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Edward Colquhoun Charlton was born on 15 June 1920 in Gateshead, County Durham. Edward moved to Stretford aged 5 attending St Hilda’s Church of England Primary School and Old Trafford Secondary Boy’s School.Edward enlisted in the Irish Guards,…

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Lord Kitchener (real name Aldwyn Roberts) is widely known as the “Grandmaster” of calypso music, Trinidad’s native musical style. Also known by the names “Kitch” and the “Road King”, Lord Kitchener achieved international success and legendary status…

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Beatrice and Edith Clayton Pepper were sisters who played an active part in the militant suffrage campaign and the activities of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU).

They were born in Chorlton-on-Medlock, but lived at 2 Primrose Avenue,…

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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…

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The footpath ran from Flixton Church and connected with other subsidiary paths to Shawe Hall. A Blue Plaque was originally erected at Flixton Station in 1992 but was destroyed when the building caught fire later that decade.
In the early 1820s,…

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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…

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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…

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.

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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…

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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…
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