Manchester in the Headlines

Steven Dickens

• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781445648033
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: History

Manchester's proud past can be well summed up in its headlines. Steven Dickens delves into the archives of the Evening News to discover the events and personalities that have made the city what it is today. From the dramatic effects of the First and Second World Wars on the city and its residents to its regeneration in the 1980s, the Madchester era of the 1990s and beyond, learn about Manchester's status as a cultural, industrial and political powerhouse. The stories uncovered are a testament to the wit and generosity of the city's people. Steven Dickens perfectly encapsulates the essence of Manchester and what has helped to create one of the most distinctive senses of community pride. This book highlights why Manchester always was, and continues to be, a thriving town and the most culturally relevant city in the north-west.

Table of contents

• Cover
• About the Author
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1) Manchester Cathedral’s New Organ, 1870
• 2) Belle Vue on an August Bank Holiday
• 3) Queen’s Park Museum, Harpurhey
• 4) Manchester Racecourse
• 5) Death of Charles Dickens, 1870
• 6) Greengate, c. 1875
• 7) Gas Explosion, 1870
• 8) Queen Victoria at the Official Opening of the Manchester Ship Canal, 1894
• 9) Manchester United, FA Cup Winners, 1909
• 10) Henry Ford
• 11) Richard Jennison, 1906
• 12) Emmeline Pankhurst
• 13) Manchester Liners, 1914
• 14) Inspection at Heaton Park, 1915
• 15) The 17th Battalion and Lord Kitchener, 1915
• 16) Port of Manchester
• 17) Lewis’s Department Store
• 18) Hyde Road Tramcar Works, 1915
• 19) Manchester ‘Pals’, 1915
• 20) Conscientious Objectors, 1916
• 21) Women Munitions Workers
• 22) The Battle of Arras, 1917
• 23) Racing at Castle Irwell, 1917
• 24) Manchester Carter’s Wage Dispute, 1917
• 25) Three Manchester Road Accidents, 1917
• 26) Zeppelin L49, 1917
• 27) Atomic Research at Manchester University
• 28) Food Hoarding, 1918
• 29) Spanish Influenza, 1918
• 30) Public Schools Battalion, 1918
• 31) J. R. Clynes MP
• 32) General Strike, 1926
• 33) Doctor Buck Ruxton, 1936
• 34) Christmas Blitz, December 1940
• 35) The 1st Battalion South Lancashire Regiment, 1944
• 36) Newton Heath Street Party, 1945
• 37) ‘Victory in Japan’ Day, 1945
• 38) Aneurin Bevan, 1948
• 39) FA Cup Final, 1956
• 40) Viscount Crash at Ringway Airport, 1957
• 41) Pauldens Department Store Fire, 1957
• 42) Fire at Belle Vue, 1958
• 43) Munich Air Disaster, 1958
• 44) Belle Vue Fire, 1964
• 45) Public Transport, 1965
• 46) Moors Murders, 1966
• 47) Stockport Air Disaster, 1967
• 48) Real Madrid v. Manchester United, 1968
• 49) European Cup Final, 1968
• 50) Death of Lowry, 1976
• 51) Woolworth’s Fire, 1979
• 52) Moss Side Riots, 1981
• 53) Manchester Air Disaster, 1985
• 54) Princess Diana, 1985
• 55) Strangeways Riots, 1990
• 56) Manchester Evening News Editor, Michael Unger, 1990
• 57) The Queen Opening Phase One of the Metrolink, 1992
• 58) IRA Bomb, 1996
• 59) European Cup Final, 1999
• 60) Millennium Celebrations, 2000
• 61) Doctor Harold Shipman, c. 1998
• 62) Commonwealth Games, 2002