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This Week In Manchester – Baby The First Computer, Is Born
What happened in Manchester this week in previous years? Each week we take a look back into the annals of Manchester history to see what happened this week in previous years. 1949 - World's first computer is born Baby, the world’s first computer, was developed by...
read morePeople’s History Museum
If you’re fascinated by the past and have an hour or two to spare, you could do a lot worse than pop into the People’s History Museum in Spinningfields, Manchester. The former Edwardian pumping station houses an intriguing collection of memories and material from the...
read morePantomimes
Pantomimes are curious affairs, aren’t they? They’re packed with really odd customs and traditions that we take for granted! I mean, just consider the following: The principal boy is really a girl who always wears tights and slaps her thigh shouting ‘Bless my soul’ or...
read moreChristmas Market
You feel the countdown to Christmas only really begins in Manchester once Bonfire Night is out of the way and the Christmas Market is in full swing. That’s certainly the case now as the lights have been well and truly switched on, the decorations hung and the stalls...
read moreThen and Now
Chetham's School Of Music
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.
Medieval Chetham’s School forms our main image this week. The photograph, from 1900, was shot from the cathedral across Fennel Street.
The mullioned stone frontage of the school is overshadowed by buildings, now largely demolished, dating from the mid to late 1800s.
The hansom cabs, drawn up on the cobbles, evoke the turn-of-the-century atmosphere.


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