Heritage

Fairy Lane, off Bury New Road, did actually have fairies on it, according to legend...

They changed the world, from bitter to creamy sensationalism...

What is it? Why is it? What did it change?

Soviet era maps from 1975 show how Russian tanks were set to invade Manchester via Bury New Road...

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 - From Germany to Salford and Manchester, and the world...

Friedrich Engels - the man who really did change the world lived in Strangeways at the start of Bury New Road