Collection: Local Studies-Reference

Manchester is steeped in railway history going back almost 200 years to the opening of Liverpool Road station in September 1830. The line from Liverpool was widely regarded as the first ever inter-city railway in the world. The railway network around the city greatly expanded in the second half o...

Originally published in 1994, this work examines the different models of police accountability that were implemented in the 1980s. Based on research carried out in Manchester, the author discusses local government efforts to construct a new social contract between the police and the community.

As the title suggests, this book is a combination of personal musical memoir, travelogue and recollections of a sometime vinyl record and memorabilia collector, wannabe journalist and photographer. It traces the author's journey both literally and metaphorically across and through a range of musi...

The renewal cities of Britain, those that began their reconstruction after 1960, are rich in utopian visions. This book delves into Manchester's visual history, mapping legislative shifts, Cold War dynamics, decolonisation and the surge of consumerism.

Four friends as close as they come. Until a girl's weekend away leaves them with a shared secret that could destroy them all. But a secret is safe among friends, isn't it? That's what they think until in turn they all in turn receive a letter with the grim truth written down in black and white. S...

Parks, pocket parks, gardens, graveyards, canals, wharfsides and rivers around Manchester and Salford are the green spaces explored in this urban map