It’s fair to say Manchester City entered the 1970s on something of a high. Leicester had been defeated in the 1969 FA Cup Final a few months earlier and the team had qualified for the European Cup Winners’ Cup. Franny Lee, Man City Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison were...
Today iNostalgia takes a look at three Liverpool pop idols from the ‘50s who were household names before the Beatles cut their first disc! Years before Merseybeat exploded on the national music scene, three Liverpool singers were ripping up the UK music charts. They...
The band’s infamous final tour of the USA in 1966.
Music History Was Made in Manchester.
Demolished in 1993, the Tommy Ducks Pub is thought to derive its name from one-time landlord Thomas Ducksworth. The story is that the sign-writer ran out of room and settled for Tommy Ducks over the door! The pub’s origins are uncertain, although records show it was...
It’s a commonly held belief that The Smiths started life when guitarist Johnny Marr knocked on singer Morrissey’s door in May 1982 and asked if he’d like to form a group.