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The Ford Motor Company was opened in Trafford Park in October 1911, to assemble Model-T cars and trucks. It was first factory to open outside of America and Canada. Before moving operations to Dagenham, Essex, in 1931, over 300,000 vehicles were…

George Saul Mottershead was born at 33 Lindow Street, Sale Moor, in 1894. From 1912–1920, he lived above 131 Northenden Road, in Sale, where he opened a physical culture school known as ‘Saul’s School of Scientific Physical Culture’. After visiting…

Born in 1881, at Church Bank, in Bowdon, Edward Kinder Bradbury was awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery in the First World War (1914–1919).

In September 1914, Bradbury was serving with the British Expeditionary Force which, after being faced…

Political, environmental and access campaigner, and leader of the ‘Mass Trespass’ on Kinder Scout (Derbyshire) in 1932, Benny Rothman was critical to the passing of the ‘Right to Roam’ legislation (also known as the Countryside and Rights of Way Act…

Tommy Taylor was a Manchester United footballer, who also played for the England national team. He was one of the eight Busby Babes who lost their lives in the Munich Air Disaster (1958). On 7 July 2011, a blue plaque was erected at 22 Great Stone…

Duncan Edwards was a Manchester United footballer, who also played for the England national team. He was one of the eight Busby Babes who lost their lives in the Munich Air Disaster (1958). On 7 July 2011, a blue plaque was erected at 19 Gorse Hill…

Promoted to the rank of Superintendent of the Manchester Division of the Lancashire Constabulary, James Bent was responsible for the creation of a soup kitchen in Old Trafford, Stretford. This programme was likely responsible for the survival of…

To commemorate the men who enlisted in the First World War (1914–1918), from 60 houses across Chapel Street, Altrincham. From this modest street, 161 men enlisted and fought in the war; the bravery and sacrifices of several of these men was…

Entrepreneur and philanthropist, John Rylands was Manchester's first multi-millionaire. He was responsible for the construction of both Stretford Public Hall and Longford Hall. In 2009, a blue plaque was erected in his honour at Longford Park, in…

British engineer and co-inventor of the first working computer memory, Tom Kilburn was also responsible for designing and building the first stored-programme computer. His advances in computer technology greatly impacted the development of computers…