Social History
Celebs and The Rialto on Bury New Road
From Mike Leigh to John Cooper Clarke, Alex Higgins, Joy Division, New Order and A Certain Ratio...
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The Bury New Road Rialto Babe
‘I was born in the foyer of The Rialto...’
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The Rialto – My Time At Pinky’s By Carl Mundy
‘You could guarantee a fight every night!’
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Bury New Road – the anti-fascist tradition…
From Mosley in the 1930s to the National Front in the 1970s, Bury New Road has always figured in the fight against racism and fascism...
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How The Strangeways Nazis Were Halted in the Late 1970s
Strangeways Prison warders were members of the National Front, so 10,000 people showed up to protest at the start of the Northern Carnival Against Nazis...
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From Fascist HQ to Synagogue – the grizzly history of 17 Northumberland Street
Historic irony on Bury New Road...
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QUEEN’S PLATINUM JUBILEE 2022 ON BURY NEW ROAD
The rain stayed away as Bury New Road celebrated the Queen’s Jubilee in style...
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Welcome to the Community Memories Section
Anyone can share their Bury New Road stories and photos...
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John Dee: The original Prospero; the original James Bond
Guru for Elizabeth 1and subject of Damon Albarn opera...on Bury New Road
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Chetham’s Library: The oldest public reference library in the English speaking world
Over 600 years old and still open
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