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Coronation Street
British soap opera
Manchester Baby
first electronic stored-program computer
The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844
non-fiction work by Friedrich Engels
Tony Wilson
British record producer (1950-2007)
The Haçienda
former nightclub in Manchester
Ferranti Mark 1
One of the world's first commercially available general-purpose digital computers
Beetham Tower
skyscraper in Manchester, England
John Rylands Library
building on Deansgate in Manchester, England
Beyer, Peacock and Company
Railway locomotive manufacturer
Manchester liberalism
school of economic thought favouring free trade, laissez-faire capitalism, pacifism, anti-slavery, freedom of the press and separation of church and state
Victoria University of Manchester
British university (1851-2004)
Robert Angus Smith
British chemist (1817-84)
Nico Ditch
earthwork in Greater Manchester, England
Second Summer of Love
the period in 1988 and 1989 in the United Kingdom, during the rise of acid house music and the euphoric explosion of unlicensed MDMA-fuelled rave parties
Longsight
Longsight is an inner city area of Manchester, England, south of the city centre, bounded by Ardwick and West Gorton to the north and east; Levenshulme to the south; and Chorlton-on-Medlock, Victoria Park and Fallowfield to the west. Historically in Lancashire, it had a population of 15,429 at the 2011 census.
Manchester Blitz
bombing of Manchester (UK), by German Luftwaffe in December 1940
Anti Tour
2012 concert tour by Kylie Minogue
Atlas
supercomputer of the 1960s
Thirlmere
Thirlmere is a reservoir in the Cumberland district in Cumbria and the English Lake District. The Helvellyn ridge lies to the east of Thirlmere. To the west of Thirlmere are a number of fells; for instance, Armboth Fell and Raven Crag both of which give views of the lake and of Helvellyn beyond.
Manchester Evening News
newspaper covering the Manchester area of the United Kingdom
Mamucium
Mamucium, also known as Mancunium, is a former Roman fort in the Castlefield area of Manchester in North West England. The castrum, which was founded c. AD 79 within the province of Roman Britain, was garrisoned by a cohort of Roman auxiliaries near two major Roman roads running through the area. Several sizeable civilian settlements (or vicus) containing soldiers' families, merchants and industry developed outside the fort. The area is a protected Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Canal Street
street in Manchester
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
former English university
Manchester computers
series of stored-program electronic computers
Pankhurst Centre
pair of Victorian villas in Manchester, England repurposed as a women-only space and museum
Hattersley
Hattersley is a housing estate in the Tameside district of Greater Manchester, England, east of Hyde, west of Glossop and east of Manchester, at the eastern terminus of the M67. The estate had a population of 6,960 at the 2021 census. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Cheshire, and became part of Greater Manchester in 1974. The area was developed as a large overspill estate by Manchester City Council from the 1960s onwards.
social murder
unnatural death caused by economic factors
Manchester Arndale
shopping centre in Manchester, England
Belle Vue Zoological Gardens
former zoo, amusement park, exhibition hall complex and speedway in Manchester, England
Charles Beyer
Locomotive engineer (1813-1876)
Wythenshawe
thumb|upright=0.75|View of Civic Centre from ASDA car park Wythenshawe () is an area of Manchester, England. Historically part of Cheshire, in 1931 Wythenshawe was transferred to the City of Manchester, which had begun building a large housing estate there in the 1920s. With an area of approximately , Wythenshawe became the largest council estate in Europe.
nuclear-free zone
area in which nuclear weapons and power plants are banned