Tag: Hulme Crescents
In the early ’80s, my comprehensive school’s corridors heaved with perrys, bovver boys and Blondie/Siouxsie/Chrissie Hynde pretenders. So at sixth form, I was startled to encounter a throng…
Concerning ‘Manchester Slingback’ by Nicholas Blincoe (1998) and Pips Night Club Manchester Slingback is a book about a group of gay and bisexual boys sharing a flat in…
By Geraldine I lived in the Hulme crescents for six years. I moved there out of necessity rather than choice – I felt lucky to be able to…
Growing up in Chorlton, during the 1970s and early ’80s, I would travel through Hulme on the way to town; all I knew about the area was what…
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"Apparently, the stories of guns being discharged in appreciation of jungle tunes are ..."
James Lacey
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shirley davis
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""[I]n their case [The Smiths], the football parallels were probably co-incidental." That's probably correct. ..."
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"A minor point, but it's a mistake I see made over and over: ..."