I’ve written much about the radical history of Cropper Street, Collyhurst. The BBC 2 documentary Manctopia, is a detailed investigation into property development in Manchester. Episode 2, shown 25 August 2020, features an interview with a resident of Osborne Street, which Cropper
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Last week I met the lovely organisers of the Once Upon a Time history group at the Manchester Communication Academy, Collyhurst. Talking to them about my quest to find more about the residents and spaces of Cropper Street/Osborne Street, they reminded
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This is the most radical street in Manchester history, in my opinion. In April 2017, I took a field trip around Ancoats and Miles Platting, north Manchester, to investigate some of the sites of protest and popular politics that I researched for
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