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| Manchester is the largest city in the north of England and is today a centre of the arts, the media, higher education and commerce. It was the world's first industrialized city and became the centre of cotton spinning and textile manufacture. It is home to two Premier League Football Teams, Manchester City and Manchester United, and has a Test Match Cricket Ground at Old Trafford, home to Lancashire CCC. |
| An unused postcard of Piccadilly, probably dating from about 1910. (Z) |
| This postcard of the Exchange was mailed in 1913. |
| A 1911 postcard of Manchester Cathedral. |
| The Town Hall in the early 20th Century. |
| A postcard mailed in 1937 which shows Oxford Street and the Paramount Cinema. (Z) |
| St Ann's Square. |
| Oxford Street with Joe Lyon's Teashop just showing on the right. |
| This postcard of Manchester Assize Courts was mailed in 1905. |
| The Ryland's Library - a postcard mailed in 1907. |
| An undated view of the Cathedral. |
| A night view of Market Street, mailed in 1909. |
| The Poets Corner, Long Millgate, Manchester - a 1906 postcard. |
| A 1937 postcard of Oldham Street. (Z) |
| No date for this postcard of Market Street. (Z) |
| This postcard of Market Street was posted in 1932. |
| An undated view of King Street. |
| Victoria Station in the early 1900s. |
| A poor quality image of the Town Hall. |
| A rather tatty postcard of Piccadilly from around 1910. |
| An undated postcard of the Cathedral. |
| A 1903 postcard of the Technical College in Peel Park. |
| The New Royal Infirmary - a postcard mailed in 1911. |
| The Williamson Building at Manchester University - a 1962 postcard sent to Yugoslavia. |
| An undated postcard of Oldham Street. |
| A 1907 postcard of Deansgate. |
| This postcard was mailed in 1927. |
| Looking for a hotel in Manchester ? Search the internet. |
| Did You Know.....that the author Anthony Burgess ("A Clockwork Orange") was born in Harpurhey in 1917 ? |
| And Did You Know.....that the stand-up comedian Bernard Manning was born in Ancoats in 1930 ? |
| Did You Know.....that the suffragette Christabel Pankhurst was born in Manchester in 1880 ? |
| And Did You Know.....that David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister from 1916 to 1922, was born in Chorlton-on-Medlock in 1863 ? |
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| An undated view of Piccadilly. |
| The Art Gallery on Mosley Street. |
| St Mary's Hospital and the new Royal Infirmary. |
| St Peter's Square. |