12 January 1976 Crime writer Agatha Christie died (aged 85). She’s the best selling novelist of all time and created private detectives Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. #History #HistoryMatters #Literature #crimefiction

12 January 1916 2nd Lt Robert George Henry Copeman of 9 Bn Essex Regiment died of wounds received in action and was buried in Bethune Town Cemetery. He is also remembered on the Stoke Albany War Memorial. Robert is also remembered at @magdalenoxford.bsky.social #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

12 January 1916 Lt Jocelyn Hope Hudson of the Royal Field Artillery died from wounds and was eventually buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. Jocelyn is also remembered at Eton College and @magdalenoxford.bsky.social #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

12 January 1916 Lt Eyre Spencer Wilkinson of 1st Squadron Royal Flying Corps was killed in action when his aircraft was shot down. He was buried in Chapelle- D' Armentieres, Eyre was 25. Eyre is also remembered on the University of Manchester's War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

12 January 1917 Brigaduer-General, George Baillie-Hamilton, Lord Binning, CB, MVO, ADC, DL died from from pneumonia in Tyninghame, Scotland where he was buried. Lord Binning is remembered on the House of Lords and the Whitekirk and Tyninghame Memorials #WW1 #History

12 January 1919 Pte George Goodier (Deal/1272s) of the Royal Marine Labour Corps died of influenza and was buried in Dunkirk Town Cemetery. George is also remembered inside the Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

Manchester United will only play 40 games this season following their exits from the cups along with no European football. The last time they played just 40 games in a season was in 1915 due to the First World War. A shocking stat for the self-proclaimed "biggest club" in the world #History

Edgar Wood, Skating in Manchester 1900. Edgar Wood was a British architect, artist, and draftsman who practised from Manchester. He was regarded as a proponent of the Arts and Crafts #Manchester #History #HistoryMatter #architecture

11 January 1928 Thomas Hardy, poet, author died, he was 87. Hardy thought of himself as a poet, but it is novels that made him famous #History #HistoryMatters #Literature

11 January 1964. Dr Luther Terry, Surgeon General of the US Public Health Service, published his landmark report on Smoking and Health, which made clear the deadly health risks of smoking, especially its deadly link with lung cancer. Cigarettes soon carried health warnings. #HistoryMatters

11 January 1935 Amelia Earhart was the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California. #History #HistoryMatters #WomenEmpowerment

Chorley Hall, Alderley Edge, Cheshire Chorley Old Hall is a moated manor house on the B5359 road to the southwest of Alderley Edge, Cheshire. It is the oldest inhabited country house in Cheshire and consists of two ranges, one medieval and the other Elizabethan #History #HistoryMatters

Chorley Hall Farm circa 1955 Chorley Hall Farm in Alderley Edge, was an historic farm around the lane leading to the famous Chorley Old Hall #History #HistoryMatters

11 January 1917 Private Charles Minnis (47303) of 11 Bn Manchester Regiment was killed in action and has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Charles is also remembered on the Bredbury & Romiley War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

11 January 1917 Private Walter Carter (12034) of 11 Bn Manchester Regiment and formerly of Cheadle, Cheshire was killed in action. He was buried in Aveluy Wood, Walter was 25. Walter is also remembered on the Cheadle War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

11 January 1915 Lt Thomas Edward Geoffrey Leigh-Pemberton of 13th Kensington Bn London Regiment was killed in action and buried in the Royal Irish Rifles graveyard. He is remembered Rugby School and Christ Church, Oxford #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

11 January 1917 Lt Noel Holme Wiggin of the Royal Field Artillery died from the effects of wounds and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial. Noel is also remembered on the Shepton Mallet War Memorial and at his old college @caiuscollege.bsky.social #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

10-1 pah nowt new #ManchesterCity

The Winter Gardens in the Midland Hotel, Manchester in 1910 A stunning, glass-roofed palm court filled with flowers and palms where guests socialized, had coffee, and read, but it was closed due to the City's soot #History #Manchester #HistoryMatters

10 January 1920 League of Nations ratified the Treaty of Versailles which officially ended war with Germany. It required Germany and its allies to accept the sole responsibility for causing the war, “The War Guilt Clause” and for Reparation payments #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

10 January 1949 Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller opened at the Morocco Theatre in New York City. #History #HistoryMatters #arts #theatre

10 January 1949 The last of the electric trams were removed from service in Manchester. In 1992 Trams returned to Manchester #History #HistoryMatters #Trams

10 January 1920 Captain Joseph Henry Gervase Peters of 51st Sikhs was killed in action at Jandola in Waziristan whilst holding a position with his company against an attack by the enemy. He is commemorated on the Delhi Memorial Gate. @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

10 January 1917 2nd Lt Clement John Byron of the 2 Bn Honourable Artillery Company was killed in action and buried in Beaumont-Hamel Cemetery. His family had a window in St Barnabas, Hove made in his honour. Clement is remembered at Harrow School & @magdalenoxford.bsky.social #WW1 #History

10 January 1918 Sergeant Stanley Clough (265495) of 6 Bn Cheshire Regiment was killed on a cable laying party at Ypres. He was buried in St Julien Dressing Station Cemetery. Stanley is remembered inside the Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

10 January 1917 Lt Frederick James Willson of Indian Army Reserve of Officers died of wounds and was buried in the Amara War Cemetery. Fred is remembered on the St John’s Church Roll of Honour, Ballinasloe, Ireland & Emmanuel College Cambridge #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

10 January 1915 2nd Lt Frederick Harding Turner of 10 Bn The King's (Liverpool Regiment) and Scottish Rugby International was killed in action and buried in Kemmel Churchyard. #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

10 January 1916 George Arthur Thomas (19137) of 16 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers was killed in action and buried in St Vaast Post Military Cemetery. George is remembered on the Holyhead War Memorial as well as the Bangor Memorial Arch #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

10 January 1917 Captain Arthur Brooks Close-Brooks MC of 3 Bn Manchester Regiment died of wounds sustained in the attack near the Shatt-el-Hai Canal. He was buried in Amara War Cemetery. Arthur is also remembered on the Knutsford War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

10 January 1915 Rifleman Lloyd Owen Lloyd Price (R5798) of 2 Bn King's Royal Rifles was killed in action and has no known grave. He is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial. Lloyd is also remembered on the Abergorlech War Memorial & also at @caiuscollege.bsky.social #WW1 #History

10 January 1918 2nd Lt Lawrence Castell Stanley Tatham of 5 Sqdn Royal Flying Corps was killed in action and was buried in Duisans British Cemetery. Lawrence is also remembered at Trinity College, Cambridge #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

Change your hearts, or you will lose your inns, and you will deserve to have lost them. But when you have lost your inns, drown your empty selves, for you have lost the last of England. Hilaire Belloc

9 January 1898 Grace Stansfield aka Gracie Fields was born in Rochdale. She was the most popular British female singer in the 1930s. #History #HistoryMatters #Rochdale #Manchester

9 January 1916 The Battle of Gallipoli concluded with a Turkish Ottoman Empire victory as Allied forces were evacuated from the peninsula. The aim was to weaken the Ottoman Empire by taking control of the Turkish straits had failed. #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

9 January 1806 The funeral of Admiral Horatio Nelson took place. #History #HistoryMatters

9 January 1941 The Maiden Flight of the Avro Manchester Mark III - which would become better known as the Lancaster Bomber. #Manchester #History #HistoryMatters #WW2

9 January 1918 Rev Cyril Narramore Were of the Army Chaplains attached to the 12 Rifles Brigade died from gas poisoning whilst in the support trenches in France in January. Cyril is also commemorated at Christ Church, Oxford #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

9 January 1917 2nd Lt Charles Geoffrey Rupert Swindells of 2 Bn Leicestershire Regiment was killed in action at Sanna-i-Yat, Iraq. He was buried in the Basra Memorial. Charles is also remembered at @kebleoxford.bsky.social #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

9 January 1917 Bombadier Joseph Cornell of the Royal Field Artillery was killed in action and buried in the Ovillers Military Cemetery. Jospeh is also remembered inside the Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

9 January 1917 Major Henry Francis Clifford of the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars was killed in action and buried in the Kantara War Memorial Cemetery. Henry is also remembered on the Memorial in St Mary's Churchyard, Frampton. He is also remembered at Christ Church, Oxford #WW1 #History

9 January 1917 Henry Cook (20982) of 12 Bn Yorkshire Regiment and popular footballer with @mfc.co.uk died from wounds. He was buried in Grove Town Cemetery. Henry was only 23. #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

9 January 1916 Pte Tom Edwards (31318) 10 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers was killed in action and was buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery. He was 26. Tom is also remembered inside the Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey are reporting an ICE-related shooting Wednesday.

Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points, presented on 8 January 1918, outlined his vision for a post-WW1 world. #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters

Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester 1900 With one of them new fangled electric trams which were replacing the horse drawn trams across the city. This was one of the first routes. #History #HistoryMatters #Manchester #WINTER

Highland Cattle, Heaton Park, Manchester 1930 #Manchester #History #HistoryMatters #WINTER #snow #Cattle

Cycling somewhere in North Manchester in the winter 1940 #History #HistoryMatters #Manchester #snow #WINTER

Snow on Market Street, Manchester in 1968 when a woman slips on the pavement. #Manchester #History #HistoryMatters #snow

8 January 1946. Ahead of Nye Bevan’s critical meeting with the BMA, the Daily Mail reveal that “50,000 doctors say the NHS plan won’t work”. Daily Mail not on the button as usual. #History #HistoryMatters #NHS