Manchester History

"Gruppe"

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.

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.

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.

"Big" coats

Belle Vue ticket office, Manchester. October 1982.

Three women in Manchester photographed in their winter coats, October, 1970. (Photo by Sefton Samuels).

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...

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".

The Museum & Art Gallery, Peel Park, 1878.

Maine Rd, 1975. Photo by Kemal Cengizkan.

Thomas Testicale

England, Lancashire, Manchester, Electoral Registers, 1820-1939

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.

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.

26 September 1763 John Byrom died in Manchester. He wrote the hymn 'Christians Awake!’ and devised a form of shorthand. He was a buyer for Chetham's Library which holds his own collection. His son Edward founded St John’s Church. St John’s Gardens marks the site.

Reform’s radical gamble on Indefinite Leave to Remain may backfire - UK in a changing Europe This week, Reform UK proposed abolishing the Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) status for migrants coming to the UK. Rob Ford explains that this proposal of permanent exclusion is not at all popular wi...

"Farage’s mistake is to assume that unease about migration in general translates into support for any and every proposal to make life hard not only for potential arrivals, but for migrants already long settled in Britain." Predictably top piece from my #BGE2024 co-author, @robfordmancs.bsky.social

Corbieres is hidden away on Half Moon Street, a back alleyway between Cross St and St. Ann’s Square. Opened in 1978, the quality of the the music on the jukebox has always been one of the most commented-on features of the bar.

I've seen too many 1970s crime thrillers. I'm expecting that car to blow up.

little changed! 🥰

The Salisbury pub and steps up to Oxford Rd station, 1979.

Guided walk – Women of Oxford Road Join this walking tour to explore the history of women of Oxford Road – from notable achievers to those hidden in history’s footnotes.

Calling Manchester students @officialuom.bsky.social @manmetuni.bsky.social @rncmlive.bsky.social - I'm guiding a history walk on Women of Oxford Road, for Elizabeth Gaskell House as part of The Cultural Welcome @oxrdmcr.bsky.social. Free but booking essential. oxfordroadcorridor.com/events/guide...

It was good to visit Embassy Village last week to see onsite progress with this fantastic #homelessness project in central #Manchester

Market Street, Manchester, in 1975.

Market Street, Manchester, in 1975.

British artists reclaim St George’s flag with a message of inclusivity In Manchester and beyond creative responses to the unwelcome message of ‘raise the colours’ are appearing

Proud of some of my Manchester pals for getting involved. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

1940s maybe?

The entrance to Longsight Railway Station on Kirkmanshulme Lane.