Parlour, 62 Nelson Street

Image: © David Dixon Taken: 20 Jul 2018

The Pankhurst Centre, 60-62 Nelson Street, is a pair of Victorian villas, of which number 62 was the home of Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters Sylvia, Christabel and Adela between 1897 and 1907. This historically significant building is the place where the first meeting of the Women’s Social and Political Union was held. “It was in October, 1903, that I invited a number of women to my house in Nelson Street, Manchester for the purposes of organisation. We voted to call our new society the Women’s Social and Political Union.” ~ Emmeline Pankhurst, In My Own Words Saved from demolition as part of the expansion of Manchester Royal Infirmary site in 1979, the buildings have been restored and converted into a small museum and heritage centre displaying information about the Pankhursts and the Suffragette movement. It is open to the general public on Thursdays and on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month. Entry is free (http://www.thepankhurstcentre.org.uk/ The Pankhurst Centre). Both houses are listed buildings; number 60 is Grade II-listed whilst number 62 (presumably because of its extra historic significance) is a Grade II* listed building.

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