Dedicated to all those whose lives were taken in the first atomic bombings, 40 years ago this week in Hiroshima and Nagasaki ... and to all who strive to rid the world of nuclear weapons and the threat of nuclear war. Manchester City
Council 1945 - August 6th - 1985 Greater Manchester CND Hiroshima Day August 6th.
This plaque unveiled on the 40th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. By Hibakusha (Hiroshima survivors).
1985
43
Pan African Conference
Chorlton Town Hall
Chorlton-on-Medlock
Red
Fifth Pan African Conference was held here 15th - 21st October 1945. Decisions taken at this conference led to liberation of African countries. Participants in this historic event included Ras Makonnen, Kwame Nkrumah, Jomo Kenyatta, Amy Garvey, W.E. Du Bois, George Padmore.
Manchester. The World's first City to be declared a Nuclear Free zone (5th November 1980).
1985
45
Frank Kingdon-Ward
Former 14 Heaton Road,
Withington
Blue
Frank Kingdon-Ward (1885 - 1958) Plant explorer, botanist and author. Born at No.14 Heaton Road, Withington, which stood on this site.
1985
46
Nuclear Free Zone
Town Hall Interior
Red
By resolution of the City Council on November 5th 1980 Manchester became Britain's first Nuclear Free Zone. That same historic resolution inspired the formation of a National and International Nuclear Free Zone Movement.
Manchester City Council firmly believes that the possession of nuclear weapons will not protect the people of this country against the horrors of nuclear war and that Civil Defence against nuclear war is a dangerous sham.
1985
No.
Name and Location
Colour
Inscription
Installed
47
Town Hall
Albert Square
Black
Building of Architectural or historic Interest Grade I Town Hall (1877) Victorian Gothic style Architect - Alfred Waterhouse (1830 - 1905).
1986
48
Chethams Hospital
Long Millgate
Black
Building of Architectural or Historic Interest Grade I - Chetham's Hospital Manor House of Thomas de la Warre given to the Collegiate Church (now Cathedral) in 1421. In 1653 Humphrey Chetham founded a school and free public library. Became a music school in 1969.
1986
49
Elizabeth Raffald
Marks & Spencer
Shambles Square
Blue
Elizabeth Raffald (1733 - 1781)
Published the first street and trade directory of Manchester. Wrote one of the earliest cookery books. Started the first employment agency for domestic servants. Ran the Bulls Head Inn which stood on this site.
Robert Howard Spring (1889 - 1965) Journalist and Novelist lived here (1920 - 1931).
1986
51
First Provincial School of Anatomy
70 Bridge Street
Red
The site of the First Provincial School of Anatomy founded 1st October 1814 by Joseph Jordan (1787 - 1873).
1986
52
Sir William Fairbairn
Arndale Centre, High Street
Blue
Sir William Fairbairn (1789 - 1874) Engineer, inventor of the riveting machine, designed the Lancashire Boiler and jointly set up the Mechanics Institute. Started business from a workshop in High Street in 1817.
1986
53
Cathedral
Fennel Street
Black
Building of Architectural or Historic Interest Grade 1. Cathedral Church of St. Mary, St. Denys and St. George. A Saxon church stood here. The Parish Church became a Collegiate Church in 1421 and Cathedral in 1847. Existing structure dates from 15th Century many parts having been rebuilt since.
1986
No.
Name and Location
Colour
Inscription
Installed
54
Shudehill Fight
Arndale Centre
Shudehill
Red
Shudehill Fight. One of several food riots took place here. 4 people died and 15 were injured during the night of 14 - 15th November 1757.
The first Aerodrome in Manchester (1917 - 1924) was situated here.
1986
56
Queens Park
Upper Lodge
Red
Queens Park (Harpurhey), Philips Park (Beswick and Clayton), Peel Park (Salford). The first three Municipal public parks in Manchester and Salford opened simultaneously on 22nd August 1846.
1986
57
Philips Park
Upper Lodge
Red
Queens Park (Harpurhey) Philips Park (Beswick and Clayton) Peel Park (Salford). The first three Municipal public parks in Manchester and Salford opened simultaneously on 22nd August 1846.
1986
58
Cross Street Chapel
Chapel Walks, Cross Street
Red
First School and Chapel House built here 1734. Early meeting place of Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society founded 1781. Elizabeth Gaskell (1810 - 1865) worshipped here.
1986
59
Royal Hotel
124 - 130 Market Street
Red
Site of the Royal Hotel. Royal Mail Coach Inn. First Booking Office for Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
1986
60
Liverpool Road Station
Black
Building of Architectural or Historic Interest. Grade I Liverpool Road Station. The world's first passenger railway station, terminus of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which was opened by the Duke of Wellington on 15th September 1830.
Ernest Lord Rutherford (1871 - 1937). Langworthy Professor of Physics University of Manchester (1907 - 1919) (in Coupland I Building). Pioneer in Nuclear Physics. First to split the atom. Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1908.
1986
62
Sam Wild
57 Birch Hall Lane
Rusholme
Blue
Sam Wild Commander of the British Battalion of the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War lived here 1940 - 1959.
1986
63
Caribbean Focus
West Indian Centre
Carmoor Road
Green
To commemorate Manchester Caribbean Focus 1986. Remembering those who come before us, and the others we leave behind us. We are united in an everlasting bond, throughout all eternity.
1987
64
Soho Foundry
Fragment in Peace Garden,
Princess Street, Mosley St.
Black
This wheel, the sign of the millwright, was originally used as a clock face at Soho Foundry, Pollard Street, Ancoats. Founded 1804 demolished 1976 the foundry produced castings for machinery for the cotton industry.
1987
65
Adolphe Valette
Polytechnic,
Grosvenor Street,
All Saints.
Blue
Adolphe Valette (1876 - 1942) French painter and teacher in the School of Art 1907 - 1920.
1987
66
Lord and Lady Simon
Wythenshawe Hall
Blue
Ernest Darwin Simon (1879-1960)
Shena Dorothy Simon (1883-1972)
Lord and Lady Simon purchased Wythenshawe Hall and Park as a gift to the City of Manchester in 1926.
Dr. Chain Weizmann (1874-1952) Scientist, Zionist leader and first president of the State of Israel (1948) lived in Manchester (1904-1917)
1987
No.
Name and Location
Colour
Inscription
Installed
68
Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue
Jewish Museum
190 Cheetham Hill Road
Black
Building of Special Architectural or Historic Interest Grade II* Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue 1874. A building with Spanish Saracenic motifs Architect Edward Salomons (1828-1906).
1987
69
Church of Saint Ann
St. Ann Street
Black
Building of Special Architectural or Historic Interest Grade 1, Church of Saint Ann (1712) Architect probably John Barker.
or historic interest Grade 1, Church of Saint Cross (1866) Architect William Butterfield (1814-1900).
1987
71
Vine Street School
Birley High School
Chichester Road
Hulme
Red
Vine Street School The first school built by the Manchester School Board. Foundation Stone laid 11th June 1874 by Herbert Birley on a site near here. Opened 9th August 1875.
1987
72
1930s Unemployed
London Road,
Fairfield Street
Red
Demonstration of unemployed marched from Ardwick Green until their dispersal by police and fire brigade using hoses (7th October 1931).
1989
73
Fenian Ambush
Hyde Road
Railway Bridge
Red
Fenian Ambush (September 1867) Site of the rescue of two Fenian prisoners. Following the shooting of a policeman three of the rescuers were executed at the last public hanging in the Manchester area (November 1867).
From 1878 to 1893 as Newton Heath (LYR) C & FC and later Newton Heath FC. Manchester United played here on the North Road Ground.
Not yet installed
75
Manchester City FC
Clowes Street, West Gorton
Blue
In 1880 as St. Mark's, West Gorton, Manchester City FC
first played near here.
Not yet installed
No.
Name and Location
Colour
Inscription
Installed
76
Manchester United FC
Bank Street, Clayton
On a school building, now demolished. Plaque’s whereabouts unknown
Red
Opposite this plaque was the
Bank Street Ground home of Manchester United, formerly Newton Heath FC. 1893 to 1910.
1989
77
Sir Nigel Gresley
Railway Hotel,
Dean Lane, Newton Heath
Blue
Sir Nigel Gresley (1876 - 1941). Locomotive designer and engineer was employed near here at Newton Heath Railway Depot from 1898
to 1905 first as apprentice, subsequently as manager.
Not yet installed
78
Pioneer Quay
Deansgate
Green
Pioneer Quay was named by Marie Ashworth from Bury to commemorate the Rochdale Pioneers who founded the Co-operative movement. She chose the name to win the 'Quay with No Name' competition on the Phil Sayer programme BBC Radio Manchester. April 21st 1987.
1987
79
Collyhurst Village Park
Green
Collyhurst Village Park. Designed by the pupils of Saviour & St. Augustine's Primary Schools funded by the Manchester City Council and the Department of the Environment. Opened by Cllr. Arnold Spencer, Chair of the Planning Committee July 1987.
Not yet installed
80
Emmeline Pankhurst
62 Nelson Street
Blue
Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) and her daughters Christabel and Sylvia, founders of the Suffragette Movement, lived here 1897 - 1907.
1987
81
Manchester Coat of Arms
Cannon Street
Corporation Street
Black
This sandstone Manchester coat of arms formerly stood on the top of the Manchester and County Bank, situated on Corporation Street, erected in 1889 and demolished in 1971 to make way for the Arndale Centre.
The coat of arms was salvaged by Mr. Rupert Smith who donated it to the City of Manchester in 1984. Relocated on this site by the Planning Committee of Manchester City Council May 1987.
