This book will also take you to alternative Manchester - Radical Manchester, Literary Manchester, and of course to Madchester, the crazy music scene. Revised and updated edition.
Manchester is far more than a grey provincial city preoccupied with the business of making money. The bales of cotton goods awaiting export have gone from the grand warehouses styled like palaces, and the cotton mills no longer hum with the sound of machinery. Yet the buildings remain in all their glory of tiles, terracotta and stained glass - converted to hotels, offices, chic apartments, hipster bars, fine eateries or gritty drinking dens. The textile trade may have disappeared, but you can find sustainable fashion in the old rag-trade district, and top quality coats and jackets are still being hand-sewn in the last remaining family-owned clothing factory. This book will also take you to alternative Manchester - Radical Manchester from Peterloo to the Pankhursts, Literary Manchester from Elizabeth Gaskell to Anthony Burgess, and of course to Madchester, the crazy music scene of Morrissey, Tony Wilson, the Hacienda and Factory Records.
20 Stories
Way up there | 10
31 Toad Lane
Birthplace of the Co-op | 12
Afflecks
A visit to retroland | 14
Alexandra Park, Oldham
Oldhams green oasis | 16
Altrincham Market
Food, flowers, fads and fashion | 18
Ancoats Mills
No longer dark and satanic | 20
Angel Meadow
Park with a hidden past | 22
Anita Street
A street for crossword addicts? | 24
Another Hand
All hands on deck | 26
Anthony Burgess Foundation
Haunt of the literati | 28
Banners of the People
From Whit Walks to Ban the Bomb | 30
Barton Arcade
Under crystal domes | 32
Barton Swing Aqueduct
A wonder of the waterway world | 34
Beaumont Organic
The future of fashion? | 36
Blackfriars
Two nations: the rich and the poor | 38
The Boulder in the Quad
When the Lake District came to Manchester | 40
Bridgewater Basin
Aquatic urban oasis | 42
Britannia Hotel (formerly Watts Warehouse)
Domain of a merchant prince | 44
Bury Market
Black pudding and Chorley cakes | 46
Castlefield Railway Viaducts
The march of the giants | 48
Cathedral Choir
Rabbits Revenge | 50
Central Ref
Therefore get wisdom | 52
Chinese Garden at RHS Bridgewater
Painting a picture in plants | 54
Chorlton Water Park
Grebes, bats and hula hoops | 56
Closing Cotton Prices at the Royal Exchange
The end of an era | 58
Contact Theatre
The face of carbon zero | 60
The Curry Mile
India on a plate | 62
Dale Street
Filming the Big Apple | 64
Deadstock General Store
Retail is detail | 66
Dormouse Chocolates
Manchesters first bean to bar | 68
East Lancashire Railway
Steaming ahead | 70
Edgar Wood in Middleton
Artistry in architecture | 72
Egyptian Tomb
Journey into the netherworld | 74
Elizabeth Gaskells House
Victorian literary life | 76
Ellenroad Engine House
The worlds biggest working steam engine | 78
Engels Beard
Radical facial hair | 80
esea contemporary
Small gallery, global reach | 82
FAC 251
Where Factory Records ended its days | 84
Fairfield Moravian Settlement
Village of vision | 86
Fireground
Fighting the flames | 88
Form Lifestyle Store
Small but perfectly formed | 90
Frank Sidebottom
The man with the papier-mâché head | 92
Free Trade Hall
Where the Madchester sound took root | 94
Gay Village
A proud history of queer culture | 96
George Bests Mini
Booze, birds and fast cars | 98
The Glade of Light
Memorial to the Arena Bombing | 100
Hallé St Peters
Bringing music to the people | 102
Hanging Ditch
An ancient bridge revealed | 104
Hat Works
Historical headgear | 106
Haweswater Aqueduct Mural
A neglected Manchester sculptor | 108
Higher Ground
Casual dining, seasonal sharing | 110
Holy Name of Jesus
Masterpiece by the designer of the hansom cab | 112
Imperial War Museum North
Deconstructivism at Salford Quays | 114
Jandol
Lebanese delight | 116
John Rylands Library Entrance Hall
Valhalla of the book | 118
Karl Marxs Desk
The oldest public library in Britain | 120
Kiku
Glamour in the Northern Quarter | 122
Kims Kitchen
Brutalism meets kitsch | 124
Kimpton Clock Tower Hotel
Tiles by the mile | 126
LANX
Choose Lancashire shoes | 128
Lark Hill Place
Remembrance of Salford past | 130
Legh Road, Knutsford
The Witches Sabbath | 132
Library Walk Link
A beautiful folly? | 134
Little David Street
A secret place revealed | 136
Mackie Mayor
Cuisine from eight kitchens | 138
Man City Changing Room
The Soul of the Squad | 140
The Manchester Baby
Freddies world-changing computer | 142
Manchester Jewish Museum
Look, listen, learn and eat | 144
Manchester Poplars
As seen in St Johns Gardens | 146
Marble Arch
Pub with a theatrical touch | 148
Mark Addy Memorial
The peoples hero | 150
Mayfield Park
From Grot Spot to Green Space | 152
Minut Men
Concrete totems of the sixties | 154
The Monastery
Lifting the spirits | 156
the modernist
Celebrating brutalism | 158
Monument to Vimto
Have you got the bottle? | 160
Mr Lowrys Stockport
Dominated by the viaduct | 162
Mr Thomass Chop House
Manchesters first gastropub | 164
National Cycling Centre
Sport, speed and centrifugal force | 166
Ordsall Hall
Old house, new garden | 168
The Pankhurst Centre
Where the suffragette movement began | 170
Peterloo Memorial
Manchesters massacre of the innocents | 172
Peveril of the Peak
Heres to Nancy | 174
Plaza Cinema
Stockports silver screen | 176
Police Museum
A night in the slammer | 178
Portico Library
Hidden literary oasis | 180
Post Box, Corporation Street
It survived the IRA bomb | 182
Private White V.C.
British craftsmanship at its best | 184
Richmond Tea Rooms
Through the looking glass | 186
Rochdale Town Hall
Municipal magnificence | 188
Runaway Brewery
Behind the scenes at the microbrewery | 190
Salford Lads Club
Not just for Smiths fans | 192
Sifters
When Liam and Noel were still speaking | 194
Southern Cemetery Gates
The gates that inspired Morrissey | 196
The Spärrows
Cross-border comfort food | 198
Sperm Whale Skeleton
300 dollars worth of bones | 200
St Georges, Stockport
And glory shone around | 202
Staircase House
A historic house you can touch | 204
Stockport Air Raid Shelters
The Chestergate Hotel | 206
The Temple
From water closet to watering place | 208
Tower of Light
The worlds most beautiful flue | 210
Twenty Twenty Two
Bats in the basement | 212
Unicorn Grocery
Did you bring your own bag? | 214
Valettes Albert Square
Still in the heart of Manchester | 216
Victoria Baths
A water palace refreshed | 218
Walkden Gardens
A garden of many rooms | 220
The Wash House
Rinse and spin | 222
Where the Light Gets In
Not so much a meal as an experience | 224
Whitworth Garden
Art in the park | 226
Worsley Delph
Coals to Manchester | 228
Yes
Positive thinking on four floors | 230
Julian Treuherz was born in Littleborough and went to school in Manchester, when he first got to know the city. He later returned to work as a curator at the Manchester Art Gallery before disappearing down the M62 to run the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. He is an expert on Victorian art and the Pre-Raphaelites. Peter de Figueiredo was brought up in Cheshire, studying architecture at the Manchester School of Art and urban design at the University of Manchester, leading to a career in historic buildings' conservation. For many years he was based at the Manchester office of English Heritage, before running his own consultancy.
