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Nostalgia

The year 'all hell broke loose' at Manchester Black Friday sales with 'punch ups and broken bones'
Black Friday
Shoppers described scenes of 'chaos' with one saying 'it was something they would never like to experience again'
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Controversial Manchester statue sparked 'vendetta' when it was removed after nearly 100 years
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When the statue was removed an unusual detail came to light that baffled experts
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Rare police photos unlock memories of Greater Manchester town's past
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Images show police officers patrolling the streets and shops of the bustling town centre
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Fascinating photos of what life was once like living and working in Manchester and Salford docks
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Ocean-bound vessels once brought all kinds of commodities and exotic goods
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The last days of the Greater Manchester estate dubbed 'worst slum in Britain'
Salford
Families were forced to endure crumbling and rat infested homes in what was described as 'the worst slums in Britain'
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21 lost Manchester shops from the smallest independents to high street giants
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Some of the most missed boutiques, supermarkets and big stores where we loved to spend our cash
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From 'lame canary' to late star's 'perfect' performance - The best ever Strictly Come Dancing moments from Blackpool Week
Strictly Come Dancing
The dancers and stars return to Blackpool's iconic Tower Ballroom this weekend
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BBC Strictly Come Dancing: How Blackpool became the capital of ballroom dancing
Strictly Come Dancing
The iconic venue is regarded as the 'spiritual home' of Strictly Come Dancing for a good reason
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'Walking around the estate in daylight is depressing - walking round at night is frightening'
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Now one of Manchester's most desirable neighbourhoods, it was once an estate where 'police, taxis, and delivery vans wouldn't go'
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How 'graffiti covered and unloved' Manchester shopping centre looked 50-years ago
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Photographs show the now dated and unloved precinct just after it was built
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25 photos of Manchester's Piccadilly Station will unlock lost memories of the 80s and 90s
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Photographs show the railway station's long forgotten shops and restaurants
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The Coronation Street storyline so 'outrageous' it saw the Prime Minister 'step in'
Coronation Street
It's been 25-years since the controversial soap plot threatened to blur the line between fact and fiction
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100 years on Market Street... astonishing photos capture the incredible transformation of Manchester's bustling shopping hub
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These photos show lost stores and restaurants and how the street looked before it was pedestrianised
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10 lost Manchester buildings and attractions we can now only see in pictures
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We can now only experience these lost gems through photographs and memories
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Touching photos of Manchester United legend Sir Bobby Charlton - from tragedy survivor to family life and last ever game
Sir Bobby Charlton
With Sir Bobby Charlton's funeral taking place today, we look at how he went from schoolboy standout and tragedy survivor to a football legend
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Generations of kids found amazing worlds in Greater Manchester's maze of entries and alleyways
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A world of 'secret passageways' once ran behind our terraced streets
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The estate that 'blew up' its last link to Manchester
Heywood
In the slum clearances of the 1960s thousands of Mancunians made a new life in Darnhill. And, 60 years later, the Manc connection can still be heard
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Manchester 'Beast' filed down his teeth so that he could kill again
Crime
Trevor Hardy's savage crimes caused widespread terror in Manchester
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Britain's last surviving 'milk bar' has outlet near Greater Manchester
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Long before Costa and Starbucks there was the 'milk bars'
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Revolutionary battery powered locomotive moving to new home in Greater Manchester
Trains
The pioneering engine will be in operation after its move later this month
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The alleyways, ginnels and bomb sites that were once the playgrounds of Greater Manchester
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26 photos of the places where children once played games and created their own imaginative worlds
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Lost chocolate bars we would love to devour one last time as Nestle axe sweet shop staple
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With Nestle announcing plans to discontinue the Caramac, we look at what other sweet chocolate treats have disappeared
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Brilliant pictures of Greater Manchester town centre are a fascinating glimpse back in time
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Fascinating photos capture the busy life of the streets and market 45 years ago
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When a afternoon trip to Manchester's Market Street was 'like a religious pilgrimage'
Market Street
From lost restaurants like Wimpy and Olivers to HMV, Virgin and Thomas Cook, our favourite memories of Market Street
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