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Watch the six
minute video (super-widescreen format). It includes two minutes of exclusive
archive footage of August Bank Holiday 1991. Read
more...
Cyclists dared to bare all in chilly conditions on Friday 13 June at Manchester’s
third annual Naked Bike Ride. We asked the cheeky riders and members of the public
what they thought.
Come with us back to Manchester in 1991 when the Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Transgender
community marched through the city centre to demand equal rights.
Quite a shock for the general public in those days before Queer As Folk and
Manchester Pride.
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In the blog, video-blog or whatever you want to call it.
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2004/2005 entries here.
Over the years I've got together a great set of programs that work well for
me. More...
EVENTS
Feast (2008)
Video from Manchester's annual picnic by the lake, in Platt Fields Park, Rusholme.
LOCAL HISTORY
Most Haunted
TV show Most Haunted claims that the Granada TV studies are built on the site of an old graveyard. But is it really?
Bank robbery in Didsbury
In 1889 the Union Bank in Didsbury was robbed at gunpoint by a man who seized handfuls of gold and ran off. But he didn't get away with it.
Putting swine flu into perspective
3,000 people died in Manchester in the flu epidemics of 1918/1919. At the time, the population of the city was more than 425,000 and it was heavily polluted with poor living conditions.
Manchester then and now: Sackville Street, St. Luke’s Church & Chorlton On Medlock
This fascinating area was at the heart of the industrial revolution.
VIDEO MAKING
Creative commons abuse
The Speaker of the US House of Representatives has infringed the rights of a music composer.
Why relatively few good videos get made
Despite the great advances in digital technology.
LGBT
Fooled by a fake
How a fake descendent of the Russian Tsar fooled gay Manchester in 1991 (video).
Lesbian & Gay Foundation: the beginning of the end?
The employment tribunal reaches a decision, Outnorthwest magazine is slashed ina funding crisis, 62% of the annual income goes to pay 23 employees. Read more. Or see the 2007/08 accounts here. Including a cost of £61,589 to generate voluntary income of £100,736!
Robinson Crusoe
The gay love story behind the classic 1960's BBC TV series. A special article for LGBT History Month. |
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One of the reasons why this site exists is to challenge some of the misinformation,
exaggeration and lazy reporting that exists in the media. In particular local
news is in crisis and is failing to hold local politicians and businesses to account.
With inevitable consequences.
This site is not about personal attacks or conspiracy theories. Wherever possible
it deals in solid research and facts.
Some of the subjects covered are LGBT related, but much of the site isn't and
relates to my other interests which include film-making, photography, sound recording,
consumer issues, politics and local history. In particular I love Manchester's
industrial past.
The name of the site has nothing to do with the 'g7' meeting of finance ministers
(as some disapproving radical seemed to think one time). It's my middle initial
and shoe size, followed by UK! The aim was to create the shortest possible domain
name, so it would be easy to remember and type in. But choices were limited even
back in 2002.
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