Lee Grimsditch
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Nostalgia writer for the Manchester Evening News. Nostalgia or history related story you want to share? Email [email protected]
Joined January 2022
Photos showing Piccadilly Gardens through the decades pinpoint its startling decline .@MENnewsdesk
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RT @PhilTaylorARPS: Another trip into the smoke machine mists of time. Note for @grimsditch_lee, it was the Oldham….
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Despite the Tokyo Project nightclub hitting national headlines over the years, many clubbers enjoyed memorable nights at the venue
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We take these for granted every day it's hard to imagine the time before them @MENnewsdesk . 26 fascinating photos of some of Greater Manchester's most recognisable landmarks being built
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With news HS2 will not be coming to Manchester, we look back before some of our most recognisable buildings and infrastructure were built
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The sad but fascinating story of what happened to Stormy Corner @MENnewsdesk . Village just outside Greater Manchester 'executed' and 'wiped off the map'
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Residents of the small West Lancashire village wanted to stay but their houses were razed to the ground
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This place is incredibly atmospheric @MENnewsdesk . Footbridge users unaware of its starring role in 'masterpiece' Manchester film
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Crossing a disused railway line, the Victorian footbridge once had a famous part in a classic movie
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There was a time TJ Hughes stores could be found right across Greater Manchester @MENnewsdesk.
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Founded over 100 years ago, TJ Hughes once had stores right across Greater Manchester
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Some absolutely stunning photos here! @MENnewsdesk . Amazing rediscovered photos unearth lost moments and forgotten scenes in late 1960s Manchester
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The photos taken between 1967 and 1969 show the last years of the Swinging Sixties in Manchester
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They've been hidden from public view for decades @MENnewsdesk . 17 fascinating photos of the abandoned subterranean toilets in Manchester city centre
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The old toilet blocks have long been hidden from the general public's view
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Can you believe it's been the Festival Village has been gone for nearly 20 years! @MENnewsdesk . The loved and lost Trafford Centre attraction replaced by John Lewis
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The Festival Village has been gone from the Trafford Centre for almost 20 years
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If you were a regular visitor to Manchester city centre in the '90s, this will unlock some nostalgic memories @MENnewsdesk . The 55 sights everyone will remember seeing in Manchester city centre in the 1990s
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There is now a generation of adults who will have never have seen Manchester like this
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Decorators stripping walls made an amazing discovery at the now demolished Smith's Arms @MENnewsdesk . Painting hidden under wallpaper helped solve mystery surrounding lost pub
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Known locally as The Hammer, the oldest pub in Ancoats had stood for nearly 250 years before it was torn down
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Happy birthday Trafford Centre! @MENnewsdesk . The Trafford Centre turns 25 years old. but it nearly wasn't built at all
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The giant shopping complex celebrates its milestone birthday
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Fantastic memories here for many Mancunians @MENnewsdesk . Unseen photos of Manchester's streets during the 'good days' of the 1970s
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The wonderfully nostalgic photographs of a 'close knit' community were taken by an amateur photographer
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Happy birthday to the Midland Hotel in Manchester! 120-years old today @MidlandMCR @MENnewsdesk . Rare photos of staff and star guests from the past at one of Manchester's most prestigious hotels
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The grand hotel in Manchester city centre is celebrating its 120th birthday
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Recognise any of these faces photographed on GCSE results day over 20-years ago? @MENnewsdesk . Spot yourself or a school pal getting your GCSE results in Greater Manchester over 20 years ago
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Photos of former pupils on GCSE results day in schools across Greater Manchester from the past
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This was a terrible tragedy that would change air travel forever @MENnewsdesk . The horror Manchester air disaster which killed 55 holidaymakers
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A fire ripped through an aircraft full of holidaymakers taking off at Manchester Airport - filling the plane with toxic smoke
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Do you remember cheering the convoy of taxis who took kids to the seaside every year? @MENnewsdesk . Lost 'convoy of happiness' gave kids free taxi rides to Blackpool
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A convoy of decorated Manchester taxis would drive children with disabilities to the seaside for a special day out
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This almost makes me want to relive my '90s schooldays @MENnewsdesk . 22 'must haves' going back to school after the holidays in the 90s
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Going back to school in the 1990s was a very different experience altogether
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How many of these are you '90s kids guilty of then? @MENnewsdesk . 22 'must haves' going back to school after the holidays in the 90s
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Going back to school in the 1990s was a very different experience altogether
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Completed your A Levels in Greater Manchester in the Noughties? See if you can spot yourself or somebody you know @MENnewsdesk . Joy and tears: Brilliant pics of Greater Manchester pupils receiving their A Level results in the early 2000s
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Can you spot yourself or somebody you know from 20 years ago?
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