Manchester Corporation Research Articles

Religious selfhoods and the city in inter-war Manchester

ABSTRACT:Manchester's processional tradition began in the nineteenth century and every Whit weekend, until the 1960s, Catholics and Protestants organized separate large celebrations. This article argues that the Catholic Whit celebrations peaked in importance between the two world wars and that this was related to the impact of Manchester Corporation's wider investment in urban redevelopment. It is a story about religion and the self, which reveals important details about the cultural meanings of the inter-war city and contributes to an emerging field of cultural geography that explores the relationship between space and faith.

ET Craig: proto-socialist, phrenologist and public health engineer

ET Craig's long life spanned almost all of the 19th century. Coming from a working class background, his political sympathies lay on the left and he immersed himself in the leftist political movements which were popular in the British Isles at the time: from the early Labour Movement, (he was present at the Peterloo Massacre in 1819), to Owenite Communities, the Co-operative Movement, and the birth of modern Socialism. He is best remembered as the Secretary of the Ralahine Community in Co Clare, Ireland, from 1831–33. This is seen as the most successful of all the Owenite Communities, and may have become a paragon for the Kibbutz Movement during the 20th century. Craig was primarily a journalist but, with evangelical zeal, he immersed himself in many projects of disparate scientific pedigree, including Public Health engineering, Phrenology, Mesmerism, vegetarianism and fresh-air faddism. He made significant contributions to ventilation and sanitary engineering. His ash closet system of sewage disposal, which he introduced at Ralahine, may have saved the Community from cholera. It was eventually adopted widely, and most notably by the city of Manchester. There is good evidence that Craig's ideas were pirated by an employee of the Manchester Corporation. The ash closet system was soon superseded by the water-carriage system.

Heraldry, Granting of Arms & the Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine

I am honoured to have been asked to attend the first Annual General Meeting of the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine to say something about the Grant of Arms, how the different components were designed and what they represent. I should perhaps first define heraldry which has been described as the hereditary use of certain designs initially on a shield and subsequently on crests and heraldic badges. As such it appeared in much of Europe in the second quarter of the 12th century. Men, women and corporate bodies originally assumed their own arms and in England in cases where two people bore the same coat of arms there would be a Case in the High Court of Chivalry to decide which person had the better right. One of the best known cases was that of Scrope versus Grosvenor heard between 1385 and 1395. The most recent case in the Court of Chivalry is that of Manchester Corporation versus Manchester Palace of Varieties which was heard in 1954 and won by Manchester Corporation which objected to the use of their arms by the Theatre Company. As well as being self assumed arms were granted by Sovereigns. An interesting aspect of English heraldry is that since the 15th century when heraldry began to be more regulated in England the power to grant new arms has been delegated by the Crown to the three senior Heralds or Kings of Arms namely Garter King of Arms, Clarenceux King of Arms and Norroy King of Arms. In 1417, King Henry V issued Writs to the Sheriffs of various Counties stating that in future men might not assume their own arms and the earliest surviving grant by an English King of Arms dates from 1439 and is a grant not to an individual but to a corporate body, the Worshipful Company of Drapers in the City of London. The Heralds were and remain part of the Royal Household but in

Civic leadership and education for democracy: The Simons and the Wythenshawe estate

Manchester Corporation's Wythenshawe estate was famous in the 1930s, and its fame was largely due to the efforts of Sir Ernest Simon, a prominent Liberal businessman. This article examines how his developing ideas of leadership and civic responsibility in a democracy shaped his judgement of Wythenshawe. In the 1920s, he regarded Wythenshawe as a triumph of imaginative municipal leadership in the face of the indifference of central government. By the 1930s, however, he saw Wythenshawe as, potentially, a danger to democracy. The estate was a one-class area of people with no spontaneous commitment to democracy. They were, in fact, vulnerable to the mass appeal of fascism. This had to be guarded against by the promotion of education in citizenship in schools and community centres. As a consequence, Simon's assessment of Wythenshawe's success or failure was determined as much by the ideological conviction, common in his class, that the working class were not fit citizens, as by the quality of life made possible by the estate.

Mossland Reclamation and Refuse Disposal in the Manchester area in the nineteenth century

Mossland reclamation is a distinctive feature in the formation of the English cultural landscape. Most mosslands were reclaimed purely for agricultural purposes. Manchester's growth in the later nineteenth century brought acute problems of refuse disposal. Carrington and Chat Mosses were acquired by Manchester Corporation for the dumping of that refuse. Between 1886 and 1910, the two mosses absorbed 20 per cent of all refuse. At the same time, but originally less important these two mosslands were converted into agricultural land. The reclamation of Carrington and Chat Mosses is a fine example of the influence of towns in the nineteenth century on the agricultural development of their hinterlands.

Mossland Reclamation and Refuse Disposal in the Manchester area in the nineteenth century

Abstract Mossland reclamation is a distinctive feature in the formation of the English cultural landscape. Most mosslands were reclaimed purely for agricultural purposes. Manchester's growth in the later nineteenth century brought acute problems of refuse disposal. Carrington and Chat Mosses were acquired by Manchester Corporation for the dumping of that refuse. Between 1886 and 1910, the two mosses absorbed 20 per cent of all refuse. At the same time, but originally less important these two mosslands were converted into agricultural land. The reclamation of Carrington and Chat Mosses is a fine example of the influence of towns in the nineteenth century on the agricultural development of their hinterlands.

SMITH v. MANCHESTER CORPORATION

Damages — Loss of future earnings — Assessment of — Domestic worker injured in fall at work — Injury to shoulder and right arm resulting in partial permanent disability — No immediate loss of earnings — Employers' undertaking to retain in employment — Risk of future unemployment — Factors to be taken into account in assessing damages.

A LOWER LLANVIRN GRAPTOLITE FAUNA FROM THE SKIDDAW SLATES, WESTMORLAND

Summary The Wet Sleddale extension of Manchester Corporation’s Haweswater scheme in Westmorland included the excavation of an aqueduct tunnel to the west of Shap village and entirely within the Skiddaw Slates of the Bampton Inlier. Excavated materials have provided abundant, well-preserved graptolites of late Didymograptus bifidus Zone (Lower Llanvirn) age and their description complements the revision by Jackson (1962) of the graptolite faunas, earlier than the D. bifidus Zone, of the Skiddaw Slates. Twenty-seven species and subspecies belonging to at least nine, and possibly eleven, genera have been recovered. Two new species are described: Diplograptus hollingworthi sp. nov. and Climacograptus tailbertensis sp. nov. Important features of the fauna include the dominance of biserial graptolites and the paucity of specimens referable to the several pendent species of Didymograptus. The extreme rarity of Didymograptus bifidus (J. Hall) is adduced as further evidence in support of the claim that the D. bifidus Zone of North America does not correlate with the British D. bifidus Zone.

The Water Supply System Up to A.D. 2001

BY the end of the century the capacity of the present public water supply system will be between 2000 and 2500 million gallons per day (m.g.d.) short of conservatively estimated water requirements. A minimum investment of approximately /iooom. will be needed to provide sufficient capacity to meet the shortfall. In planning the increase, however, more than financial considerations are involved. If the deficit were to be met by conventional catchment schemes, between 50 and 70 new reservoirs would need to be constructed, a high proportion of which would inevitably have to be sited in national parks or similar high amenity areas.' The public resistance to the Ullswater and Windermere schemes of Manchester Corporation and to the Cow Green and Forndale schemes indicates that a programme ten to twelve times larger could only be achieved at the expense of a great deal of social and environmental upheaval. Even so it is obvious that water resources to support an improved standard of living for an expanding population must be forthcoming, even where this involves the imposition of some social costs on the community. At the same time it is equally necessary that social as well as financial costs should be reflected in the choice of investment made. This is particularly true at the present time when a number of schemes with widely differing specifications are available to meet given economic requirements. Whereas the social losses brought about by damming one valley rather than another are broadly similar, allowing a choice between them to be made on strictly financial grounds, the social costs and benefits of conventional conservation schemes, barrages schemes and nuclear desalination are so disparate that they must necessarily receive explicit attention in investment planning.

THE EXTENSIONS TO THE DAVYHULME SEWAGE WORKS (1957-67).

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A New Occurrence of the Didymograptus bifidus Zone in the Skiddaw Group

THE Wet Sleddale extension of Manchester Corporation Waterworks' Haweswater scheme in Westmorland has involved the excavation of a tunnel, 4,000 ft. in length, to the west of Shap village. Excavated materials on the tips at both ends of the tunnel are principally grey-black shales and mudstones of the Skiddaw Group which have provided an abundant, well-preserved graptolite fauna. The fact that the collections have been made from the tip heaps is unlikely to detract from their value since a preliminary examination suggests that the bifidus zone alone is represented. This accords with the general position of the tunnel in the Skiddaw Group inlier hereabouts and with the presence in the tunnel of massive bands of reworked sand and tuffaceous material interbedded with the shales and mudstones. The tuffs can be compared with the mottled tuffs of the Lake District, and the situation as a whole recalls the Flagdaw-type interbedded slates and volcanics of the Cross Fell inlier.

Institution of Electrical Engineers : Faraday Medal

THE Faraday Medal of the Institution has been awarded to Sir Standen Leonard Pearce, for his outstanding contributions to the advancement of engineering practice and notable achievements in electrical engineering. Sir Leonard Pearce was educated at Bishops Stortford College and Finsbury Technical College, London. He served his pupillage with J. G. Statter and Co. at West Drayton, and Thomas Richardson and Sons of Hartlepool. After occupying various posts, he was appointed in 1903 to be chief engineer to Manchester Corporation Electricity Undertaking ; in 1926 he became engineer-in-chief of the London Power Co.

British Food Journal Volume 49 Issue 1 1947

British Food Journal Volume 49 Issue 1 1947

Physiotherapy In Medical Practice

Journal Article Physiotherapy In Medical Practice Get access Physiotherapy In Medical Practice. By Hugh Morris, M.D., D.M.R.E., Honorary Consulting Radiologist, Devonshire Royal Hospital, Buxton; Honorary Radiologist, Salford Royal Hospital, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Manchester Victoria Memorial Jewish Hospital, etc.; Radiologist, Manchester Corporation Hospital Services; Examiner in Electrotherapy to the Chartered Society of Massage; Lecturer in Electrotherapy, Schools of Massage, Salford Royal and Devonshire Royal Hospitals. Cloth. Price, $4.50. Pp. 276, with 102 illustrations. Baltimore: William Wood and Company, 1939. Physical Therapy, Volume 20, Issue 2, March-April 1940, Page 121, https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/20.2.121b Published: 01 March 1940

Physiotherapy in Medical PracticePhysiotherapy in Medical Practice. By MorrisHugh, M.D., D.M.R.E., Honorary Consulting Radiologist, Devonshire Royal Hospital, Buxton; Honorary Radiologist, Salford Royal Hospital, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester Victoria Memorial Jewish Hospital, etc.; Radiologist, Manchester Corporation Hospital Services; Examiner in Electrotherapy to the Chartered Society of Massage; Lecturer in Electrotherapy, Schools of Massage, Salford Royal and Devonshire Royal Hospitals, etc.

Physiotherapy in Medical Practice<scp>Physiotherapy in Medical Practice</scp>. By MorrisHugh, M.D., D.M.R.E., Honorary Consulting Radiologist, Devonshire Royal Hospital, Buxton; Honorary Radiologist, Salford Royal Hospital, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester Victoria Memorial Jewish Hospital, etc.; Radiologist, Manchester Corporation Hospital Services; Examiner in Electrotherapy to the Chartered Society of Massage; Lecturer in Electrotherapy, Schools of Massage, Salford Royal and Devonshire Royal Hospitals, etc.

Lancashire and Cheshire Fauna

THE twenty-first annual report of the Lancashire and Cheshire Fauna Committee deals chiefly with 1934 records, and in addition to adding 146 new records to their faunal lists and 44 to one county, there are species new to Britain and to science. Of the Micro-Lepidoptera, a species bred by F. N. Pierce and W. Mansbridge from alpaca wool and wrongly considered Tinea merdella, Staint, is now found to be new to science and is named Tinea lanella, Pierce and Metcalfe. Scythris fallacella is a small moth new to Britain from the north Lancashire limestone. The small pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly has reappeared in the Delamere Forest area of Cheshire after fifty years absence. Of Coleoptera, Anthicus tobias, Mars., previously recorded from India, Arabia, Mesopotamia and Turkey, and said to have been from rotten sacking in Kent previously, was found breeding in some numbers by Mr. H. Britten on the Manchester Corporation refuse dump. Fifteen new records of Mallophaga for the counties are added from studies of wild and domestic birds. Efforts are being made to find the Cooke collection of sawflies compiled in the area last century, hi order to examine the material in the light of the committee's present knowledge of the Hymenoptera-Symphyta. Request is also made for shrews and bats for parasite study at the University of Manchester. The ornithological report for Lancashire and Cheshire includes little of wide interest compared to former years.

Mr. C. H. Wordingham

MR. CHARLES HENRY WORDINGHAM, who died on January 28 at the age of fifty-eight years, was well known as an electrical engineer. He was born at Twickenham in 1866, and was educated at King's College School and at King's College, London. He served his apprenticeship under Dr. John Hopkinson. He then joined the United Telephone Company, where his work consisted mainly in assisting with the erection of telephone exchanges. From 1889 to 1892 he was an engineer at the Grosvenor Gallery Generating Station of the London Electric Supply Corporation, where he was associated with Dr. Ferranti and Mr. Partridge in carrying out many of the pioneering experiments which led the way to such important developments. During this period also he was head of the meter testing department and devised methods of testing switches and fuses which were very useful in practical work. In 1892 he again became an assistant to Dr. Hopkinson and supervised the erection of the electric lighting stations at Manchester and Whitehaven. In 1894 he became chief engineer to the electricity works of the Manchester Corporation, and for the next seven years devoted himself whole-heartedly to developing the station.

School hygiene in Manchester: Extracted from the annual report of the education committee of the Manchester corporation for the year 1906–7

School hygiene in Manchester: Extracted from the annual report of the education committee of the Manchester corporation for the year 1906–7