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Levenshulme

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Levenshulme is an area of Manchester in North West England bordering Fallowfield, Longsight, Gorton, Burnage, Heaton Chapel and Reddish, approximately halfway between Stockport and Manchester city centre on the A6. [1]

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A6 road (England)

The A6 is one of the main historic north–south roads in England.

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Afzal Khan (British politician)

Mohammed Afzal Khan, (محمد افضل خان; born 5 April 1958) is a British Labour Party politician who serves as a Member of Parliament for the Manchester Gorton constituency, after his election on 8 June 2017.

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Al Gore

Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician and environmentalist who served as the 45th Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

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Alec Douglas-Home

Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, (2 July 1903 – 9 October 1995) was a British statesman of the Conservative Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1963 to October 1964.

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ALL FM

ALL FM is a local community radio station serving south, central and east Manchester and based in the South Manchester suburb of Levenshulme.

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Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie (but commonly or;MacKay, p. 29. November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist.

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Arthur Lowe

Arthur Lowe (22 September 1915 – 15 April 1982) was an English actor.

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Baptists

Baptists are Christians distinguished by baptizing professing believers only (believer's baptism, as opposed to infant baptism), and doing so by complete immersion (as opposed to affusion or sprinkling).

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Beryl Reid

Beryl Elizabeth Reid, OBE (17 June 1919 – 13 October 1996) was a British actress of stage and screen.

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Burnage

Burnage is a suburb of the city of Manchester in North West England, about south of Manchester city centre and bisected by the dual carriageway of Kingsway.

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Burnage Academy for Boys

Burnage Academy for Boys (formerly known as Burnage High School) is a secondary school with academy status, located in Burnage, Manchester, England.

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By-law

A by-law (bylaw) is a rule or law established by an organization or community to regulate itself, as allowed or provided for by some higher authority.

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Carnegie library

A Carnegie library is a library built with money donated by Scottish businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.

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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (2 February 1754 – 17 May 1838), 1st Prince of Benevento, then 1st Prince of Talleyrand, was a laicized French bishop, politician, and diplomat.

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Church of England

The Church of England (C of E) is the state church of England.

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Coronation Street

Coronation Street (also informally referred to as Corrie) is a British soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960.

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Counties of Ireland

The counties of Ireland (contaetha na hÉireann; Ulster-Scots: coonties o Airlann) are sub-national divisions that have been, and in some cases continue to be, used to geographically demarcate areas of local government.

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Dad's Army

Dad's Army is a BBC television sitcom about the British Home Guard during the Second World War.

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Dick Turpin

Richard "Dick" Turpin (bapt. 21 September 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft.

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Didsbury

Didsbury is a suburban area of Manchester, England, on the north bank of the River Mersey, south of Manchester city centre.

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Eilert Ekwall

Bror Oscar Eilert Ekwall (born 8 January 1877 in Vallsjö (now in Sävsjö, Jönköpings län, Sweden, died 23 November 1964 in Lund, Skåne län, Sweden), known as Eilert Ekwall, was Professor of English at Sweden's Lund University from 1909 to 1942 and was one of the outstanding scholars of the English language in the first half of the 20th century. He wrote works on the history of English, but he is best known as the author of numerous important books on English placenames (in the broadest sense) and personal names.

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English Channel

The English Channel (la Manche, "The Sleeve"; Ärmelkanal, "Sleeve Channel"; Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; Mor Bretannek, "Sea of Brittany"), also called simply the Channel, is the body of water that separates southern England from northern France and links the southern part of the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.

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Ernest Marples

Alfred Ernest Marples, Baron Marples, PC (9 December 1907 – 6 July 1978), was a British Conservative politician who served as Postmaster General (1957–1959) and Minister of Transport (1959–1964).

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Fallowfield

Fallowfield is a suburb of the city of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England.

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Five-a-side football

Five-a-side game on astroturf pitch, Singapore Five-a-side football is a variation of association football, in which each team fields five players (four outfield players and a goalkeeper).

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French Revolution

The French Revolution (Révolution française) was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies that lasted from 1789 until 1799.

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Gentrification

Gentrification is a process of renovation of deteriorated urban neighborhoods by means of the influx of more affluent residents.

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Gorton

Gorton is an area of Manchester in North West England, southeast of the city centre.

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Gorton South

Gorton South is a Local Government ward in the Gorton area of the City of Manchester.

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Graeme Hawley

Graeme Hawley (born 28 November 1973) is an English actor known for his role as John Stape in the British soap Coronation Street.

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Grange Hill

Grange Hill is a British television children's drama series originally made by the BBC.

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Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2,782,100.

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Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive

Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive was the public body responsible for public transport in Greater Manchester between 1969 and 2011, when it became part of Transport for Greater Manchester.

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Gwyneth Powell

Gwyneth Powell (born 5 July 1946) is an English actress who is best known for her portrait of headmistress Bridget McClusky in the BBC television series Grange Hill for eleven series between 1981 and 1991.

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Harold Macmillan

Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986) was a British statesman of the Conservative Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963.

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Harry Hancock

Henry Bentley "Harry" Hancock (late 1874 – 1924) was an English professional footballer.

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Heaton Chapel

Heaton Chapel is an area in the northern part of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.

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Highfield Country Park

Highfield Country Park is a area of open land, situated on the east side of Levenshulme, Manchester, that stretches to the east of Broom Avenue across to the rear of Reddish Golf Course and to the junction of Longford Road, Reddish and Nelstrop Road, Levenshulme.

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Historic counties of England

The historic counties of England are areas that were established for administration by the Normans, in many cases based on earlier kingdoms and shires created by the Anglo-Saxons and others.

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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a scientific and intergovernmental body under the auspices of the United Nations, set up at the request of member governments, dedicated to the task of providing the world with an objective, scientific view of climate change and its political and economic impacts.

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John Malam

John Malam is a British historian, archaeologist, and author of Children's non-fiction (informational) books.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom.

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Lancashire

Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs.) is a county in north west England.

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Landfill

A landfill site (also known as a tip, dump, rubbish dump, garbage dump or dumping ground and historically as a midden) is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial.

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Levenshulme High School

Levenshulme High School is a girls' secondary school with academy status located in the Levenshulme area of Manchester, England.

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Levenshulme railway station

Levenshulme railway station is in Levenshulme, Manchester, England.

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Liberal Democrats (UK)

The Liberal Democrats (often referred to as Lib Dems) are a liberal British political party, formed in 1988 as a merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), a splinter group from the Labour Party, which had formed the SDP–Liberal Alliance from 1981.

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Listed buildings in Manchester-M19

Manchester is a city in Northwest England.

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Longsight

Longsight is an inner city area of Manchester, England, about south of the city centre.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 530,300.

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Manchester Blitz

The Manchester Blitz (also known as the Christmas Blitz) was the heavy bombing of the city of Manchester and its surrounding areas in North West England during the Second World War by the Nazi German Luftwaffe.

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Manchester Carriage and Tramways Company

The Manchester Carriage and Tramways Company was incorporated in 1880, the result of a merger of the Manchester Suburban Tramways Company and the Manchester Carriage Company, to provide horse-drawn tram services throughout Manchester and Salford, England, and surrounding districts.

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Manchester city centre

Manchester city centre is the central business district of Manchester, England, within the boundaries of Trinity Way, Great Ancoats Street and Whitworth Street.

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Manchester City Council

Manchester City Council is the local government authority for Manchester, a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England.

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Manchester City Council election, 2004

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 10 June 2004.

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Manchester City Council election, 2006

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 4 May 2006.

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Manchester City Council election, 2007

Elections to Manchester City Council took place on 3 May 2007.

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Manchester City Council election, 2008

Elections to Manchester City Council took place on 1 May 2008.

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Manchester City Council election, 2010

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 6 May 2010, on the same day as the 2010 UK General Election.

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Manchester City Council election, 2011

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 5 May 2011, along with the United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum, 2011.

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Manchester City Council election, 2012

Elections to Manchester City Council took place on 3 May 2012, on the same day as other United Kingdom local elections, 2012.

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Manchester City Council election, 2014

Elections to Manchester City Council will be held on 22 May 2014, on the same day as the 2014 United Kingdom local elections and the United Kingdom component of the 2014 European Parliament election.

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Manchester City Council election, 2015

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 7 May 2015, along with the United Kingdom general election, 2015.

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Manchester City Council election, 2016

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 5 May 2016.

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Manchester City Council election, 2018

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 3 May 2018, as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2018.

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Manchester Evening News

The Manchester Evening News (MEN) is a regional daily newspaper covering Greater Manchester in North West England.

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Manchester Gorton (UK Parliament constituency)

Manchester Gorton is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Labour's Afzal Khan, who was elected at the 2017 general election.

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Manchester Gorton by-election, 2017

The Manchester Gorton by-election was a planned by-election which was scheduled for 4 May 2017 to elect a Member of Parliament (MP) for the House of Commons constituency of Manchester Gorton.

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McVitie's

McVitie's is a British snack food brand owned by United Biscuits.

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Methodism

Methodism or the Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity which derive their inspiration from the life and teachings of John Wesley, an Anglican minister in England.

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Muslim

A Muslim (مُسلِم) is someone who follows or practices Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion.

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Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish, Norwegian: Nobels fredspris) is one of the five Nobel Prizes created by the Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature.

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Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank

Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, (born 1 June 1935) is a British architect whose company, Foster + Partners, maintains an international design practice famous for high-tech architecture.

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North West England

North West England, one of nine official regions of England, consists of the five counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.

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Oasis (band)

Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the UK Parliament or British Parliament, is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown dependencies and overseas territories.

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Reddish

Reddish is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, north of Stockport and southeast of Manchester.

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Rusholme

Rusholme is an inner-city area of Manchester, England, about two miles south of the city centre.

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South Asia

South Asia or Southern Asia (also known as the Indian subcontinent) is a term used to represent the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan SAARC countries and, for some authorities, adjoining countries to the west and east.

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Stockport

Stockport is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester city centre, where the River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey.

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Sunny Lowry

Ethel "Sunny" Lowry MBE (2 January 1911, in Longsight, Manchester, Lancashire – 21 February 2008) was the first British woman to swim the English Channel.

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The Conservation Volunteers

The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) is a community volunteering charity that works to create healthier and happier communities for everyone through environmental conservation and practical tasks undertaken by volunteers.

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Tony McCarroll

Anthony McCarroll (born 27 June 1971) is an English drummer and one of the founder members of the English rock band Oasis, as their drummer from 1991 to April 1995.

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Township (England)

In England, a township (Latin: villa) is a local division or district of a large parish containing a village or small town usually having its own church.

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Tripe

Tripe is a type of edible lining from the stomachs of various farm animals.

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United Cattle Products

United Cattle Products (UCP) was a chain of shops and restaurants in the north of England which specialised in tripe dishes.

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United Kingdom census, 2011

A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years.

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United Reformed Church

The United Reformed Church (URC) is a Christian church in the United Kingdom.

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Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)

In England and Wales, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area.

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Vikings

Vikings (Old English: wicing—"pirate", Danish and vikinger; Swedish and vikingar; víkingar, from Old Norse) were Norse seafarers, mainly speaking the Old Norse language, who raided and traded from their Northern European homelands across wide areas of northern, central, eastern and western Europe, during the late 8th to late 11th centuries.

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Withington

Withington is a suburb of south Manchester, England.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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