by Malcolm Pheby | Feb 14, 2019 | This Week
February 11, 1958: Bolton Wanderers’ players look like they’re performing an impromptu ballet in training for their FA Cup tie against Stoke City. Putting their best feet forward are, from left, Tommy Banks, John Higgins, Malcolm Edwards, Roy Hartle and Eddie...
by Malcolm Pheby | Feb 6, 2019 | This Week
February 5, 1994: Former Manchester City player Francis Lee salutes the Maine Road faithful after becoming chairman of the club. The occasion was the Premier League match against Ipswich. City won 2-1 with goals from Garry Flitcroft and Carl Griffiths. Lee was popular...
by Malcolm Pheby | Jan 31, 2019 | Bits & Pieces, This Week
February 2, 1958: Firemen tackle the blaze which gutted the York Restaurant and Coronation Ballroom at Belle Vue zoo and amusement park. Artist Syd Lane’s studio was destroyed and 5,000 musical scores belonging to Fred Bonelli and his Old Time Orchestra went up in...
by Malcolm Pheby | Jan 24, 2019 | This Week
January 24, 1992: It’s fizz and flowers for Middleton actress Julie Goodyear who plays landlady Bet Lynch on Granada TV soap Coronation Street. After making her debut on the programme in 1966, Bet became a barmaid in the Rovers Return in 1970 and was the...
by Malcolm Pheby | Jan 16, 2019 | This Week
January 15, 1962: Doctors vaccinate members of the public against smallpox in Manchester Town Hall. Mass vaccinations were a common sight in the 1950s and 60s as smallpox was still endemic in Africa and Asia. It was the first disease to be eradicated in 1980 through...
by Malcolm Pheby | Jan 9, 2019 | This Week
January 14, 1957: Jockeys Fred Winter, right, and A.J. East line up for a press photo before the Manchester Races. Winter rode a record 923 National Hunt winners before retiring in 1964, including two Grand Nationals. He was Champion jockey four times. He then became...
