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These North Manchester suburbs are all part of the rich history that Manchester grew its reputation on. The first industrial city needed room for mills and dwellings, and these areas made up the bulk of the sites for them. Ancoats is now being Yuppiefied, but there is a preservation society dedicated to keeping the heritage of the city intact. It was here that inspired Frederich Engels and his book, "Conditions of the Working Class in England" is mostly concerned with the conditions of the workers in Ancoats. It was also known as Little Italy, and even in my early life “The Italian Marches” were a big social event. Miles Platting is the next suburb out along Oldham Road. Like Ancoats, it too was, and still is a largely working class area. Like most of North Manchester, Irish immigrants were a large portion of the residents. Mills, and railways were the main employers, and the old, now demolished Playhouse was a focal point of the community for miles around. New Cross is a small area sandwiched inbetween the city centre, Ancoats and Collyhurst. Being situated where it is, it was largely similar to Ancoats in the old days, and nowadays, being on the edge of the city centre is even more a target for the developers and their identikit blocks of flats (sorry, apartments). Collyhurst is where my Mancunian roots lie. My Dad’s Mam and Dad moved from Ireland and settled there after the war and he grew up there until moving to Moston. It too has a large immigrant population, and was heavily industrialised. Collyhurst has so far kept the developers away, although the part of it nearest to the city centre is festooned with the bland blocks of flats and has been rebranded “South Collyhurst”. Deary me. |
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