Nostalgia

The day the Pope came to Manchester

More than 250,000 people flocked to Heaton Park for the occasion

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Vanished oasis for Greater Manchester kids from when summers 'lasted forever'

'Omg... what memories of happy times spent there!'

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Test your knowledge of the city's famous but vanished nightclubs and bars

Were you a recluse or a reveller? See how many of our questions you can answer correctly to find out

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The day Manchester partied in the streets - Do you remember VE Day?

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe - let us know your memories

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How the ‘Rochdale Road War’ sparked three decades of Manchester street fights

It was the first time that magistrates in Manchester had encountered the word ‘scuttling’ and in the years and decades that followed, they grew very tired of hearing the term

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36 Nestle and Cadbury retro Easter Eggs that will bring your childhood flooding back

Classic eggs we remember from our childhoods, from the 1970s to the 1990s

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Six fairgrounds and amusement parks kids from Manchester loved - now gone forever

Many of our favourite theme parks we loved in the '80s and '90s are sadly no longer around

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Tommy Ducks: Manchester's most infamous pub destroyed in an 'outrageous' act of vandalism

With women's underwear hanging from the ceiling, a skeleton in a coffin and a toilet in the middle of the bar - Tommy Ducks was a place unlike any other

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Last days of 'Europe's worst estate' saw dancing cockroaches and cars pushed from rooftops

Just days before the bulldozers rolled in, a spectacular event saw thousands bid farewell to Hulme Crescents

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'Do they want our sea and our tower?': Manchester's plans for tourist attraction left Blackpool fuming

Blackpool were the front runners and bookies' favourites... but then the unthinkable happened

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What the cast of ITV's Heartbeat are up to 33 years later

Heartbeat aired on ITV from 1992 until 2010 - here is what the cast have been up to since leaving the popular show

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What happened to Greater Manchester's children's TV stars of the 80s and 90s

We take a look at the former stars of kids' telly and see where their careers took them next

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The forgotten Manchester-born serial killer

Known as 'Bruce Lee', Peter Tredget was just 19 when he gained notoriety as one of Britain's most prolific serial killers

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The daring real life escapes and break-out attempts from Manchester's Strangeways prison

From 'escape clubs' to smuggled firearms, hacksaw blades and hidden packets of cream crackers

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Terrifying playgrounds only those who grew up in Manchester will remember

Some of these kids playgrounds of the past would make a modern parent faint

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Lady Gaga in Manchester - from outrageous outfits to meeting fans in Afflecks

Brilliant photos of the pop superstar meeting her 'Little Monsters' in Manchester through the years

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Bus wars to the Bee Network - a lifetime behind the wheel

"Deregulation was the big moment but I could never agree with it. Before deregulation it was a service, and after deregulation it was about making money."

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Rock legend strops, undercover cops and freezing weather - the Peak District's forgotten music festival

In the early 1970s, the Peak District was home to one of the UK's most prominent music festivals which attracted some of the biggest rock bands of the day

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'I lost all my childhood toys, now some fetch more than £200 each'

Gem Smith, 43, loved having toys like My Little Pony, Jem and The Holograms and Care Bears when she was young - but over time, they were given away or donated

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The stone steps that are the last remains of Greater Manchester's lost 'castle'

The steps are all that remain of a world that no longer exists

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The lost holiday where everyone in the same town took the week off work

Entire towns would be left virtually deserted as workers and their families packed their bags for a week away at the same time

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The Manchester prisoner notorious for being the only woman executed in the US state of Nevada

Elizabeth Potts from Hulme remains the first, and only, woman executed in the US state

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At one time it was a fantastic place to shop - but now it's gone downhill

The M.E.N has taken a look back at one Manchester high street that some residents complain is full of 'shuttered shopfronts' and in urgent need of investment

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21 incredible children's TV shows we loved in the 80s and 90s

Some of the best kids' TV shows Children's BBC and Children's ITV have given us over the years

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Nottingham Forest rejected me - so I made history at Man City instead

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