Bramhall is a residential suburb to the south of Manchester. Though part of Stockport MBC it has a distinctive character of its own very different to Stockport proper. Bramhall had its own Urban District Council until 1974.

Bramhall is centred on the village where three roads meet. It preserves a traditional look despite the […]

[Read more →]

It’s fascinating to hear older people talking about Manchester as it was in other eras. Recording and archiving descriptions like this is an important part of documenting the city for present and future generations. On Tuesday 23 October 2007 I visited the Oasis Group at Holy Trinity Church, Platt Lane, Rusholme. The Oasis […]

[Read more →]

I’m sitting here in Kro Bar, located on the ground floor of the office building Number One Piccadilly Gardens, built on the Portland Street end of the gardens around 2002.
Around me are today’s young people and not so young people out for a night of drinking, partying, clubbing, carousing, boozing in Manchester 2007. Kro Bar […]

[Read more →]