THE CLAIM
In the 1980s the gay area of Manchester was a secret with just two or three pubs.
THE REALITY
This is a half truth which takes advantage of the fact that people who weren’t around then don’t understand how gay life has changed…
THE CLAIM
In the 1980s Greater Manchester Police patrolled the city’s canals at night in a motorboat. This was to catch gay men who were meeting each other in and around the canal area.
THE REALITY
It’s a great tale which was mentioned in an article in The Guardian in 2004. But, from the start, there’s reason to be cautious…
In the midst of the hysteria surrounding the TV series “It’s A Sin”, many articles have been published about what gay life was like in the 1980s. Supposedly…
In 1989 the MEN called for an “awful” floral display in Piccadilly Gardens commemorating Stonewall to be “destroyed.” Scene Out, August 1989. An article in Scene Out magazine, August 1989 issue, with the headline “Evening paper degrades community”, reports on how a floral tribute in Piccadilly Gardens to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Stonewall … Archives reveal “regular, ranting bigotry about gays” in the pages of the Manchester Evening News
Manchester’s LGBT Foundation published its document “Unlocking A Hidden History – A Researchers’ Guide To Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Historical Sources In Manchester”, back in 2013. You can see it here (PDF). It was funded by the Heritage Lottery. Over recent years the Heritage Lottery Fund has given out around a quarter of a … The LGBT Foundation’s misleading “researchers’ guide” to LGBT history, funded by the Heritage Lottery
In the 1880s the Manchester Evening News published a series of articles which were then gathered together in a book called “Criminal Manchester.” One chapter is “Canal Street: Ginger Liz and Cockney Alf.” You can download a PDF of the whole book here, courtesy of Chetham’s Library. And here’s Chapter X about Canal Street: CRIMINAL … Canal Street in the 1880s: Ginger Liz, Cockney Jim and Dirty Alf
…at Manchester Royal Infirmary.
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