Manchester History
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Manchester and Salford anniversaries, memories and photos. Also RTs relating to history and events.
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So sad to hear that Mani has died. God, he was such an ace bloke. A properly ace bloke.
November 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
So sad to hear that Mani has died. God, he was such an ace bloke. A properly ace bloke.
Shoppers line the counter at Lewis's store in Manchester, waiting for a delivery of bread to fill the empty shelves, during a bakers strike in the North West of England. October 1969.
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Shoppers line the counter at Lewis's store in Manchester, waiting for a delivery of bread to fill the empty shelves, during a bakers strike in the North West of England. October 1969.
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Lots of memories, none this elegant!
Any memories of evenings at the Ritz on Whitworth St?
This is the dancefloor way back in November 1938.
This is the dancefloor way back in November 1938.
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Lots of memories, none this elegant!
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BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
Any memories of evenings at the Ritz on Whitworth St?
This is the dancefloor way back in November 1938.
This is the dancefloor way back in November 1938.
November 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Any memories of evenings at the Ritz on Whitworth St?
This is the dancefloor way back in November 1938.
This is the dancefloor way back in November 1938.
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Down the road. If I listen carefully, I can hear the tight trousers.
November, 1981: the Bee Gees, back where they grew up, visit their school in the Manchester suburb of Chorlton cum Hardy.
November 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Down the road. If I listen carefully, I can hear the tight trousers.
November, 1981: the Bee Gees, back where they grew up, visit their school in the Manchester suburb of Chorlton cum Hardy.
November 18, 2025 at 8:07 AM
November, 1981: the Bee Gees, back where they grew up, visit their school in the Manchester suburb of Chorlton cum Hardy.
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What did Chelsea Girl end up becoming? River Island?
Chelsea Girl, 5 Piccadilly, Manchester. Photo taken November 1971. What a shop front!
November 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
What did Chelsea Girl end up becoming? River Island?
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Manchester in the fog #Scape #CityScape #Manchester #StreetScape #Weather #Fog #EastCoastKin #Photography
November 14, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Manchester in the fog #Scape #CityScape #Manchester #StreetScape #Weather #Fog #EastCoastKin #Photography
Chelsea Girl, 5 Piccadilly, Manchester. Photo taken November 1971. What a shop front!
November 16, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Chelsea Girl, 5 Piccadilly, Manchester. Photo taken November 1971. What a shop front!
Prison officer watches as a prisoner talks to a visitor at Strangeways Prison, November 1948. Photo by Bert Hardy.
November 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Prison officer watches as a prisoner talks to a visitor at Strangeways Prison, November 1948. Photo by Bert Hardy.
It's Friday!
Yates’s Wine Lodge, Ashton-Under-Lyne, 1983. Photo by Martin Parr.
Yates’s Wine Lodge, Ashton-Under-Lyne, 1983. Photo by Martin Parr.
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
It's Friday!
Yates’s Wine Lodge, Ashton-Under-Lyne, 1983. Photo by Martin Parr.
Yates’s Wine Lodge, Ashton-Under-Lyne, 1983. Photo by Martin Parr.
Definitely worth a read, a great piece of social history. Teenagers promenading in towns and cities on Sunday evenings, flirting, cruising. It was dubbed the “monkey parade” or the “monkey run”.
HERE davehaslam.substack.com/p/before-tin... pic.x.com/jGWhmGu2FG
HERE davehaslam.substack.com/p/before-tin... pic.x.com/jGWhmGu2FG
Before Tinder, there was the Monkey Parade…
How our grandparents and their parents found romance.
davehaslam.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Definitely worth a read, a great piece of social history. Teenagers promenading in towns and cities on Sunday evenings, flirting, cruising. It was dubbed the “monkey parade” or the “monkey run”.
HERE davehaslam.substack.com/p/before-tin... pic.x.com/jGWhmGu2FG
HERE davehaslam.substack.com/p/before-tin... pic.x.com/jGWhmGu2FG
Definitely worth a read, a great piece of social history. Teenagers promenading in towns and cities on Sunday evenings, flirting, cruising. It was dubbed the “monkey parade” or the “monkey run”.
HERE davehaslam.substack.com/p/before-tin...
HERE davehaslam.substack.com/p/before-tin...
Before Tinder, there was the Monkey Parade…
How our grandparents and their parents found romance.
davehaslam.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Definitely worth a read, a great piece of social history. Teenagers promenading in towns and cities on Sunday evenings, flirting, cruising. It was dubbed the “monkey parade” or the “monkey run”.
HERE davehaslam.substack.com/p/before-tin...
HERE davehaslam.substack.com/p/before-tin...
Belle Vue Gaol, Manchester, during demolition, 1892. Conceived as a short term project to alleviate overcrowding, it operated 1850-1888. Novelist George Gissing served a month's hard labour in 1876 after being found guilty of stealing money from fellow students at Owen's College.
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Belle Vue Gaol, Manchester, during demolition, 1892. Conceived as a short term project to alleviate overcrowding, it operated 1850-1888. Novelist George Gissing served a month's hard labour in 1876 after being found guilty of stealing money from fellow students at Owen's College.
Loreto Convent, Upper Moss Lane, Hulme. Approx 1965.
In 1977, after a reorganisation of Catholic educational provision locally, Loreto became a co-educational 6th Form college.
In 1977, after a reorganisation of Catholic educational provision locally, Loreto became a co-educational 6th Form college.
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Loreto Convent, Upper Moss Lane, Hulme. Approx 1965.
In 1977, after a reorganisation of Catholic educational provision locally, Loreto became a co-educational 6th Form college.
In 1977, after a reorganisation of Catholic educational provision locally, Loreto became a co-educational 6th Form college.
Jacob Epstein was born #otd in 1880. His sculpture 'Genesis' can be found at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester @whitworthart.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Jacob Epstein was born #otd in 1880. His sculpture 'Genesis' can be found at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester @whitworthart.bsky.social
Hopwood Avenue off Corporation Street 1944.
November 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Hopwood Avenue off Corporation Street 1944.
Bonfire Night, Moss Side, 1972.
📸 Daniel Meadows
📸 Daniel Meadows
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Bonfire Night, Moss Side, 1972.
📸 Daniel Meadows
📸 Daniel Meadows
Saxophonist Johnny Roadhouse with his 1930s Rolls Royce in Manchester, March 1960. He opened up his music store, Johnny Roadhouse Music in 1955 on Oxford Road. He died on 11th April 2009.
October 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Saxophonist Johnny Roadhouse with his 1930s Rolls Royce in Manchester, March 1960. He opened up his music store, Johnny Roadhouse Music in 1955 on Oxford Road. He died on 11th April 2009.
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This is what happened to my Grandfather in Frankfurt, Germany on 9th November 1938, commonly known as Kristallnacht.
In Portland, Oregon, masked ICE GOONS abducted and vanished US citizen Gonzalo Catalan last week. Tragically, his family remains unaware of his whereabouts and has not received any communication from him as of today.
October 29, 2025 at 4:13 AM
This is what happened to my Grandfather in Frankfurt, Germany on 9th November 1938, commonly known as Kristallnacht.
Congratulations Lucy Powell, the new Deputy Leader of the Labour Party - born in Manchester, Powell attended Parrs Wood High School. She's been MP for Manchester Central since 2012.
October 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Congratulations Lucy Powell, the new Deputy Leader of the Labour Party - born in Manchester, Powell attended Parrs Wood High School. She's been MP for Manchester Central since 2012.
York Cinema, York Street, Hulme. The cinema would survive the 'slum clearance bulldozers in the 1960s, becoming a four-screen cinema under the name Unit 4, later renamed the Aaben. As the Aaben, it was an independent “art house” cinema through the 1980s.
October 25, 2025 at 6:59 AM
York Cinema, York Street, Hulme. The cinema would survive the 'slum clearance bulldozers in the 1960s, becoming a four-screen cinema under the name Unit 4, later renamed the Aaben. As the Aaben, it was an independent “art house” cinema through the 1980s.
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"Big" coats
Three women in Manchester photographed in their winter coats, October, 1970. (Photo by Sefton Samuels).
October 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
"Big" coats
Belle Vue ticket office, Manchester. October 1982.
October 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Belle Vue ticket office, Manchester. October 1982.