Archive - Manchester History Club

🚶🏽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 •

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 •

🚶🏻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 •

April 2025

Take a peek inside the strangest pub Manchester ever knew

Pictured: Ye Olde Seven Stars in Withy Grove had its own torture kit, hangman's door, hidden tunnel and a secret chamber 'used by Guy Fawkes'

Apr 25 •

The Manchester History Club is in the top 20 rising history newsletters on Substack

Telling the story of Manchester - the world's greatest city - and its people one letter at a time

Apr 10 •

On the Trail of the Salford Sioux

The true story behind the legend of the Native American tribesmen who vanished into the Salford night

Apr 7 •

February 2025

The Dinner Hour

In Manchester, lunch has always been called dinner

Feb 16 •

January 2025

December 2024

November 2024

The Whiskey Wakes

When the priest entered the house, the dead man was laid out on the bed with a lit pipe of tobacco in his mouth

Nov 23, 2024 •

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