The Little Book of Manchester

Did you know?

• In 1824 a Pendleton tollkeeper set up Britain’s first true public bus service, thought to be one of the first in the world.

• Communism can claim to have been conceived, if not born, in Manchester as Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx used to meet in the city.

• Manchester has the grim distinction of being the place where the first death of the English Civil War occurred.

The Little Book of Manchester is an intriguing, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of places, people and events in...