Category: 1950s
Queen Mother visits Wigan’s Heinz factory
iNostalgia remembers the Queen Mother’s visits to Manchester on the 60th anniversary of her tour of the Heinz factory in Wigan
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Belle Vue Fights Back
iNostalgia looks back 65 years to Belle Vue’s battle to bring back the crowds
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The Revie Plan
As Manchester United aim to convince doubters over their current match tactics, iNostalgia remembers a football plan that brought success for City the 1950s…
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Battling Bessey
World boxing champion Hogan Bassey wasn’t the only hard-hitter for Liverpool in the 1950s and early 1960s. His good friend, battling Labour MP Bessie Braddock, packed quite a punch herself in the tough world of politics. She always fought the city’s corner, proving herself a formidable campaigner on housing, health and social welfare.
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Liverpool’s Boxing Legend
Although he was born in Nigeria, champion boxer, Hogan ‘Kid’ Bassey was proud to call Liverpool his home. Bassey was regarded as one of the great ambassadors for African sport, both as a boxer and later as the coach of Nigeria’s national amateur team. We look back at the highs and lows of a 74-fight career.
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The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
After the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Nostalgia looks back at another momentous Royal occasion 55 years ago this week – the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
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The Music of Manchester in the 1950s
Nostalgia looks back on the remarkable life of Salford song-writer Ewan MacColl and the music of Manchester in the 1950s. Who would have thought that one of the greatest love songs of all time would be shaped in the grimy streets of Salford during the Great Depression?
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Bolton Win FA Cup
It’s 60 years ago this week that Bolton Wanderers beat a makeshift Manchester United in what became known as the Munich Cup Final. Nostalgia recalls an emotional day.
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Films Set in and Around Manchester
Films Set in and Around Manchester Throughout the decades, there have been numerous films set in...
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The Mancunian Film Corporation
The Mancunian Film Corporation Mancunian Film Corporation, situated on Dickenson Road in Rusholme,...
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How Resilient District Rose Out Of Industrial Decline – Gorton
How Resilient District Rose Out Of Industrial Decline – Gorton Gorton has overcome a lot...
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This Week In Manchester – Baby The First Computer, Is Born
This Week In Manchester – Baby The First Computer, Is Born What happened in Manchester this...
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April 1960, old meets new in Salford as back-to-back terraces make way for multi-storey flats in extensive slum-clearance programmes 📍
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Manchester 'street art' 1953.
Elizabeth II Coronation Wall Painting, Whitworth Street West.
