Manchester Collection (page 4)

Manchester and Area electricity control room where all the power cut decisions are taken for Manchester and outlying areas. Mr A Dobson (standing) who is in charge. 8th December 1970

Dressed for the races, but which races? If you like putting your money on the horses, its the " Ascot" outfit complete with parasol

Manchester Church of England Whit Monday walks. Alison Lawson, aged 7, of Gay St Mission parks by this meter on the long long walk. 3rd June 1963

A 5pm late afternoon rush hour scene in a busy Moseley Street, Manchester, England. Picture taken 8th September 1937

Piccadilly area of Manchester on a Friday night. 3rd May 1935. Picture shows the lit up Piccadilly Cinema, and the Piccadilly Square on a clear May Manchester Friday night

A woman shopper in Manchester. Circa 1936

The 35B tram to Stockport travels down Upper Lloyd Street, Moss Side, Manchester. Picture also shows tram lamps and gas lamps. Picture taken 2nd March 1934

Prefab Bungalows Prefab Housing. A village of new prefab housing in Capenhurst, Manchester. A car drives through the village on what looks like a new road

Youki, tame giraffe at Belle Vue Zoo, gives a motherly lick to two new arrivals, muscovite ducks, who were being shown around the zoo by Anglea Melia, 19, left, and Eileen Simkiss, 16, right

Johnny Marr, guitarist and songwriter with the Manchester music group The Smiths. The band were together from 1982 to 1987 and consisted of vocalist Morrissey, guitarist Johnny Marr

Coronation Street set. A new street setting for Coronation Street. Granada T.V have built an out door set for shooting some of the scenes for future Coronation Street episodes

A couple kiss to celebrate New Year in Albert Square, Manchester. England, in the last moments of the swinging 1960s Picture taken 31st December 1969

22-year-old club croupier Irene Mercer. 22nd November 1964

A crowd of shoppers watching a man breakdancing, Manchester. 6th February 1984

Mary Quant (middle / dead centre of the girls) and her Ginger Group put a little ginger
Mary Quant (middle/dead centre of the girls) and her Ginger Group put a little ginger into Market Street Manchester today after a photo shoot. They did a ring a ring or roses around a lamp post

Fred Perry (left) former Wimbledon champion talking with Stan Matthews Junior who is Junior British Champion during a tennis tournament at Didsbury, Manchester Picture taken 7th June 1961

In the mid 1930s, the Manchester Corporation tried to make the passengers for trams enter the vehicles in an orderly queue

Manchester Assize Courts, circa 1938

Manchester University students in Albert Square. 2nd March 1954

New University Union Building at Manchester University. 23rd October 1957

Men balance precariously 100ft up the radio mast at Gaythorn Gas Works. 26th November 1970

Canal Street, the centre of the Manchester Gay Village, is a street in Manchester city centre in North West England. The pedestrianised street, which runs along the west side of the Rochdale Canal

Guardian Telephone Exchange, Manchester, 15th March 1983. Underground telephone exchange built in Manchester in 1954. Today the underground site is used for telephone cabling

Fog in Manchester turns day into night here is the scene at 1.30pm in Oxford Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester. 17th November 1953

H. M.s Otter which was involved in a slight collision with a ferry in the Ship Canal
H.M.S Otter which was involved in a slight collision with a ferry in the Ship Canal yesterday, arriving at the Manchester Docks after the incident

Men on a float at Belle Vue Speedway, Golden Jubilee Year. Belle Vue, Manchester, 15th July 1978

Belle Vue Greyhound stand demolished. The tracks Assistant General Manager Colin Delaney with the plans for the new stadium complex

Manager Gordon Smith with Belle Vues team for the new Junior League which is (left to right) Peter Scully, Mike Hampson and Jon Armstrong. 13th March 1993

The Belle Vue Squad of the mid thirties, pictured after their fourth consecutive National League triumph in 1936. Back (left to right) Bill Kitchen, Max Grosskreutz, Oliver Langton, Stanley Dobson

Paula Dunn Thomas, world class athlete and Sports Development Officer for Manchester puts some of the youngsters at the Manchester Sports Athletics School through their paces at the Belle Vue

Harry Bellis horse riding tiger riders Sam, a cart horse in the Belle Vue Circus. Timmy, a fully grown tiger from Bengal is the star attraction in the circus. Manchester, 22nd December 1969

Greyhounds racing at Belle Vue Greyhound Stadium, Belle Vue, Gorton, Manchester. 8th July 1995

Belle Vues new Colts team with their manager Ted Connor (left). They are (left to right) Gary Clegg, Martin Scarisbrick, Lee Edwards, Paul Heyes, Peter Clegg and Dave Wild

Superbike riders at Belle Vue. Champion trials riders Martin Lapkin (left) and Malcolm Rathmell (right) join road race ace Mick Grant for a practice speedway session at Belle Vue, Manchester

Manchester Central Library, 4th April 1953

Elizabeth, baby giraffe at Belle Vue Zoo, Manchester with her mother September 1952. Greater Manchester, C4609

Meet a Dainty Dazzler: Those spindly legs are a little unsteady yet. But then this baby zebra born at Belle Vue Zoo, Manchester, was only a few hours old when the picture was taken

Children in a Manchester Street find their own enjoyment with the aid of a rope and a lamp post. Children playing in the street, swinging from a streetlight in March 1943

Nicholas the hippo at Belle Vue Zoo in Manchester, Greater Manchester, is fed with a cake brought for him by some Birmingham children. June 1960 M4444-002

Condemned dogs at the Manchester dogs home Collyhurst, Manchester, Greater Manchester, waiting for owners to claim them. December 1969 Z12262-005

General view of Manchester Cathedral, Greater Manchester. June 1959

Children carrying a banner in the Whit Walk at Manchester, Greater Manchester. June 1960 M4383-011

Boy Scots marching in the Whit Walks in Manchester, Greater Manchester. 6th June 1960 M4383-008

Participants of the Manchester Whit Walksgather outside the town hall, Greater Manchester. 6th June 1960 M4383-013

Whit Walks Manchester: Patrick Rooney aged 4 tries his hand at a "big blow"
Whit Walks Manchester: Patrick Rooney aged 4 tries his hand at a " big blow" whilst waiting for his Sunday School to move off. Watching is bandsman Dennis Barlow

Manchester Whit Walks, Greater Manchester. 13th June 1960. M4479-004

Ships unloading in the docks at Manchester seen through the mist May 1967

Manchester - Long Millgate, Poets Corner, November 1948. P000201

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