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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 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.

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…

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…

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

Born on 12th June 1887, at 2 Crosby Place, Steven Street, Stretford, James Neville Marshall was an acting Lieutenant Colonel attached to the Lancashire Fusiliers. On 4th November 1918, while commanding the 16th Battalion at the Battle of the Sambre,…

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…

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…

Blue Plaque awarded to L.S Lowry

Maria Margaret Netherwood, who chose to be known as Margaret throughout her life, was born in the city of Sheffield on 22nd March 1881, the daughter of Joseph Walshaw Netherwood and Eliza (neé Fenner). Sometime between 1891 and 1901, the Netherwood…