by Malcolm Pheby | May 15, 2020 | This Week
May 16, 1964: Jamaican-born singer Millie Small rehearses her bluebeat hit My Boy Lollipop for the BBC programme Top of the Pops at the Dickenson Road studios in Rusholme. Millie’s record was released in March and had reached No. 2 in the UK singles charts by early...
by Malcolm Pheby | May 14, 2020 | This Week
March 22, 1991 Queen Elizabeth officially opens Oakwood Cheshire Home at Offerton, Stockport, accompanied by the Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester Lt. Colonel Sir John Timmins. There is rain in the air, but the Queen looks radiant as she is welcomed by a crowd of...
by Malcolm Pheby | May 11, 2020 | This Week
May 11, 1996 Jubilant Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel jumps on to his team-mates after beating Liverpool 1-0 in the 1996 FA Cup Final at Wembley. The all-important goal was scored by skipper Eric Cantona in the 85th minute. It was manager Alex Ferguson’s...
by Malcolm Pheby | May 5, 2020 | This Week
May 5, 1982 The Queen watches intently as the computerised digital retrieval system at the John Rylands Library on Deansgate is put through its paces. Conducting the demonstration is library assistant Alison Morris. Part of the University of Manchester Library, the...
by Malcolm Pheby | May 5, 2020 | This Week
May 8, 1945 Streamers and flags are the order of the day as 50 jubilant children sit down to an open-air party to celebrate VE Day in Manchester. Gatherings took place all over the city as people marked the Allied victory in Europe at the end of the Second World War....
by Malcolm Pheby | Apr 28, 2020 | This Week
May 3, 1950 The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal is launched at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead, Merseyside. The Audacious class vessel weighed 53,950 tons fully loaded and was 804ft long. Decommissioned in 1979, this version of the Ark Royal (there have been...
