"It was a lovely little village. Although people had started to leave, many that were left didn't want to leave and surrender it to the reservoir"

Forty years of lost picturehouses

The red Morris Marina on the left, CVM42T, was first registered on 2 April 1979 and its last tax disc expired at the end of July 1989.

It's Manchester's s most popular form of transport. And its popularity can be gauged merely from looking at the sheer number of buses crammed into the Piccadilly Gardens exchange in one picture from our archives. From classic double-deckers to open-top parade buses, they have been a staple of Manchester’s landscape for generations.

The way we shop has changed a lot since these photos were taken

This walk starts at Deansgate Castlefield Metrolink station, takes you past the Science and Industry Museum and through Spinningfields. It t...

Towns in the North-west make up half of the worst affected areas

What the month of March looked like through the years

37 Snapshots of Manchester In The 1970s Via: MMU

Greater Manchester is fit to burst with walking routes and trails, so we've put together a round-up of some of the best, with easy-to-use downloadable trail maps. Whether it's an easy family walk, a strenuous 5k or a picturesque dog walk you're looking for, these walks near Manchester mean you have

Also screened for Peppermint Bridge was NCME bodied Dennis Dominator 2003 (B903TVR), 9th June 1986

From children at play to couples at lunch these photographs give a snapshot of Manchester life in the 1950s, as seen by Guardian photographers. The Manchester Picture Library was set up in 1910 to manage the newspaper’s growing collection of photographs. The Library’s unique prints and negatives are now preserved in the Guardian News and Media (GNM) Archive.

Drew Povey, the headteacher featured in the hit TV series Educating Greater Manchester, has resigned from his post at Harrop Fold School.

8427 (SND427X) was a standard NCME bodied Atlantean from 1981. It is seen in Rochdale Bus Station on 9th June 1986, heading for the lovely sounding "Peppermint Bridge"

Standard Northern Counties bodied Daimler Fleetline 7274 (YNA274M) in Oldham, 11th June 1986