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unusual facts about Moss Side, South Ribble



Cuerdale Hoard

It was discovered on 15 May 1840 on the southern bank of a bend of the River Ribble, in an area called Cuerdale in South Ribble near to the city of Preston, Lancashire, England.

Eric Brook

In 1977 the Manchester City Council named eleven streets in a new estate in Moss Side after famous City players including Brook, Frank Swift, Fred Tilson, Sam Cowan, Horace Barnes, Max Woosnam, Tommy Browell, Jimmy McMullan, Sam Cookson, Billy Meredith and Tommy Johnson.

Horace Barnes

In 1977 the Manchester City Council named eleven streets in a new estate in Moss Side after famous City players including Barnes, Frank Swift, Fred Tilson, Sam Cowan, Sam Cookson, Max Woosnam, Tommy Browell, Jimmy McMullan, Eric Brook, Billy Meredith and Tommy Johnson.

Lamin Deen

Deen grew up in the Moss Side and Withington areas of Manchester and was a pupil at Burnage High School before joining the Grenadier Guards, serving in Northern Ireland and Bosnia.

Moss Side, South Ribble

There is a Scouts Group in the area and a Concert Party who perform for the elderly.

South Ribble

In the 2007 local elections, South Ribble witnessed a landslide Conservative victory, gaining 24 seats to hold 44 of 55 on the borough council.

Trevor Dwyer-Lynch

Born and raised in Moss Side and Salford, trained in Drama and Performing Arts at City College Manchester in 1990, Dwyer-Lynch has appeared in numerous television and theatre productions, merging both serious roles—such as "Gloucester" in Shakespeare's King Lear—to his best known comedic nice guy role in Coronation Street as Patrick Tussell the taxi-driver working for Steve McDonald (2002–2005).


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