Nostalgia focuses on Wigan Pier and its famous visitors down the years
For an ordinary coal-loading jetty in an inland town, Wigan Pier has carved out quite a name for itself over the past century. George Orwell wrote about it, George Formby sang about it and the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh made a special visit to its former site 30...
1964: Henry Cooper V Brian London at the King’s Hall, Belle Vue
February 24, 1964: Heavyweight boxer Henry Cooper gets into training before his fight against Brian London at the King’s Hall, Belle Vue. To the winner would go the vacant European, British and Commonwealth titles. As it turned out, Cooper proved too strong for London...
Then & Now – Upper Lloyd Street
Welcome to Then and Now, where each week we compare images of Manchester streets, landmarks and buildings from bygone days with how they look today. Our main image this week shows the rousing welcome the Liverpool football team received on returning from the 1950 FA Cup Final at Wembley.
iNostalgia looks back on two legends of Merseyside football who come face to face in a veterans’ match in 1950
Seventy years ago this winter, two footballing giants from Liverpool and Everton shook hands before a floodlit charity match at Holly Park. Leading the former stars of Everton that night was William ‘Dixie’ Dean, arguably the club’s greatest ever player. He scored an...
Then & Now – St George’s Hall
Welcome to Then and Now, where each week we compare images of Manchester streets, landmarks and buildings from bygone days with how they look today. Our main image this week shows the rousing welcome the Liverpool football team received on returning from the 1950 FA Cup Final at Wembley.
Nostalgia celebrates the career of Bredbury-born impressionist and entertainer Mike Yarwood
Anyone who watched TV in the 1970s will remember the extraordinary group of entertainers assembled by BBC impresario Bill Cotton. They included the comic talents of Dick Emery, Morecambe and Wise and the Two Ronnies – as well as singer Val Doonican and all-rounder...
1958: Manchester United goalkeeper Harry Gregg is pictured days after the Munich air disaster
February 10, 1958: Manchester United goalkeeper Harry Gregg is pictured days after the Munich air disaster of February 6th that cost the lives of eight of his team-mates. Described as the ‘Hero of Munich’, Gregg pulled Bobby Charlton, Jackie Blanchflower and Dennis...
iNostalgia remembers the 33-year political partnership between Harold Wilson and Huyton
Opposition parties always had a tough time of it in the Labour stronghold of Huyton. Conservatives and Liberals were little more than also-rans in the parliamentary constituency created in 1950 and dissolved in 1983. Even Screaming Lord Sutch, the future founder of...
Then & Now – Liverpool football team
Welcome to Then and Now, where each week we compare images of Manchester streets, landmarks and buildings from bygone days with how they look today. Our main image this week shows the rousing welcome the Liverpool football team received on returning from the 1950 FA Cup Final at Wembley.
1975: Look back at Belle Vue Zoo with Fred the goat
February 10, 1975: It’s fair to say there was a sudden bite in the air when Fred the goat decided to eat the flowers on model Cathy Coen’s hat at Belle Vue Zoo. The zoo was shooting a publicity campaign for the Easter holidays when the errant goat decided the bonnet...
Nostalgia remembers three Manchester bands who made their breakthrough 35 years ago
It’s no exaggeration to say that 1985 was a momentous year for music in Manchester. The Smiths released their only Number One album Meat is Murder, the Stone Roses arrived on the scene and Salford band the Happy Mondays signed for Manchester-based Factory Records. Not...
1950’s: Passenger lounge at Manchester’s Ringway airport
February 12, 1954: It may look more like a doctor’s waiting room, but this is actually the passenger lounge at Manchester’s Ringway airport in the early 1950s. Canvas chairs line the walls and there’s no sign of the duty-free shops, retail outlets, bars and eateries...
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