Salford

Former Bury New Road resident, Phil Carter, writes about his obsession with George Best and meeting his hero at The Cliff...

Everyone has something to say about George Best...and he has plenty to say about himself!

Who is he? What did he change? And just how important is the greatest British player of all time?

Everyone has an opinion on Mark E Smith and he had some top opinions too – here’s a selection....

The Fall - How many albums? How many members? Steve Pringle, author, blogger and all round expert on The Fall gets to grips with the issues...

Who is he? What has he changed? And just how important is he?

There was Karl Marx...There was Friedrich Engels...And there was Mary Burns...Mary Burns?

With spies trying to track every move of Friedrich Engels while he was in Manchester and Salford, he had official addresses and unofficial secret addresses. No-one knew where all these were until Roy Whitfield uncovered the web...

While all the places Engels lived are completely demolished, here's some commemorative sites....

Friedrich Engels in his own words...