Public hall built in 1878 by the Manchester's first multi-millionaire John Rylands.
Stretford Town Hall
Redirected to Trafford Town Hall.
Sweet Fanny Adams
English phrase that means "nothing at all", but Fanny was a real person, brutally murdered in 1867.
Taxes on knowledge
Slogan used in a long-running campaign against duties on newspapers, their advertising content and the paper they were printed on.
The Bottle Conjuror
18th-century hoax featuring an acrobat inserting his body into an empty wine bottle.
The College of Psychic Studies
Educational charity founded in 1884, offering training in mediumship and various divinatory tools.
The Sleeping Girl of Turville
Girl claimed by her mother to have fallen into a deep sleep from which she could not be roused for nine years.
The Treasure in the Forest
Short story written by H. G. Wells and published in 1897, about the fate of two men who steal a treasure map from a Chinaman.
The Vote (newspaper)
Suffragette newspaper published from 1909 until 1933.
Thomas Sheridan
Thomas Sheridan (1775 – 1817), known as Tom Sheridan, was the only son of the playwright and poet Richard Brinsley Sheridan and the soprano Elizabeth Ann Linley