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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…
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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…
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“MANCHESTER HAS GOT EVERYTHING EXCEPT A BEACH”, IAN BROWN Historian DR Dean Kirby AND friends will delve into some of the forgotten corners of this English city – discussing its mUSIC, CULTURE, drugs and scandals – but also the offbeat moments of humour and its unbelievable inhabitants. OUR FIRST RUN OF EPISODES will span the…
Everything But A Beach 