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Manchester City Council is the local authority for the city of Manchester in Greater Manchester, England. Manchester has had an elected local authority since 1838, which has been reformed several times.
Laura Seddon got the idea for this collection after attending a presentation by Sir Harry Page, a Manchester City Council treasurer, where she saw his collection which included 276 bound scrap-albums created between 1752 and 1935. Page's aim had been to avoid collections of press cuttings but to try to find writings, paintings, "the prints and ...
Manchester Council may refer to: Manchester City Council, the local government authority for the city of Manchester, UK; Greater Manchester County Council, the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater Manchester from 1974 to 1986; Manchester Council (New Hampshire), division of the Boy Scouts of America serving New Hampshire
The GMWDA was created under the Local Government Act 1985 to carry out the waste management functions and duties of the Greater Manchester County Council after its abolition in 1986. The authority membership was composed of councillors from across Greater Manchester. [3] Its headquarters were in Oldham. [1]
The Documentary Photography Archive (DPA) is a photo archive founded in 1985 and held at the Greater Manchester County Record Office by Manchester City Council.The archive captures aspects of the people and places of the Greater Manchester region in the UK and includes over 100,000 images from family albums and elsewhere, from the 1840s to the 1950s. [1]
Bev Craig is a Labour politician, serving as councillor for Burnage, and Leader of Manchester City Council. [1] As leader she is also a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and is the combined authority's portfolio lead for Economy, Business and Inclusive Growth.
Manchester Town Hall is an example of the Victorian architecture found in Manchester and is the home of Manchester City Council. The City of Manchester forms part of the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, which had its county council abolished (along with the other metropolitan counties) in 1986. Manchester consists of several districts ...
The city of Manchester in North West England is represented by various symbols. Many of these symbols are derived from coat of arms granted to the Corporation of Manchester when the borough of Manchester was granted city status in 1842. Notably, the motif of the worker bee has been widely used to represent the city as a symbol of industry. [1]