Manchester Articles

Census
THOUSANDS of people in Greater Manchester have been trying to find out about their family history after the 1901 census was published on the Internet...

Inner City
IT'S just the tonic the inner city needed to help shed a fast-fading image of deep-rooted decay. The first new residents have moved in to the former Salford Royal Hospital which is being converted into luxury flats ranging from £60,000 to £275,000 penthouses...

Architects Buildings

Happening
MANCHESTER is a wonderful city with a rich cultural history and I am delighted that it is finally getting the recognition it deserves. There is an air of optimism around the city, a real buzz and a great sense that you are achieving things that many `southern' cynics thought would not be possible...

Manchester
MANCHESTER’S reputation as one of the clubbing capitals of the world has been enhanced by a new poll...

Manhattan
HAS anyone walked through the city centre recently and actually looked up? An ever changing skyline now dominates the horizon...

Parties
MANCHESTER’S reputation as one of the clubbing capitals of the world has been enhanced by a new poll...

Students
Once again a row has broken out between northern universities and Oxbridge. It began when one of the national Sunday broadsheets pulled a sting on Oxford University. The outcome wasn’t particularly surprising; students could receive preferential treatment on admissions if “daddy” would make a chunky financial contribution...

Town Hall
THE moment that the clock on Manchester Town Hall strikes 2pm, Kay O'Brien begins her tour. Over the next two hours, 25 visitors are treated to a tour-de-force around this intricate Victorian building...

Men History
THE Manchester Evening News was launched as a personal propaganda sheet on October 10, 1868, by Mitchell Henry, a local businessman who wanted to get into parliament...

Oasis
ON August 18 1991, Oasis, comprising Liam Gallagher, Paul ‘‘Guigsy’’ McGuigan, Paul ‘‘Bonehead’’ Arthurs and Tony McCarroll, took the stage at the Manchester Boardwalk, supporting a band called Sweet Jesus (remember them? Thought not!)...

Punk Pioneers
ONE weekend in 1976, aspiring punks Pete Shelley and Howard Devoto set off to London to persuade the Sex Pistols to play in Manchester. What started as a weekend jaunt became a pivotal moment in Manchester's music history...

Regeneration
MANCHESTER'S skyline has changed dramatically during a year of continuing and almost breathless transformation of the city...

Stockport
THE ups far outnumbered the downs during the last 12 months characterised mostly by growth and optimism in Stockport...

Trafford Promise
IT is already home to the world's richest football club and Britain's biggest shopping city. But the future looks even brighter in 2001 for Trafford as magnetic power of south-west Manchester promises to increase its status as a growing leader for business, leisure and investment...

Useful Links
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Warrington
WARRINGTON is one of the most economically prosperous areas of the North West, with unemployment at just 2.6 per cent of the workforce, way below the four per cent national average...

World Class City
RECORD numbers of overseas tourists are flocking to Manchester.
More than 770,000 international visitors came to the city, according to tourism chiefs at VisitBritain, making it the most visited city behind London and Edinburgh...

Wythenshaw
A STRING of major developments underway in Wythenshawe is set to shift the emphasis of the area's business landscape away from the traditional manufacturing industry towards the booming service sector...

Cherish Manchester
I ONCE saw graffiti neatly pencilled on the crumbling wall of the third floor ladies toilet in Royal Mill Ancoats...

Rough Praise
A STRING of major developments underway in Wythenshawe is set to shift the emphasis of the area's business landscape away from the traditional manufacturing industry towards the booming service sector...

Portico
NEIL Roland is explaining his love of Manchester. He says, with evident enthusiasm: "I think it is a fascinating city architecturally...

Morrissey Live
FROM Manhattan to Move, they haven’t been many stones left unturned by Steven Patrick Morrissey’s live career in his hometown...

Take That Live
FROM Manhattan to Move, they haven’t been many stones left unturned by Steven Patrick Morrissey’s live career in his hometown...

Bombers No Justice
A TV documentary recalling the horror of the IRA bomb in Manchester city centre claims the culprits will never face justice...