Star date: 27th April 2021 

READING ROOMS AT SALFORD LIBRARY RE-OPEN

Salford has 17 new coronavirus cases, the same number as the previous day, while the seven day rate per 100,000 population now stands at 32.8, up from 30.5. There have been no new virus-related deaths announced by Salford Royal Hospital.

Meanwhile, as Salford slowly comes back to the 'new normal', the Working Class Movement Library is re-opening its reading rooms by appointment, although its new series of Invisible History talks begin tomorrow online.

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Salford has 17 new coronavirus cases, the same number as the previous day, bringing the cumulative total of cases to 23,226. The seven day average of cases in Salford is now 85, up from 79, while the seven day rate per 100,000 population now stands at 32.8, up from 30.5.

Elsewhere in Greater Manchester, the seven day average of cases in Bury is 54 (same), with a seven day rate per 100,000 population of 28.3 (same); Bolton 139 (up from 136), with a rate of 48.3 (up from 47.3); Manchester 276 (up from 261), with a rate of 49.9 (up from 47.2); and Oldham 81 (down from 106), with a rate of 34.2 (down from 44.7).

Rochdale has a seven day average of cases of 70 (down from 77), with a seven day rate of 31.5 (down from 34.6); Stockport 81 (up from 77), with a rate of 27.6 (up from 26.2); Tameside 77 (down from 82), with a rate of 34 (down from 36.2); Trafford 71 (up from 62), with a rate of 29.9 (up from 26.1); and Wigan 82 (down from 86), with a rate of 24.9 (down from 26.2).

There have been no new virus-related deaths announced by Salford Royal Hospital.

Meanwhile, as Salford slowly begins to come back to life, the Working Class Movement Library's attempts to deal with the current lockdown-lite situation have seen it re-open its reading rooms to the public via appointment*, while starting its new series of Invisible Histories talks online.

Talks are to be live-streamed on Wednesdays at 2pm and will also be available afterwards on the Library's YouTube channel.** They begin tomorrow, 28th April, with Katrina Goldstone speaking on Stella Jackson – missing in action, which will explore the Irish radical cultural groups she associated with in the 1930s and 1940s.

Other dates to watch out for include:
5th May - Ben Harker book launch - The Chronology of Revolution: Communism, culture, and civil society in 20th century Britain.
 
12th May - Hazel Kent - A socialist witness for peace: Fenner Brockway's conscientious objection during the First World War
 
19th May - Frances Chiu: 'Thomas Paine's Rights of man: uncommon sense for the 21st century' (3pm start time)

* To book an appointment for the reading room email info@wcml.org.uk , while for more details see www.wcml.org.uk/visit-the-library/visiting-the-library

For more details on the Invisible Histories talks and to join up see www.wcml.org.uk/events. ** And to watch them afterwards see www.youtube.com/wcmlibrary