Mad Eyed Screamer
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Did someone shout out ''Judas'' at you? ;)
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Manchester - so much to answer for....
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Tuearts right boot
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The only city in the world with a music venue named after a repeal of a law. The Free Trade Hall. Understandably it was a shit law imposed by the Tories.
Also it is the cradle of communism.
You just had to bring politics into it didn't you.....it was all going so well.
KenTheLandlord
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You just had to bring politics into it didn't you.....it was all going so well.
<<smokes pipe>>
bluesteve1964
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Terry Christian!!!!
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The Manchester Man by Isabella Banks is an interesting read. It was written in 1876 and depicts a number of momentous occurrences in Manchester around that time. I think it has been re-written in "modern" English to make it an easy read. Gives a good insight into Manchester 140 years ago.
StrangewaysHereWeCome
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There's a boozer somewhere, I've seen it few times but dont know where, poss Salford, called the Flemish Weaver....well I never.
You're right about it being opposite the Uni. One of the lovely flat roof style council estate pubs of Pendleton. Once numbered over 60 in the Hankinson Park area (Salford precinct and the flats there) Now just one. The Winston on Churchill Way.It was opposite University College Salford now part of Salford Uni. There was a famous murder hatched in there.
What famous murder was hatched there?
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Not sure. I was half pissed at the time, after a couple of pre ceremony liveners with my old man in Cox's bar.Did someone shout out ''Judas'' at you? ;)
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manctheknife
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Didn't get as far as A levels. Was working by the time I picked up my O Level cert. Resplendant in a new suit, whilst my old school chums had to appear in uniform.Bloody youngsters. O Level cert there in 1973 and A Level cert there in 1975.
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What famous murder was hatched there?[/QUOTE]
Let me think about it. The case was famous because the defence involved threats by a gang in the Weaver to make someone kill a third person. The memory does play tricks but I hope it will come back to me because it is really niggling me now.
What I do remember is the wife and others from Salford Council getting the empty flats in Pear Tree etc Courts done up with new furniture. food and toiletry packs for the Kosovan refugees who seemed to come and go very quickly. All a bit inconvenient as I had to pass my time while she worked, in the Collier's Arms in Tyldesley and get my own food parcels from the takeway.;-)
You're right about it being opposite the Uni. One of the lovely flat roof style council estate pubs of Pendleton. Once numbered over 60 in the Hankinson Park area (Salford precinct and the flats there) Now just one. The Winston on Churchill Way.
What famous murder was hatched there?
Let me think about it. The case was famous because the defence involved threats by a gang in the Weaver to make someone kill a third person. The memory does play tricks but I hope it will come back to me because it is really niggling me now.
What I do remember is the wife and others from Salford Council getting the empty flats in Pear Tree etc Courts done up with new furniture. food and toiletry packs for the Kosovan refugees who seemed to come and go very quickly. All a bit inconvenient as I had to pass my time while she worked, in the Collier's Arms in Tyldesley and get my own food parcels from the takeway.;-)