Gin Pit Colliery
Colliery that operated on the Lancashire Coalfield from the 1840s in Tyldesley Lancashire, England.
Coal mining, Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Worthington Hall, Wigan
Worthington Hall is an Elizabethan farm house on Chorley Lane in Wigan, Manchester, England. An inscription on a lintel in the gabled porch dates the building to 1577.
Cinema, Greater Manchester, Theatre
Capitol Theatre, Manchester
Former cinema in Didsbury, Manchester, used as television studios by ITV contractor ABC from 1956 to 1968.
Greater Manchester
Manchester Blitz
Heavy bombing of the city of Manchester and its surrounding areas in North West England during the Second World War by the Nazi German Luftwaffe.
Greater Manchester, Hotel
Free Trade Hall
Public hall constructed in 1853–1856 on St Peter’s Fields, the site of the Peterloo Massacre, now a Radisson hotel.
Country house, Greater Manchester
Morleys Hall
Moated hall converted into two houses on the edge of Astley Moss in Astley, Greater Manchester, England, largely rebuilt in the 19th century on the site of a medieval timber house.
Greater Manchester, Theatre
Tyldesley Little Theatre
Small “back street” theatre in Lemon Street, Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, England.
Greater Manchester, Transport
Kenyon and Leigh Junction Railway
Railway opened on 3 January 1831 linking the Bolton and Leigh Railway (B&LR), which terminated near the Leigh Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) at Kenyon.
Greater Manchester, Manor house
Sharston Hall
Former manor house built in Sharston, an area of Wythenshawe, Manchester, England in 1701.
Greater Manchester, Zoo
Belle Vue Zoological Gardens
Large zoo, amusement park, exhibition hall complex and speedway stadium in Belle Vue, Manchester, England, opened in 1836.
