Looking back to 1920's Manchester

Check out these stunning pictures of Manchester back in the 1920's and take a look into the life of a city we have never known. The Manchester Evening News have delved into their archives and have reproduced these remarkable images, which illustrate an era before the Hacienda and catchphrases such as "Madchester". 

As the MEN writes; "In Manchester the '20s saw the rebuilding of the Royal Exchange, Britain's first greyhound track operating at Belle Vue, and Wythenshawe Aerodrome open for temporary use as Britain's first municipal airport." 

"The first half experienced a renewed optimism and a boom in prosperity following the horrors of the First World War: the second - mass unemployment and deprivation as an economic blight crippled the industrial heartlands in the north of England and Wales during the latter half of the decade." 

If you find the MEN's pictures interesting, then you might wish to visit Manchester's People's History Museum and the Manchester Jewish Museum, which both capture periods during the 1920's in some of their exhibitions. The Working Class Movement Library in Salford also have some archives from the era which people may find of equal interest.