| DECEMBER 2012 | |
| 19th | Meeting with Heritage Lottery Fund. Alex Finlason & Linda Carver |
| 18th | Jill Woodward and William Ryan meet with Chief exec of MERCi Mill, Caroline Downey regarding our planned Art Exhibition. Our group are generously offered additional meeting space at MERCi |
| 12th | Meeting with National Trust. Alex Finlason & Linda Carver |
| NOVEMBER 2012 | |
| 16th | 100 Days of Vigil Celebration – ‘Burger Night’ |
| 9th | Fundraiser Event, Arts & Music Community Café, Moston |
| 1st | Structural survey carried out by Steve Wood (from David Narro) |
| OCTOBER 2012 | |
| 26th | First meeting with Alex Finlason Conservation Architect, Howell Davies, Nick Bowles and Linda Carver |
| SEPTEMBER 2012 | |
| 12th | Jill Woodward meets with Whitworth Art Gallery curator, Helen Stalker to view original L.S. Lowry painting 'Ancoats Hospital Outpatients Hall' on behalf of our group |
| 6th | Campaign Meeting, Community Room, Central M/cr Fire Station. Structural Surveyor appointed from David Narro, Edinburgh |
| AUGUST 2012 | |
| 26th | Carrying leaflets explaining about the campaign and the importance of Ancoats Dispensary the group walked around the Ancoats area delivering these leaflets and using the public address system |
| 18th | March from Ancoats Dispensary by the Group accompanied as far as Great Ancoats Street by Manchester City Police patrol, firstly Albert Square then onto St. Anne square Manchester with petitions and public address system. Shortly after this appointed Solicitor to assist |
| 15th | Attendance at Planning Department to obtain copies of planning application and documents relating to the Ancoats Dispensary. Requests for documents under the Freedom of information Act begins |
| 13th | Petition sent to both Secretary of State Eric Pickles and Jeremy Hunt. Calls for legal assistance |
| 9th | Vigil - Day #1 |
| JULY 2012 | |
| 30th | Meeting of people interested in saving Ancoats Dispensary held at The Mustard Tree, Bengal Street, Ancoats. Fight to Save Ancoats Dispensary was formed. Barbara Whillans suggested that given the imminent threat of demolition a presence should be put in place outside the Dispensary. THE VIGIL was born. PETITIONS WERE PRINTED AND VENUES WERE CHOSEN TO GAIN SUPPORT. |
| 25th | Telephone call from M.P. with information that the decision had been approved by the Secretary of State and that demolition was taking place in 2 week’s time |
| 23rd | First public meeting held at Victoria Square Ancoats Community Room with invited guest M.P. Tony Lloyd This meeting marked the beginning of ‘Fight to Save Ancoats Dispensary’. Presentations given by Linda Carver and Nick Bowles |
| 6th | Handed Planning application documents to MPs office in Hulme |
| JUNE 2012 | |
| 27th | Attended Planning Department and objected to the Planning Application as a resident of Ancoats |
| MAY 2012 | |
| 30th | Attended Planning Department and objected to the Planning Application as a resident of Ancoats |
| APRIL 2012 | |
| 25th | Meeting at Manchester Town Hall with Mike Carmody, Mark Watson and Linda Carver |
| FEBRUARY 2012 | |
| 2nd | Attendance at Clayton Youth Centre to speak generally about the Dispensary with local Councillors |
| JANUARY 2012 | |
| 23rd | Posters placed up in Victoria Square Ancoats about the Saving of Ancoats Dispensary |
| 16th | Meeting of Ancoats Residents’ Forum – it was suggested that the forum would be an arm’s length support with regard to the Ancoats Dispensary and that those who wished to become more ‘politically active’ in this matter should proceed as a separate entity but give relevant feedback to the Forum at future meetings |
