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Lost beneath the ice
It's the cold winter of 1813 and in Manchester the River Irwell has frozen over. A school teacher named Lavinia Robinson has gone missing. Will she be…
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Manchester history tour plans for next year
If you came on my Angel Meadow tour this year, thank you. I have some big plans for next year.
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Cooking my Nan’s dinners: Tater ash
Watch me cook my Nan’s tater ash and hear about the Norwegian origins of scouse
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The Manchester beer poisoning scandal
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The Manchester History Club is in the top 20 rising history newsletters on Substack
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How archaeologists unearthed my ancestor’s house
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The Battle of Clifton Junction
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Jerome Caminada's first night on the beat
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Finding Mr Engels: Part 1
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'People think it always rains in Manchester. Not true, though I admit it's the only town in the country with a lifeboat drill on the bus routes.' - Les Dawson
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The killer of little mule spinners
Reaching over the machines to repair broken threads of cotton, the mule spinners of Manchester and Lancashire were falling victim to a silent killer
Aug 29
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The Manchester beer poisoning scandal
Hundreds of people became sick and dozens died before deadly arsenic was found in the city's beer supply
Aug 2
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Are the bones of Thomas Paine in your attic?
Rumours have swirled for 200 years that the father of the American Revolution's remains could be somewhere in Manchester
Jul 4
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Finding Mr Engels: Part 4
The final part of my series on Friedrich Engels in Manchester and how I think we should really tell the city's story
Jun 27
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Finding Mr Engels: Part 3
It's 1844 and a well-dressed man is walking through the streets of the world's first industrial city. The cotton looms are thumping like a heartbeat.
Jun 21
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🚶🏻The Meander #2: Step across the Irwell into Salford's old Chapel Street
Just a few steps across the Irwell from Manchester's Exchange Square, Chapel Street in Salford awaits the developers
Jun 20
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Finding Mr Engels: Part 2
Friedrich Engels, standing there with his arms folded in a concrete frockcoat, could not look more out of place
Jun 14
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Finding Mr Engels: Part 1
How a journey to uncover my family history led me to an encouter with Friedrich Engels in slums of Victorian Manchester
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