by Malcolm Pheby | Sep 20, 2020 | Manchester, Then & Now
Welcome to Then and Now, where each week we compare images of Manchester streets, landmarks and buildings from bygone days with how they look today. Our main image this week may look like a doctor’s waiting room, but it is actually the international departure gate at...
by Malcolm Pheby | Sep 13, 2020 | Manchester, Then & Now
Welcome to Then and Now, where each week we compare images of Manchester streets, landmarks and buildings from bygone days with how they look today. Our main image this week comes from an era before social distancing when thousands of Mancunians crowded into...
by Malcolm Pheby | Sep 9, 2020 | Manchester, TV
You could argue that Ashton-under-Lyne has cornered the market when it comes to Coronation Street stars. Amanda Barrie, born in Ashton, was unforgettable as Alma Sedgewick and Sean Wilson made the character of Martin Platt his own for two decades from 1985 to 2005....
by Malcolm Pheby | Jul 19, 2020 | Manchester, Then & Now
Welcome to Then and Now, where each week we compare images of Manchester streets, landmarks and buildings from bygone days with how they look now.This week it’s the turn of the former St Saviour’s Church in Plymouth Grove, Chorlton-on-Medlock.The original image,...
by Malcolm Pheby | Jun 30, 2020 | Manchester, Then & Now
Welcome again to Then and Now, where each week we compare images of Merseyside streets, landmarks and buildings from bygone days with how they look today.Our main photo this week shows Bold Street in January 1938 with Radiant House, the headquarters of the Liverpool...
by Malcolm Pheby | Jun 22, 2020 | Manchester, Then & Now
Welcome to Then and Now, where each week we compare images of Manchester streets, landmarks and buildings from bygone days with how they look now.This week it’s the turn of the Students’ Union building in Oxford Road, a place remembered by thousands who’ve studied at...
