This eagerly awaited lavishly illustrated book written by acclaimed Manchester author Gary James is the definitive volume on Manchester's Blues detailing the exploits of the Club from its 19th Century birth through to the end of the 2011-12 season when they won the Premier League title in dramatic style. Manchester The City Years provides an in-depth study of the highs & lows that have shaped the Blues' destiny from its birth as a church team to its modern day ownership by Sheikh Mansour. Relive the successes from the Club's first major trophy win in 1904 under Tom Maley through to glory in the Roberto Mancini era. Enjoy reading the stories of success in Europe five FA Cup wins two League Cups & of course the Blues' three Championship successes. This book covers it all & brings the City story right up to the end of the 2011-12 season when Sergio Aguero's goal in added time brought the Premiership title to Manchester's Blues. The definitive story of the Blues. If anyone ever says City has 'no history' show them this book! ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

Contains photographs of the same railway location separated in time by just a few years or maybe a century or more. This title features many locations including Principal Manchester termini Penine routes Bury & East lancashire railway the Wigan area & lines through St Helens Widnes & Warrington. ...

Manchester City Cult Heroes is devoted to those players who over the years have won a special place in the hearts of the Blues faithful
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The Premier League is one of the toughest football trophies to win in the world. To achieve it over the course of nine months & 38 games takes supreme skill & quality a little bit of luck here & there & a lot of courage determination & belief. & on the most significant of Sundays with the fans going through every emotion possible the Manchester City players managed to muster all of the above when it was needed most. We did it the hard way but TOGETHER WE ARE CHAMPIONS. This is an official celebration souvenir of the historic 2011/2012 Premier League winning season featuring behind the scenes images & the story of every game... ...

Manchester City fans have long been the denizens of gallows humour after years of bouncing between the divisions & the songs the supporters sing about their club & its players reflect this perfectly. Now for the first time those songs & chants are collected in the Manchester City Songbook. From the heady days of Bell Lee & Summerbee to the crazy antics of Mario Balotelli & supreme skills of Sergio Aguero the very best of the terrace chants songs & timeless classics that have set City fans apart over the years this is a book that will delight & entertain in equal measure & is truly a book of the people. From Blue Moon & Sha-la-la-la-Summerbee to Oh Balotelli Wonder Ball Feed the Goat & Niall Quinn's Disco Pants every fan will want to own The Manchester City Songbook. ...

In the same format as the successful London Compendium" the " Manchester Compendium" relates the remarkable & diverse history of Englands second city. Manchesters town hall & its Royal Exchange epitomise the citys architectural grandeur & its industrial heritage. Peterloo & Engels treatise on the conditions of the working classes its political history & the Manchester Guardian & Factory Records its cultural & social history. From Thomas de Quincey to Alan Touring Neville Cardus to Morrissey
- all are part of the citys rich & fascinating past. Covering every area of human activity & incorporating all the great events & key moments in the citys history this will be a fresh & unique perspective on a great city."
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From the late 1950s Mancunians have had a passion for creating & following great music. Be it live or via recordings the city centre has been a magnet for generations of locals
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- to enjoy. Whilst cities such as Liverpool & Memphis turned their musical heritage into a tourist attractions Manchester kept looking forward developing new scenes & tastes. Yet the 2002 film Twenty-Four Hour Party People" was probably the point at which Manchester music fans started to look back at the rich musical history of their city. This coincided with the publication of the book " Morrisseys Manchester" by Phill Gatenby also in 2002 & numerous other publications penned by luminaries of the Manchester scene. Following the success of " Morrisseys Manchester" a guide book dedicated to locations associated with The Smiths author Phill Gatenby has put together several tours featuring other world famous Manchester bands from the Buzzcocks via Joy Division to Oasis Elbow & Doves as well as the various scenes from beat to acid house or even lo-fi. An interesting guide for anyone with an interest in British music the guide documents the various clubs & venues that have influenced Manchester based musicians over the last 50 years."

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Unlike its near neighbour working-class Salford Manchester proved able to raise eight Pals battalions. Initially these battalions were composed of middle-class men who experience before the war years was within the commercial financial & manufacturing interests which formed the foundations of Edwardian Manchester's life & prosperity. Manchester was undeniably proud of its pals battalions; that the area was capable of raising. Seven months after their arrival in France the battle of the Somme was launched on the fateful 1st July 1916. On the right of the British Army's extraordinary efforts that day the Manchester Pals were part of one of the few successful actions taking the villages of Montauban & Mametz & making a deep incursion into the German defences north of the River Somme. ...

This fascinating illustrated regimental history contains photographs between the 1860s & the last days of the Manchester Regiment in 1958 when it ceased to exist as a distinct unit. During this time the Regiment served in most parts of the Empire including areas as diverse as India South Africa Egypt Palestine Singapore Malaya & later Germany. The two regular battalions of the Manchester Regiment were formed by the amalgamation of the 63rd (West Suffolk) & 96th Regiments of Foot during the Cardwell-Childers reforms of the British Armed Forces. Militia & volunteers battalions from Lancashire were also incorporated as reserve battalions. Whilst serving abroad many of the soldiers families went with them & this book records the legacy & offers a detailed insight both military & family life at this time. With 200 photographs from the Regiments own archive at the Museum of the Manchester Regiment many never before published this volume provides an interesting pictorial insight into the history of the Regiment. ...