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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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Dean Kirby
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Are the bones of Thomas Paine in your attic?
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June 2025
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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Dean Kirby
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Finding Mr Engels: Part 4
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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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Dean Kirby
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Finding Mr Engels: Part 3
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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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Dean Kirby
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🚶🏻The Meander #2: Step across the Irwell into Salford's old Chapel Street
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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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Dean Kirby
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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
Jun 6
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Dean Kirby
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May 2025
The Manchester Mulan
In 1814, Sarah Roberts Taylor revealed to a charity officer in Manchester she had spent 21 years as a cavalryman in the British Army
May 10
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Dean Kirby
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The Manchester Mulan
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In the footsteps of Engels: New tour dates for summer 2025
Join more than 500 people who have been with me on a tour of Angel Meadow with new dates for June, July and August 2025
May 9
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Dean Kirby
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The Manchester Mulan: Finding Sarah Roberts Taylor
Can the real story of Sarah Roberts Taylor who served 21 years as a cavalryman in the British Army be pieced together in the archives?
May 9
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Dean Kirby
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The Manchester Mulan: Finding Sarah Roberts Taylor
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🚶🏽What is the Manchester History Club Meander?
Explore the less-travelled routes through the city centre with this new series of posts exclusively for paid Manchester History Club subscribers
May 5
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Dean Kirby
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Jerome Caminada's first night on the beat
The young police officer who became Victorian Manchester's greatest detective had an eventful night when he went out on patrol for the first time in…
May 3
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Dean Kirby
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Jerome Caminada's first night on the beat
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🚶🏻The Meander #1: Explore the hidden ginnels that connect two churches
By following a series of passageways once used by Victorian thieves, you can travel unseen from St Ann's Square to the Hidden Gem
May 2
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Dean Kirby
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