Category: This Week
Salford slums make way for new high rise flats
Plus, this week in 1968, we take a rare look inside the Rovers Return on the Corrie set
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No masks on Easter Bank Holiday Monday 1950
Plus, this week in 1935 Everton goalkeeper Ted Sagar kicks the ball away during a league match against Manchester City at Maine Road.
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Manchester City manager John Bond lines up for the camera
Plus, this week in 1957, Johnny Berry, Manchester United’s inside right, goes through his paces during a photo-session at Old Trafford.
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Manchester City captain Paul Power captured on the green
Plus this week in 1951, a roll of honour showing members of the Women’s Voluntary Service who gave their lives in World War II is presented at St Ann’s Church, Manchester.
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When Hell’s Angels went to church
Plus, this week in 1999 featherweight world boxing champion Prince Naseem Hamed holds a press conference in Manchester before his title bout against Paul Ingle at the MEN Arena.
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Everton’s Howard Kendall limps off the pitch
Plus, this week in 1941, children in Manchester warm themselves by a fire outside a wrecked house during World War II.
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Who is this future football manager?
Plus, it’s not just cats that have nine lives – find out why. And this week in 1970, Jimmy Greaves gets muddy and Maine Road.
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The Smiths play the Free Trade Hall
Plus we look back this week in the early 70s when Best and Marsh pose for the press prior to kick off.
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Lee Sharpe celebrates goal in 1995 FA Cup Quarter Final
Plus, back in 1988 actress, comedian and writer Emma Thompson takes a break from filming in Manchester to pose for a portrait photo.
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Manchester boy walks into lions’ den
Plus, this week in 1995, music sensation Prince performs to a capacity audience at Manchester’s G-Mex centre.
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Grab a bargain at Shudehill book stall
Plus, this week in 1945, a Manchester pilot returns to the escort carrier HMS Empress at sea in the Pacific after helping to shoot down a Japanese warplane.
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Manchester soldier meets American ally at Anzio during WW2
Also this week, fans queued for hours outside the Free Trade Hall for tickets to see the Rolling Stones play Manchester on March 5th 1971
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Manchester 'street art' 1953.
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