Two Manchester buildings recognised at annual Regional Awards
The Manchester Town Hall Extension and The Sharp Project have been honoured at the annual British Council for Offices (BCO) regional property sector...
What we really think of London
It's two hundred miles away, it's economy has continued to accelerate away from other UK cities, and we in Manchester feel that too many...
Stally or Stayley? That is the question for David Cameron
We all know that David Cameron appears to have a problem with the North of England but yesterday at Prime Minister's Questions he was...
Ordsall War Memorial to return to its former home
Plans to return an Ordsall war memorial to its former home will be unveiled at a community open day next Wednesday 21 May.
Local residents,...
Salfords’s Working Class Movement Library rebukes electioneering attack
The Working Class Movement Library in Salford has found itself the target of electioneering leaflets issued by Salford Conservatives.
The leaflet states that the Library...
Last chance to visit the Timperley garden of Mary Eastwood.
One of the best examples of how much you can do with a small garden will be open to the public for the last...
About Manchester comment- The battle for Manchester’s Library walk continues
Here at About Manchester, we are delighted by the news that we received last week that there is to be a public inquiry into...
Bury Black Puddings go global
Black Puddings will be being eaten in Spain, the US and Hong Kong following a £1.4 million investment programme by a Bury Company
The Bury...
Urban natural burial sites could ease cemetery overcrowding
A scheme for suggesting a way that natural burial sites could be built in cities by Manchester Academics has been shortlisted for a national...
Rochdale historic mill building destroyed by fire
A Grade II listed former mill building near to Rochdale has been destroyed by fire over the weekend.
Dob Hill Mill, a former woollen and...