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Posted on:October 18, 2020Langley

Proposal for Langley estate

From the Manchester Guardian 1955. Reprinted with permission from Archives +

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Posted on:October 18, 2020Darnhill

Heywod Grows as Darnhill rises

Article from the Manchester Evening News 1st June 2005: “THE population of Heywood swelled when thousands of people were moved out of the Manchester slums and into the Heywood countryside of Darnhill” https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/nostalgia/heywood-grows-as-darnhill-rises-1139421

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