 2:00. The center is located in the former Cheney machine shop, 175 Pine Street.

Thanks to all who participated in the historic district walk on Saturday, October 9 at 1:00 p.m., sponsored by our friends at MCC and on the Town's District commission. Plan to attend the 47th annual walking tour of the Cheney Brothers National Historic Landmark District, in October 2022.

The Manchester Herald was a weekly newspaper in 1886. Here are some interesting tidbits from the December 11 edition, available here: Herald 12/11/1886 edition. Three tidbits are for businesses in the North End, and one in the South End.

New for kids during October: “Art of North America” Click the image on the right for more info. Ongoing and new offerings. Info: art classes at the History Center. Questions may be directed to Trudy Mitchell. ONGOING: Classical Drawing -- "Learn the art and science of accurate drawing based on traditional 19th-century methods." Six-week sessions on Saturdays from 9:30-12:30.

The art studio is located in the lower level of History Center, a 42,000-square-foot building that used to be the Cheney Machine Shop, and is now on the National Register of Historic Places. The Center was built beginning in 1895.

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Folk art image of Manchester Green. Read more about "The Green."

Counting down to Manchester's 200th anniversary year, which begins January 1, 2023: 443 days.

The Manchester Historical Society is planning exciting activities for the Town's year-long bicentennial celebration. Check out the activities of the 1923 celebration, documented in this booklet on our website.

Last week's quiz asked our viewers to identify the man for whom Buckley School was named in 1955. Mr. Buckley taught history at Hartford Public High School, and was head of the history department for 20 years. He lived, as had his parents and family, in the Manchester Green section of Manchester. More: William E. Buckley.

The Salvation Army band poses in front of South Manchester High School, in Downtown Manchester. (The "new" high school is on Middle Turnpike East.) More about the church in this 1887 history. The band would play in concerts in Center Memorial Park and Downtown.

Enjoy the large collection of Somanhis (South Manchester High School) yearbooks on our website. In addition to photos of the graduating seniors, these books have ads for local businesses, photos of school activities, and sometimes poetry and prose by the students. Thanking our volunteers, especially Bob Gauthier, Noreen Cullen, Jim Hall, Joshua Pruden, Dick Jenkins, Susan Barlow.

October TV show airs at noon and 8:00 p.m. Saturdays throughout this month --"Joe McCluskey Statue Dedication," a 52-minute television show recorded on November 10, 2019, at the unveiling of the sculpture of Joe McCluskey, Manchester runner and Olympic steeplechase champion, with speeches by the sculptor, Joe's family, Mayor Moran, and members of the Road Race committee. Town Troubadour Bill Ludwig and friends sang an original song about Joe. The show airs at 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m. on Cox cable channel 15 on Saturdays, and runs on all the Saturdays of the month. The show changes each month. This Channel 15 broadcasts in Manchester, Glastonbury, South Windsor, Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington. Some previous local-history shows can be borrowed at Mary Cheney Library, or purchased at the Historical Society Museum Store. The television show is produced volunteers of the Manchester Historical Society. You can watch some of our previous television shows online at the Town website Historical shows on demand. You can watch this month's show on the Public Access website "Statue Dedication" TV Show on Public Access TV.You can watch some of our previous shows by selecting "Manchester Program Schedule" (the second tab) on the local Public Access website and on the next screen, type Historical into the search box.

Please contact: Kevin Ferrigno. All responses will remain confidential. Note: the image above left is of the dial on a tall case clock made by Timothy Cheney, c. 1770-1783, in the collection of the Manchester Historical Society.

Consider a gift membership for a friend or loved one. Why join a local historical society, even if you don't live in that town? Some reasons: • support education about the history of the town • support preservation of artifacts and vintage photos • join in advocating for preservation of historic buildings and parks that make Manchester charming.

Print this online donation form and mail to 175 Pine Street. Or drop by the History Center, Tuesdays through Fridays from 10:00 to 2:00. Direct questions to 860-647-9983.

Additional ways to donate: Employer matching gifts! Direct United Way donations to the Society. Sign in to Amazon via Amazon Smile and have a percentage of your purchases go to the Society. .