Manchester Evening News, 22/11/68: With thanks to Aidan Turner-Bishop. Continue reading »
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Looking In
The following is taken from a series of correspondence between John Williams, a former art teacher at the Toastrack, and Manchester Modernist Society, January-April 2013: “I have just come across your website while browsing to see how the College is getting on these days. Imagine my surprise to find photographs of the early days of … Continue reading »
The Process Revealed
The Toastrack’s development from inception to completion, documented by press cuttings discovered by Manchester Modernist Society from deep within the Hollings Faculty archive. Evening Chronicle, 07/04/59: Manchester Evening News, 01/05/59: Manchester Evening News, 11/08/59: The Guardian, 01/10/59: Daily Mail, 24/10/59: Manchester Evening News, 27/04/60: The Guardian, 15/06/60: Evening Chronicle, 14/09/60: Daily Telegraph, 19/01/61: … Continue reading »
Down The Aisles, Along The Titles (Revisited)
More photographs of the Toastrack’s transitional library facility, this time from an envelope marked ‘Phase 2 – Spring 1984′. Further reading: Down The Aisles, Along The Titles Continue reading »
A Great Day Out
On September 22nd 1958 at 12 noon, the Toastrack’s foundation stone was laid by Sir Edward Boyle, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education. Manchester Evening News, 22/09/58: Evening Chronicle, 22/09/58: A. E. Henshall, a former Educational Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, would later go on to describe the Toastrack as an “architectural … Continue reading »
The Pluterperfect Refreshment
Responding to the afflatus sublime (and a brief set by Manchester Modernist Society), design students Dan James and Jack Sanders from Manchester School of Art recently collaborated with MMS on the creation of an exclusive Toastrack Ale. The designers referred to archival material discovered throughout the Modernist Society’s creative residency at the Hollings Faculty, as … Continue reading »
Into The Maze
An enduring Toastrack enigma. Manchester Modernist Society has thus far been unable to elucidate the young lady’s exact circumstances in these hastily redacted images. It would appear evident however that it required the gallant consultation of four selfless gentlemen to assist in this endeavour. Continue reading »
