Category: This Week

Plus this week in 1972, Bolton Wanderers’ players Paul Jones and Garry Jones go through their paces at a pre-season photo-shoot at Burnden Park.

Plus this week in 1973, Joanna Lumley joins the cast of Coronation Street to play Ken Barlow’s girlfriend Elaine Perkins

Plus, this week in 1966 Brazilian football legend Pele is captured in a pensive moment during training at Bolton for World Cup tournament.

Plus this week in 1976, Manchester City forward Brian Kidd poses for the press at Maine Road ahead of the 1976-7 season.

Plus, we wonder whether Phil Neville has chosen the wrong sport?

Plus this week in 1996, destruction caused by a bomb planted by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Manchester is plain to see as debris is cleared at the Arndale centre.

Plus this week in 1968, Nicholas the hippo devours an entire birthday cake brought along by Birmingham children visiting Belle Vue Zoo.

Plus this week in 1967, cars park at Manchester’s Ringway Airport at a time when air travel was less fraught and not subject to stringent Covid testing regulations.

Plus this week in 1963, the excitement of Manchester’s Whit Walks was all a bit too much for four-year-old Angela Lane as she waited to make her way home from Albert Square.

Plus this week in 1965, Manchester United and England midfielder Nobby Stiles gets ready to leave Ringway Airport for an Inter-Cities Fairs Cup semi-final against Ferencvaros in Budapest.

Plus this week in 1964 British tennis ace Christine Truman wraps up against the cold at the Northern Lawn Tennis Tournament at Didsbury.