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Oct 27, 2022 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
1. Before Factory Records...

Before The Sex Pistols in 1976...

Before Dylan went electric at The Free Trade Hall...

Manchester was home to one of the most important gigs in blues music.

All aboard the 1964 Blues and Gospel Train for Black History Month. 🚂

#BlackHistoryMonth Performance from the Blues ... 2. The Blues and Gospel Train was a one-off performance for Granada TV in 1964.

A truly unique concert with a line-up that included:

Muddy Waters, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Rev. Gary Davis, Otis Spann and Cousin Joe Pleasant. Sister Rosetta Tharpe perfo...
Feb 16, 2021 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
⚠️ IMPORTANT: Enhanced community testing– Moston and Harpurhey.

Last week we announced that a small number of cases of the Covid variant first found in Kent had been found in parts of Manchester.

1/14 A single case has now been found in the Moston and Harpurhey area and from tomorrow (Wednesday 17 February) we will be setting up extra testing sites in the area and asking people living within certain postcodes only to go and get a test even if they don’t have symptoms.

2/14
Nov 6, 2018 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Want to do something to help people who are sleeping rough in our city? We're often asked what's the best thing to do to help. Here's a quick guide to why we give the advice we do... Most experts agree that giving money directly to those on the street can be harmful to people's longer-term health. We know it often feels like the right thing to do, but it can stop people from getting the help they really need.