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The Way We Were: Manchester Docks. Exports included textiles, machinery, cars and locomotives built at nearby Trafford Park. Up to 5,000 people worked at the docks in their heyday.
Every day, Manchester has 16 non-stop flights from New York alone; and according to Tech Nation, between 2020 and 2021 the city saw a 63 percent increase in tech investment.
We lived in the Ordsall area of Salford, near Manchester, about 10 minutes walk from the docks. When Josie and me were young we had no electricity in the house. We had gas lighting downstairs, but ...
From docker to DJ, BBC Radio Manchester presenter Mike Sweeney first started working on the docks in Salford in his early 20s. Fifty-five years later, he still has the same commute. "I was 22 when ...
Protection of the trail will extend to the natural environment. Much of the land near the former Manchester Docks was at one point stripped of vegetation for port and industrial use.
Juneteenth 2025, A Freedom Celebration will start at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 14, at the Manchester Dock, located at 1308 Brander Street in Richmond.