north Manchester

Blog posts:

locales: Cropper Street, Manchester (1)
Manchester committee to promote innocent recreation

Public space maps

map of council owned public space in Manchester: 1897 (dark green), 1938 (brown, with council housing in yellow); 1945 (light green)

Share your memories of Collyhurst public spaces and Osborne Street:

Hear me discuss the radical history of Cropper Street on North Manchester Radio on Hannah’s Bookshelf, 19 February 2019: https://www.mixcloud.com/Hannahs_Bookshelf/a-helping-of-history-19022019/

the most radical street in Manchester - join in

Maps in progress:

Sources

1880 map of the sanitary districts of Manchester – University of Manchester digitised collections

Osborne Street and surrounding:

https://luna.manchester.ac.uk/luna/servlet/s/i38eur

https://luna.manchester.ac.uk/luna/servlet/detail/maps002~1~1~415025~220734:%3Ca-rel=-license–href=-http—creat?qvq=q:%3D%22Project%3A%20Victorian%20Sanitary%20Survey%20Maps%20for%20central%20Manchester%22;lc:maps002~1~1&mi=14&trs=46