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Playwright and author of the 1956 children's classic, 'The One Hundred and One Dalmations', or 'The Great Dog Robbery'. In 2002, a blue plaque in honour of Dodie Smith was erected at her childhood home on Talbot Road, in Stretford.

Lowry was an internationally-acclaimed artist, who developed his own distinctive style of painting and is best known for his industrial and urban landscapes. A blue plaque commemorating his lifetime achievements was erected in 2001 at the Limelight…

James Gibson was a businessman who was responsible for saving Manchester United from financial ruin in the 1930s.

English screenwriter, playwright, and two-time Oscar winner Robert Bolt was born in Sale on 15 August 1924. After working for an insurance company and serving for the army and Royal Air Force in World War II, Bolt worked as a schoolteacher until…

Well-known dramatist Ronald Gow was amongst the first intake of students at Altrincham’s Grammar School for Boys. He is remembered for his adaptation of Walter Greenwood’s novel, ‘Love on the Dole’ (1933), which opened at the Manchester Repertory…

Considered one of Britain’s most-celebrated sopranos of the 20th century, Dame Isobel Baillie, DBE is often associated with the opera, oratorio and lieder. She was the first British singer to perform in California’s Hollywood Bowl, and was appointed…

Victorian watercolour artist and illustrator Helen Allingham (née Paterson) was renowned for her romantic depictions of the unspoilt English countryside, as well as for her portrait of 19th-century writer Thomas Carlyle in his garden. She was the…

George Massey, proprietor of Altrincham’s Unicorn Hotel, established the first gas-making plant in 1844, in an effort to provide light to the frontage of his hotel. A blue plaque was erected at the Unicorn Hotel on 23rd April 1991.

The Altrincham Market Hall was renovated in 1990, a year which coincided with the 800-year anniversary of the signing of the Altrincham Charter. A blue plaque was erected on Stamford Road, in 1995, on the Barclay’s Bank building. It is meant to…

Blue Plaque awarded to L.S Lowry