The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee is just a week away. Across Greater Manchester, plans are afoot to make the occasion as memorable as possible.
20.05.2022 - 17:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manto, one of the most iconic bars in the history of Manchester’s Gay Village, is making a comeback for a special Jubilee weekend party. The blow-out will be happening at the On Bar, the site that was formerly Manto before it closed its doors in 2013.
Many of the bar’s original DJs will be back for the party, which will be happening on June 4, over the Bank Holiday Weekend, including Dylan Jeffers, Daz G, Nic Denton and Martin Turner. The party is being organised by Dan Smith, who managed Manto for eight years.
It follows the Manto reunion party which happened last December, also at the On Bar, and will be free entry on the night.
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Manto was created by Carol Ainscow, with her business partner Peter Dalton. Ainscow, a successful property developer from Bolton, bought the rundown unit at 46 Canal Street in 1989. Opening the front of the bar up with large windows, it was revolutionary for the time, with most gay venues still concealed from the street outside.
Though Manto - meaning Manchester Tomorrow - struggled partially for that reason when it opened the following year, it eventually became one of the city’s hottest bars and a cornerstone of the village, spawning venues like the Paradise Factory, along with its renowned after-hours parties called The Breakfast Club.
She told The Guardian in 2004: “I didn't feel comfortable in the places I was drinking in, and they weren't particularly women-friendly. I felt sick of having to knock on doors and hide."
As a developer, she built up her company Artisan into a multi-million pound business, transforming the village along the way. Sadly, Ainscow died in 2013 aged just 55 after battling a
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee is just a week away. Across Greater Manchester, plans are afoot to make the occasion as memorable as possible.
The first weekend of June will see the country celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of the Queen after 70 years on the throne.
Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney has shared a family photo from a trip to Dubai following the 'Wagatha Christie' trial. Last week Wayne and his wife Coleen jetted off on holiday with their four sons on the last day of her High Court battle with Rebekah Vardy.
Greater Manchester is set to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in style with hundreds of street parties being held across the city region. Patriotic residents have submitted a deluge of applications for road-closure street parties, with more than 70 lined up for just Manchester itself.
Rochdale is set to celebrate the Queen’s platinum jubilee in style with street parties being held across the borough. A late surge of applications from patriotic residents has landed in the council’s in-tray - and that’s on top of those already set to go ahead over the four-day weekend.
Stockport is set to celebrate the Queen’s platinum jubilee in style with street parties being held across the borough. To date, patriotic residents have lodged nearly 90 applications for road-closure street parties with the council. Knees ups are taking place everywhere from the Heatons, Bramhall and Cheadle to Romiley, Offerton and High Lane.
Coleen and Wayne Rooney have been pictured lugging their tower of suitcases into Manchester Airport as they ditch the UK for Dubai. The couple skipped attending court on Thursday (May 19).
Coleen and Wayne Rooney looked carefree and relaxed as they arrived at Manchester airport on Tuesday morning.The pair were seen carting along their suitcases as they prepared to jet abroad to Dubai while the final day of the Wagatha Christie libel trial continued at the Royal Courts of Justice.The libel case was due to finish on Wednesday but went into extra time to allow barristers to prepare their final arguments at the Royal Courts of Justice. Expecting that the trial would have been over by now, the Rooneys have gone ahead with their holiday commitments with their brood after being granted permission by the judge, Mrs Justice Steyn.
have not been in attendance at today's Wagatha Christie trial. Coleen and Wayne missed the final day of the hearing to go on holiday with their kids instead. Rebekah Vardy is in attendance, though.
Coleen Rooney has broken her social media silence amid her ongoing court case with Rebekah Vardy, to wish her mother a happy birthday. Sharing an adorable black and white photo of the two enjoying cocktails together on Instagram, the pair could be smiling warmly in the heartfelt snap. Sporting a chic tea dress with her hair tied back, Coleen, 36, sat beside her mother who wore a denim jacket and her brunette bob tucked behind one ear.
Wagatha Christie trial has already brought us so much over recent days, and now it’s given us the perfect excuse to revisit some of Wayne Rooney’s greatest tweets. It comes after Rooney was called to the witness box as part of the libel trial, which has generated some of the most outrageous headlines in showbiz and sport over recent months. In a viral social media post in October 2019, Coleen Rooney, 36, said she had carried out a “sting operation” and accused Rebekah Vardy, 40, of leaking “false stories” about her private life to the press.
Coronation Street star Jack James Ryan has opened up about the shock of being diagnosed with testicular cancer when he was just 19.The actor, now 24, portrays reformed drug dealer Jacob Hay on the ITV soap and revealed how he was first diagnosed in 2017. Luckily, the Corrie star caught it early but he revealed he still feels he is lucky to be alive. Jack revealed: “Every day I get on set I think: ‘Wow, this could have been so different.
Coleen Rooney has slammed messages sent between Rebekah Vardy and her agent as “evil and uncalled for”. The WAG, who is married to former Manchester United star Wayne, has finished giving evidence at London’s High Court where she is being sued by Vardy for libel.
Coronation Street star Jack James Ryan has opened up about being diagnosed with testicular cancer at just 19-years-old. The actor, who is winning praise for his portrayal of reformed drug dealer Jacob Hay on the ITV soap, was first diagnosed in 2017.
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