Manchester in the 1980s: A Glimpse into the Past

[@glennsanders2962]

Thank you very much for putting this footage on-line. It brought back many many memories of my time when i lived in Manchester. amazing stuff! Thanks again.

[@englishgentleman3551]

What a nice place it was.How clean,far less crowded and looks more English it looks.

[@markwilson9061]

Turned 50 this year, visited Manchester in my younger years, was dragged to Barons in Ancoats every other weekend, then to the barrows for fruit and veg on church street, and if we had time eastern bloc records or powercuts, great times.

[@Rockthecasbah3535]

Shaun & Paul Ryder were glueing pigeons to rooftops back then😆

[@missmuffet3874]

I feel like crying watching this. Aching nostalgia. Manchester has turned into a complete nightmare and looks terrible like most of the UK towns and cities today. xx

[@pd4165]

2:33 One of the print rooms at All Saints. I was using that room in 1982 - I can't remember the tech in blue's name. There was a bit of a scandal. The printing department (not everyone) were making high quality covers for pirate videos and there was a police raid on the lithography room.

[@andrewbocho3896]

What about Tibb Street, named after the river underneath it.

[@Biffo1262]

Dates are way out on some of these. For example the photo of the top of Market St shows no sign of the Metro link which was operating at that time.

[@astrecks]

You are very much mistaken! The first phase opened in the spring of 1992.

[@hanifabibi177]

Nice.

[@mistofoles]

Presumably by "The Port of Manchester" he meant Salford Quays/Docks ? At least he got the year of closure ( 1982 ) right I suppose.

[@Jomo-x6n]

Couldn't see any references to "The Port of Manchester" in the video. Actually the producer of the video is right as the Manchester Ship Canal extends to Manchester. There are several docks on the Manchester side of the canal otherwise they cannot call it the 'Manchester Ship Canal'. Nowadays when people say 'Manchester' they mean 'Greater Manchester' just like London means 'Greater London'. However when the Manchester Ship Canal was built back between 1887 and 1894, Greater Manchester did not exist so there must be a Port in Manchester to qualify the Canal's name. When George Stephenson built his Liverpool to Manchester Railway back in 1830 he had to extend his railway line over the river Irwell to Manchester just so he can call it the Liverpool to Manchester Railway.

[@astrecks]

The Port of Manchester was closed in 1982. It was created as a customs port in 1894 and was once the third busiest port in the UK. As far as I know, the Dock Office and dock gate are still there. The area is now known as Salford Quays, as it is no longer a port.

[@karaloca]

Piccadilly is now barter town from mad max 3.

[@scinformation7229]

it is totally different now

[@bridgetjones4702]

Piccadilly Gardens then 🤩 Piccadilly Gardens 2024 😞

[@missmuffet3874]

That was my thought too. How could the council let it happen? 😢

[@mfranssens]

Omg my flat! I lived above the arndale centre Crompton court. Ha. Never thought I’d see that again thanks. Damn bomb went off and goodbye flat.

[@floswason8776]

Is this about Manchester or fashion shows

[@aceyace3150]

..as a born n bred manc am amazed at this ...😎

[@upthesock1]

Stop with that horrible AI voice, it ruins every video.

[@Mzf3625]

That's how I remember Manchester. Has it changed at all?

[@icekitty400]

It's now multi cultural with lots of homelessness on its streets and🎉 crackheads in Piccadilly garden's. Most streets are one way and some not for private transport. There's also trams now and the Arndale centre had a major refurbishment which led to the loss of Cannon Street (Arndale) bus station and Cannon Street itself is no more as its now become part of the Arndale Centre itself.

[@ramalama9650]

It's changed. Oh yes. Remember your last nightmare and how you felt when you woke up? That is Manchester now.

[@Telssa1]

A lot of the decay has gone from the centre, but a lot of the quirkyness went with it. Much more pedestrianised, with trams everywhere, but they are neat and convenient. Piccadilly is untidy, though I find it completely unalarming in daylight. Despite the doomsayers, people (including varying nationalities) seem to be queueing up to live in flats in and around the centre, so it's geared up for City living. I never hesitate to walk anywhere in "town".

[@scinformation7229]

it is very dangerous now

[@Telssa1]

@@scinformation7229 You may find it threatening, but I laugh at the idea it's dangerous, let alone very dangerous. I'm 76, and I walk there (in daylight) without a care. It was a lot more relaxed and less cluttered 60 years ago, when we were all birds of a feather and hardly anyone lived in the centre, but I saw far more rowdyism back then than I do now. when so many town and city centres are dying, I'll take our vibrancy instead.

[@JohnLees-b1q]

Leesy of gorton best times the eighties me and my mates 😅😅😅

[@chrisleach3958]

Before it became a third world open city

[@stani6024]

Chinese and arab money paid for its skyline. That shithole would be bankrupt like Birmingham otherwise show some appreciation

[@capitalb5889]

It was pretty third world back then. But I presume you're talking about immigration rather than its state of economic deprivation in the 1980s

[@karlos55555]

A racist speaks...

[@Evemeister12]

Manchester in the 1930s was a mess. Only the natives to blame for that back then.

[@mickylad1]

Great nobody on a bike mounting the pavement doing 30 mph

[@ufo734]

The days when the city was car friendly. You could drive your car around and get around easily. These days its an become an absolute nightmare.

[@tkoteacher1707]

Who is this guy....did he just say "the port of Manchester" ? ffs

[@mana3735]

I think it was classed as a "port city" back when the docks were in action.

[@michaelhowarth-w1e]

manchester did have a massive port...once

[@astrecks]

Yes, it was. It opened as a port in 1894, and at one time, it was the third busiest port in the UK. Of course, it is no longer a port.

[@juliepownall1063]

Much better now except piccadilly gardens

[@puppets.and.muppets]

gobby Oasis ruined the image of the city.