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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-3sn49-1ac6aad “The worst night of violence and destruction suffered by Manchester city centre since the Blitz”, according to a senior judge. The 2008 Uefa Cup final between Glasgow Rangers and Zenit St Petersburg should have been a showcase for international football – but instead ended up in a night of shame. By some estimates, 200,000…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-96yf3-1aa1016 Death was everywhere in Victorian Manchester. In this episode we discuss the dangers of factory life and beyond, as well as the traditions for remembering the dead. Dean talks about the grim legacy of mass graves around the city, including sites (some now in city parks) where the dead were buried 18 deep. We also…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xhibz-1a6d46d What was life like for the thousands of people who worked in Manchester’s cotton mills in Victorian times? We discuss how young couples might tie the knot in mass ‘penny weddings’, often with disastrous results. We’ll talk about the immense pride many working families took in their homes – and how ‘donkey stones’ were…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jwmy6-1a4e042 Manchester’s cotton industry created a blueprint for modern, industrial life. But who were the men, women and children that lived in the shadows of the city’s towering brick factories? Chris, Dean and Yakub focus on the human stories from inside the mills – contrasting the uncompromising hardship of factory life in Victorian Manchester with…