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unusual facts about Brunswick Mill, Ancoats



Brian and Michael

For the song, Coleman drew on his own memories of Salford and Ancoats as well as the paintings of Lowry.

Brunswick Mill, Ancoats

The mill is of fireproof construction and was built by David Bellhouse, but it is suspected that William Fairbairn was involved in the design.

John Henshaw

John Henshaw (born 1951, Ancoats, Manchester, Lancashire) is a British actor, best known for his roles as Ken the landlord in Early Doors, Wilf Bradshaw in Born and Bred and PC Roy Bramwell in The Cops.

Manchester Hydraulic Power

It was constructed at Pott Street in Ancoats, close to the Rochdale Canal, and had four pumping engines and two accumulators.

Sir Oswald Mosley, 4th Baronet

Mosley was born in Staffordshire in 1848 the eldest son of Sir Tonman Mosley, 3rd Baronet, of Ancoats (9 July 1813 – 28 April 1890), who succeeded to the title of 3rd Baronet Mosley, of Ancoats, on 24 May 1871, and wife Catherine Wood (died 22 April 1891), daughter of The Reverend John Wood of Swanwick, Derbyshire.

Sub Sub

After a fire destroyed their recording studio on Blossom Street in the Ancoats area of Manchester on the Williams twins' birthday in 1996, they started anew as the more indie-oriented act Doves in 1998.

Thomas Case

His marriage to Anne Mosley of Ancoats in 1637 brought him into an influential family, connecting him to Salford chapel by her late husband and to John Angier.

William McConnel

The McConnel family were owners of Sedgwick Mill, a large cotton spinning mill in Ancoats in the city of Manchester.


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