Manchester History
@mcrhistory.bsky.social
Manchester and Salford anniversaries, memories and photos. Also RTs relating to history and events.
Manchester, November 1970. Traffic flows past the central library in Manchester. The library's design was the result of a competition held in 1927 for a new library and town hall extension and was completed in 1934.
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Manchester, November 1970. Traffic flows past the central library in Manchester. The library's design was the result of a competition held in 1927 for a new library and town hall extension and was completed in 1934.
King Street, Manchester, on a wet Sunday in November 1936...
November 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
King Street, Manchester, on a wet Sunday in November 1936...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Belle Vue ticket office, Manchester. October 1982.
October 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Belle Vue ticket office, Manchester. October 1982.
Three women in Manchester photographed in their winter coats, October, 1970. (Photo by Sefton Samuels).
October 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Three women in Manchester photographed in their winter coats, October, 1970. (Photo by Sefton Samuels).
14th October 1964 - the Beatles played at the ABC Cinema, Ardwick, Manchester (the Apollo). They also appeared on 'Scene At 6.30' on Granada TV, miming to 'I Should Have Known Better'. Pic from the Granada appearance...
October 14, 2025 at 6:55 AM
14th October 1964 - the Beatles played at the ABC Cinema, Ardwick, Manchester (the Apollo). They also appeared on 'Scene At 6.30' on Granada TV, miming to 'I Should Have Known Better'. Pic from the Granada appearance...
Oxford St, Manchester c1959/60. Includes the Plaza ballroom and the Odeon.
October 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Oxford St, Manchester c1959/60. Includes the Plaza ballroom and the Odeon.
11th October #otd in 1851 during a stay in Manchester, Queen Victoria praised the city's "very intelligent but painfully unhealthy-looking population".
October 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
11th October #otd in 1851 during a stay in Manchester, Queen Victoria praised the city's "very intelligent but painfully unhealthy-looking population".
The Museum & Art Gallery, Peel Park, 1878.
October 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The Museum & Art Gallery, Peel Park, 1878.
Maine Rd, 1975. Photo by Kemal Cengizkan.
October 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Maine Rd, 1975. Photo by Kemal Cengizkan.
A woman in pink sweeping the street in front of her house, in Lower Broughton, Salford. 1969. The Poet's Corner pub in the background.
Photo - Michael Goodger.
Photo - Michael Goodger.
September 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
A woman in pink sweeping the street in front of her house, in Lower Broughton, Salford. 1969. The Poet's Corner pub in the background.
Photo - Michael Goodger.
Photo - Michael Goodger.
The Theatre Royal, Peter St, opened in September 1845. It closed in 1921, was then converted to a cinema, bingo hall etc. From 1978 it was Discotheque Royale.
Its stage is thought to been one of the few to have featured both Charles Dickens, and an episode of the Hitman & Her.
Its stage is thought to been one of the few to have featured both Charles Dickens, and an episode of the Hitman & Her.
September 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The Theatre Royal, Peter St, opened in September 1845. It closed in 1921, was then converted to a cinema, bingo hall etc. From 1978 it was Discotheque Royale.
Its stage is thought to been one of the few to have featured both Charles Dickens, and an episode of the Hitman & Her.
Its stage is thought to been one of the few to have featured both Charles Dickens, and an episode of the Hitman & Her.