Manchester History Club

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To the world it was Cottonopolis, but real Mancs know it as Town
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To the world it was Cottonopolis, but real Mancs know it as Town

Welcome to my newsletter telling stories from the backstreets of Victorian Manchester

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Dean Kirby
Apr 08, 2023
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Manchester Town Hall, 1904 (Photo: Flickr/Smabs Sputzer)

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Welcome to my newsletter about working class life in Victorian Manchester. I’m Dean Kirby and I’m an award-winning journalist and urban historian exploring and writing about the grimy backstreets of the world’s first industrial city.

I’ll be the first to admit that sounds a bit off t…

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