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Brian Groom

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Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' (2024) and bestselling 'Northerners: A History' (2022).

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · Aug 28

My books 'Made in Manchester: A People's History of the City That Shaped the Modern World' and 'Northerners: A History, from the Ice Age to the Present Day' available in paperback and hardback, from bookshops and websites. Publisher: @harpernorth.bsky.social

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Ian McClellan @ianmac.bsky.social · 1h

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#DianeKeaton RIP.

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79, PEOPLE can confirm exclusively. The Oscar award-winning actress was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' ...

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 1h

Matt.

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Great shop. They sold books at my two Chorlton Book Festival gigs.

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On Bookshop Day, here are a few I've visited recently. Blackwells Manchester @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social, Waterstones branches in Oldham, Trafford Centre, Bury.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 2h

Repairs plan for Bradford's 'precious' Grade I listed Ilkley Manor House, dating from 1390s. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Repairs plan for 'precious' Ilkley Manor House - council

The Grade I listed Ilkley Manor House dates back to the 1390s and was built on a Roman fort site.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 3h

Noel and Liam Gallagher of Oasis outside the Peveril of the Peak pub, Manchester, 1994, photo by Kevin Cummins (Getty Images).

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 4h

Happy Bookshop Day, an annual celebration of bookshops, booksellers and the joy of shopping local. Where would we be without them?

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 4h

Victorian shipwreck heroine Grace Darling's shawl for auction. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Grace Darling's shawl set for auction

Grace Darling is remembered for her bravery after rescuing survivors off the Northumberland coast.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 4h

Durham Miners' Gala: how mining banners helped shape communities past and present. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How mining banners helped shape communities past and present

The colourful banners can be seen around north-east England, but why and what do they represent?

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 7h

I'll be talking about 'Made in Manchester' at Alderley History Group on Monday October 27th, 7 for 7.30pm, Alderley Edge Union Club, Stevens Street. Visitors welcome, £5.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 8h

Going to Bailey's Pot Shop, Oldham, painting by Helen Bradley (1900-79). #WomensArt #NorthernArt

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 12h

Good question, not sure.

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Wigan pit brow lasses, or coal mine surface workers, 19th century (WiganWorld).

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 12h

Dolly Peel, fishwife and smuggler, South Shields, 1850. When her husband and son were press-ganged, she snuck on board ship and hid. Discovered, she was allowed to work as a nurse and stay with her family.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 12h

Starry Night, painting by Spennymoor-born Norman Cornish (1919-2014). He was a coal miner for 33 years.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 12h

Jodrell Bank in Cheshire, the world’s largest steerable dish radio telescope at the time (now the third largest). was switched on in 1957 on this day. Built by Bernard Lovell, it was the only radar device that could track the carrier rocket of the Soviet Union’s Sputnik I.