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Tag: Manchester History

  • 30 Years Ago: The Manchester Bombing, 15 June 1996

    On the morning of Saturday 15 June 1996, I was living on the tenth floor above the UMIST student union building (the Barnes Wallis Building), very close to Manchester Piccadilly railway station, and close enough to Manchester city centre to notice when its normal rhythms were interrupted. I was deputy warden of a student hall…