by Malcolm Pheby | Apr 15, 2018 | Manchester, Music
iNostalgia remembers how Manchester lit the spark of the punk rock explosion in the late 1970s. It was described, quite simply, as the gig that changed the world. The date was June 4th, 1976. The venue was Manchester’s Lesser Free Trade Hall. The group on stage were...
by Malcolm Pheby | Apr 5, 2018 | Manchester, TV
Photographers uncovered some extraordinary sights when they went behind the scenes at Coronation Street 50 years ago this month. Not least was prim and proper Annie Walker, landlady of the Rovers Return, lying down on a bed with husband Jack – in broad daylight too!...
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 | Apr 3, 2018 | Manchester, Music
The Hacienda in Manchester was once described as the coolest club in the world. iNostalgia looks back at the wonder years. It’s hard to imagine someone less likely to open the trailblazing Hacienda nightclub than stand-up comedian Bernard Manning. After all, acid...
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 | Mar 7, 2018 | Football, Manchester
Manchester City won the League Cup for the fifth time last week beating Arsenal 3-0 at Wembley. Nostalgia looks back at the Blues’ League Cup triumphs over the years The look on Jeff Astle’s face said it all. He’d made history by becoming the first player to score in...
