by Malcolm Pheby | Apr 4, 2018 | History, Manchester
iNostalgia looks back on 40 years at Strangeways prison from the execution of Margaret Allen in 1949 to the riot of 1990. The longest jail riot in British penal history started just after a Sunday morning sermon in Strangeways’ chapel. About 300 inmates had filed into...
by Malcolm Pheby | Mar 7, 2018 | History, Manchester
To mark International Women’s Day, We look back at Manchester women of achievement from suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst to World War II spy and opera singer Margery Booth. In 1999, Time magazine named a merchant’s daughter from Moss Side as one of the most important...
by Malcolm Pheby | Feb 28, 2018 | History, Industry, Manchester
iNostalgia looks back at the history of the Manchester Ship Canal – the engineering wonder that helped turn the Northwest into an industrial powerhouse. Some extraordinary things have found their way into the Manchester Ship Canal since it was officially opened by...
by Malcolm Pheby | Feb 13, 2018 | History, Manchester
Belle Vue was the northwest’s premier leisure park for decades. Tears were shed when its circus finally closed in February 1982. We look back on the last days. The dogged protesters of the Belle Vue action group knew there was little chance of a reprieve when they...
by Malcolm Pheby | Dec 4, 2017 | History, Manchester
As festive preparations move into full swing, iNostalgia takes a light-hearted look at some of the more unusual moments of Manchester Christmases past. They say never act with animals or children. Well, popular entertainer Des O’Connor broke the golden rule when he...
by Emma Schwartz | Nov 24, 2017 | History, Manchester, TV
The opening title sequence of Coronation Street is well known for the clip of cat on the rooftops. The cat was initially included by accident when it walked into the shot whilst filming in 1976. The cat became an integral part of the opening credits and was just as...
