Then & Now – Bold Street, Liverpool
Welcome to Then and Now, where each week we compare images of Manchester streets, landmarks and buildings from bygone days with how they look now.
This week our main picture shows Heaton Park in 1906. Its previous owner the Earl of Wilton had sold it to Manchester City Council just four years earlier in 1902.
As live football returns to our TV screens, iNostalgia remembers when the UEFA Euro 96 championships came to Liverpool
A friendly invasion from five nations engulfed Merseyside in the unforgettable sporting summer of 1996. Anfield became the home stadium for Italy, Russia and the Czech Republic in the UEFA Euro 96 football championships – and thousands of fans came along too. Russians...
iNostalgia remembers Lally Bowers and Dora Bryan – two Oldham actresses who made it big in the 1960s and 70s
They may have been next-door neighbours for a while, but the stage and screen careers of Oldham actresses Lally Bowers and Dora Bryan were often poles apart. Bowers chose the route of drama, film and TV sitcoms, while Bryan made her debut in pantomime and excelled in...
Then & Now – Students’ Union building, Manchester
Welcome to Then and Now, where each week we compare images of Manchester streets, landmarks and buildings from bygone days with how they look now.
This week our main picture shows Heaton Park in 1906. Its previous owner the Earl of Wilton had sold it to Manchester City Council just four years earlier in 1902.
iNostalgia remembers Liverpool writer Cyril Abraham and his most well-known creation – The Onedin Line
It’s odd to think that one of the best-loved TV drama series of the 1970s owes its success to a pink typewriter that nobody wanted. Liverpool bus-driver Cyril Abraham used the unloved machine to type out his first short stories after his wife Joan rented it for him....
Then & Now – Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool
Welcome to Then and Now, where each week we compare images of Manchester streets, landmarks and buildings from bygone days with how they look now.
This week our main picture shows Heaton Park in 1906. Its previous owner the Earl of Wilton had sold it to Manchester City Council just four years earlier in 1902.
iNostalgia remembers famous performers at the Empire Theatre in the 1960s, including the Beatles, Shirley Bassey and Liverpool football team!
Liverpool football club were certainly looking for inspiration when the first team went along to see Shirley Bassey at the Empire Theatre in May 1965. They were 3-1 down after the home leg of their European Cup semi-final against Inter Milan – and were flying out to...
Then & Now – Piccadilly Station, Manchester
Welcome to Then and Now, where each week we compare images of Manchester streets, landmarks and buildings from bygone days with how they look now.
This week our main picture shows Heaton Park in 1906. Its previous owner the Earl of Wilton had sold it to Manchester City Council just four years earlier in 1902.
1993: Australian cricket legend Shane Warne bowls in his first Ashes test match against England at Old Trafford. (Pictured)
June 3, 1993 Australian cricket legend Shane Warne bowls in his first Ashes test match against England at Old Trafford. It turned out to be a successful debut as the Australians won the match by 179 runs. Warne took Mike Gatting’s wicket with his first delivery of the...
Then & Now – Liverpool Canal at Maghull, Sefton
Welcome to Then and Now, where each week we compare images of Manchester streets, landmarks and buildings from bygone days with how they look now.
This week our main picture shows Heaton Park in 1906. Its previous owner the Earl of Wilton had sold it to Manchester City Council just four years earlier in 1902.
Then & Now – Parker Street, Manchester
Welcome to Then and Now, where each week we compare images of Manchester streets, landmarks and buildings from bygone days with how they look now.
This week our main picture shows Heaton Park in 1906. Its previous owner the Earl of Wilton had sold it to Manchester City Council just four years earlier in 1902.
Then & Now – Playhouse extension, Liverpool
Welcome to Then and Now, where each week we compare images of Manchester streets, landmarks and buildings from bygone days with how they look now.
This week our main picture shows Heaton Park in 1906. Its previous owner the Earl of Wilton had sold it to Manchester City Council just four years earlier in 1902.
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