I’ve been sent some copies of the ‘New Manchester Review’ - a listings magazine plus political writing, cartoons & reviews.

An interesting insight into the city at the time, this issue, number 63, is from August 1978...
The new Arndale Centre not proving popular...
...with concerns raised about wheelchair access from the bus station below
Hulme
Moss Side
Random poetry about skateboarding...
In an Old Age Pensioner’s Luncheon Room
There is a review of this gig by Suicide, Joy Division & The Actors at the Russell Club by two writers...
...Steve Forster & Roland Seeds
Plus a caption competition with Tony Wilson (a local Granada TV presenter...) to win a Stiff Records compilation...
An advert for the Manchester International Organ Festival at Central Library
The ‘Eating Out Guide’ features some establishments still in existence, 40+ years later...

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An advert for the opening of George Davenport’s country music centre, a story that ended in Newton Heath 40 year’s later...
Adverts for films that were big in the summer of 1978...
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