The Little Book of Manchester

Did you know? - In 1824 a Pendleton tollkeeper set up Britain's first true public bus service, thought to be one of the first in the world. - Communism can claim to have been conceived, if not born, in Manchester as Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx used to meet in the city. - Manchester has the grim distinction of being the place where the first death of the English Civil War occurred. The Littl...