Stories of a Manchester Street

Stories of a Manchester Street tells the stories of today's residents, born in eighteen countries from four continents, and narrates their journeys from nomadic herding in Somalia to conscientious objection in post-war Germany and the UK, and from arranged marriages in South Asia to arriving from rural Ireland to find work. It provides a colourful reflection on the changes, resilience, and sense of community that lives just around the corner on our inner-city streets.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 176 pages
Publication date: 02 April 2019
Publisher: The History Press Ltd

A century after its Edwardian construction, this contemporary portrait of a street in inner Manchester tells the stories of today's residents. Born in eighteen countries from four continents, the accounts told by the residents themselves narrate their journeys from nomadic herding in Somalia to conscientious objection in post-war Germany and the UK, and from arranged marriages in South Asia to arriving from rural Ireland to find work. With a common theme of making a new life in Manchester, this is an important account of a successful multicultural community in an ever-divided world. Profiling today's residents alongside those who occupied their homes at the time of the 1911 census, Stories of a Manchester Street provides a colourful reflection on the changes, resilience, and sense of community that lives just around the corner on our inner-city streets.

Weight: 442g
Dimension: 157 x 234 x 14 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780750990479