1.(Placename) a town in NW England, in Stockport unitary authority, Greater Manchester: an early textile centre and scene of several labour disturbances in the early 19th century; engineering, electronics. Pop: 136 082 (2001) 2.(Placename) a unitary authority in NW England, in Greater Manch...
In 1935, Manchester’s Medical Officer of Health condemned 30,000 (of a total of 80,000) inner-city homes as unfit for human habitation; 7000 families were living in single rooms. The estate was always considered to be, in some sense, the realisation of an ambitious vision. The world ...