Legends remembered in our great city.

[Two Gun Bob]

I always love this kind of stuff and often miss it before it's gone. View attachment 87709

Prestwick if I'm not mistaken. Painted on james st chippy wall

 

[Deleted member 77198]

She certainly.does, however that college is due to close in the next 4-5 yeaes if I remember the article on the new one tmc built in strangeways so if that does happen who knows what it will become and if it will keep it's name

That’s a shame because Shena Simon buildings are beauties.

Especially compared to the eyesores that were built in the right background across the road from them in this first picture:

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Some legends became our pubs:

Abel Heywood


Sir Ralph Abercrombie


The Old Wellington Inn


The Shakespeare

 

[BrianW]

I believe I am right in saying that the Shakespeare pub was originally in Chester and was imported to its present location.

 

[Stephen Ireland's pants]

Love the abel heywood. Cromby full of red shit and the Wellington.

 

[BrianW]

John Byrom wrote the hymn, Christians Awake. He also invented a form of shorthand and was a member of the Royal Society. He was a Jacobite sympathiser, though avoided actual involvement. He owned Kersal Cell and also had a house in Manchester itself.

His daughter, Elizabeth left a journal which includes an account of 'Bonnie' Prince Charlie's visit to Manchester. I have read the journal which is an interesting link to the Manchester of those times and she records being presented to the Prince. It's online if anyone is interested: https://archive.org/stream/journalelizabet00byrogoog/journalelizabet00byrogoog_djvu.txt

 

[bladdered]

John Byrom wrote the hymn, Christians Awake. He also invented a form of shorthand and was a member of the Royal Society. He was a Jacobite sympathiser, though avoided actual involvement. He owned Kersal Cell and also had a house in Manchester itself.

His daughter, Elizabeth left a journal which includes an account of 'Bonnie' Prince Charlie's visit to Manchester. I have read the journal which is an interesting link to the Manchester of those times and she records being presented to the Prince. It's online if anyone is interested: https://archive.org/stream/journalelizabet00byrogoog/journalelizabet00byrogoog_djvu.txt

Bonnie Prince Charlie deserves a statue. Apparently he stood outside my local 'The Waggon & Horses' on Stockport Rd and said it's a long sight to Manchester thus giving us our name #LongsightBlues!

 

[m7mcfc]

I always love this kind of stuff and often miss it before it's gone. View attachment 87709

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Prestwick if I'm not mistaken. Painted on james st chippy wall

I'm sure Prestwick Blue will be delighted he has been transported to just outside Glasgow
@Prestwich_Blue

 

[BrianW]

Bonnie Prince Charlie deserves a statue. Apparently he stood outside my local 'The Waggon & Horses' on Stockport Rd and said it's a long sight to Manchester thus giving us our name #LongsightBlues!

Yes, it's an incident in Manchester history that's little known. But Manchester was the one place in England that raised a regiment for the guy. Not that it ended well. They were, if anything, treated worse than the Jacobite Scots. The top guys were hanged drawn and quartered and many more were 'transported'. Effectively, enslaved, although we don't call it that. There was one unfortunate chap who had to look at his son's head on a spike on the Royal Exchange every time he went by.

Manchester Regiment (Jacobite) - Wikipedia

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