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It happened in May

00/5/1845
Committee for the formation of public parks in Manchester purchases Hendham Hall Estate (Queen's Park) and Bradford Estate (Phillip's Park)

00/5/1838
Fourth Socialist Congress held at Manchester

00/5/1873
Ralph Emerson visits Manchester

00/5/1878
The one-year long strike of joiners in Manchester comes to an end

1/5/1884
A new portion of the Victoria Station opens

1/5/1865
Cathedral is broken into

5/5/1821
Manchester Guardian, first issue

5/5/1834
New Police Court, New Bailey opens

6/5/1819
The Recorder, first issue

6/5/1857
Prince Albert visits Pell Park

7/5/1875
Second great international show of horses, mules and donkeys open at Pomona Gardens

7/5/1844
The Theatre Royal, Fountain St, is destroyed by fire

7/5/1879
Charles William Sutton is appointed chief librarian of the Manchester Free Libraries

8/5/1852
Peel statue in Peel Park is inaugurated

8/5/1860
Foundation stone of a Greek Church, Higher Broughton is laid by Rev. B. Moros

10/5/1842
Manchester and Birmingham Railway opens from Stockport to Sandbach

10/5/1877
Foundation stone of the Knott Mill covered market is laid

12/5/1877
The Mayor of Salford opens Albert Park, Broughton

12/5/1877
First annual May Conference and public meeting of the Vegetarian Society

12/5/1885
Manchester Ship Canal Bill passes in the House of Lords

15/5/1834
Commercial Bank of England commences

17/5/1877
First line of tramways opens in Manchester and Salford

20/5/1834
Prince Jerome Bonaparte visits Manchester

20/5/1874
St James's Church, Collyhurst, is consecrated by Bishop Fraser

21/5/1874
Opening of the Manchester Aquarium in Alexandra Road, Moss Side

21/5/1877
About 10,000 visitors attend the opening of the annual Whitsuntide Flower Show at the Botanical Gardens, Old Trafford

22/5/1851
The Manchester Jews' School, Cheetham Road is inaugurated

23/05/1877
First cocoa-rooms or temperance taverns in Manchester open in Shudehill

24/05/1838
Manchester and Bolton Railway opens

25/04/1885
Over 5,000 people visit the Art Gallery in Moseley Street - between 10am and 6pm

26/5/1788
Heywood's Bank is established in St Ann's St

28/5/1850
North of England Tulip and Horticultural Show in the Corn Exchange

29/5/1868
National Flower Show, Botanical Gardens, Old Trafford commences

31/05/1838
Zooligical Gardens, Higher Broughton open

31/05/1879
St James'Inn Church in Moss Side opens

They Did It Our Way !

or Manchester Rhapsody
Words and Music by Anon

The Manchester of Brazil?
Chorus: Juiz de Fora!

The Russian Manchester?
Chorus: Ivanovo!

The Manchester of Mexico?
Chorus: Orizaba!

The French Manchester?
Chorus: Ooh la la…

The Rhenish Manchester?
Chorus: Monchengladbach!

The Manchester of Bulgaria?
Chorus: Gabrovo!
(Clap your hands)

The Bohemian Manchester?
Chorus: Liberec!

The Japanese Manchester?
Chorus: Osaka!

The Manchester of Australia?
Chorus: Melbourne!

The Niagara Falls?
Chorus: M(Clap)A(Clap)N(Clap)C(Clap)H(Clap)E(Clap)S(Clap)T(Clap)E(Clap)R!

Say what?
Chorus: MANCHESTER!

To be continued...

Take the MIQ'

1. Strangeways: who was the architect of Strangeways' Prisons?

a) Francis Egerton, Duke of Bridgewater
b) Michael Waterhouse
c) Alfred Waterhouse

2. The Mancunian Way: when was it officially opened?

a) May 5, 1882
b) May 5, 1985
c) May 5, 1967

3. Northern Soul: Everybody is talking about Starsky & Hutch! Do know where David Soul (aka Hutch) performed in March 1977?

a) at the Apollo
b) at the Bridgewater Hall
c) at the Hacienda

4. Water Street: where is it located? Is it nearby:

a) the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester?
b) the Manchester Museum?
C) Urbis?

5. Sara Bartman, later renamed the Hottentot Venus, was born in South Africa in 1789. In December 1811, she was baptised in Manchester. Do you know or can you guess where the ceremony took place?

a) at the Collegiate Church
b) at the Friends' Meeting House
c) at St Ann's Church

6. Krishna Banji, a former pupil of Manchester Grammar School is today an internationally renowned actor. In which film was he chosen to play the leading character?

a) Gandhi
b) Churchill
c) Saklatvala

7. He founded Mancunium. Was he called:

a) Industria?
b) Agricola?
c) Coala?

Keep it coal!

Why Francis Egerton, Duke of Bridgewater, proud owner of coal mines in the Worsley area is called the Father of English Inland Navigation?