Chorlton-cum-Hardy
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  Chorlton-cum-Hardy Location withinGreater Manchester | |
| Population | 14,138 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SJ815935 |
| • London | 180 miles |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MANCHESTER |
| Postcode district | M21 |
| Dialling code | 0161 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
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Chorlton-cum-Hardy is asuburban area ofManchester, England, three miles (4.8 km) southwest of thecity centre.Chorlton ward had a population of 14,138 at the2011 census,[1] andChorlton Park 15,147.[2]
By the 9th century, there was an Anglo-Saxon settlement here. In theMiddle Ages, improved drainage methods led to population growth. In the lateVictorian andEdwardian periods, its rural character made it popular among themiddle class. The loss of its railway station, the conversion of larger houses into flats or bedsitters, and significant social housing development to the south of the area changed its character again in the 1970s. ChorltonManchester Metrolink tram stop was built on the site of the former railway station, served by East Didsbury and Manchester Airport trams.
Chorlton was a village onLancashire's southern border withCheshire, and a township within the ancient parish of Manchester. It was incorporated into the city of Manchester in 1904. Chorlton bordersStretford,Sale,Didsbury,Withington, andWhalley Range. TheRiver Mersey runs along its southern boundary. The area's eastern boundary has changed since the 19th century because of incorporation into the City of Manchester and division into wards.[a]
Chorlton probably means Ceolfrith's farm or settlement from theOld English personal name andtūn, an enclosure, farmstead or village. Hardy is derived from a personal name, Hearda, andēg,Anglian for island or dry ground in a well-watered land.[3] It has alternatively been suggested that Hardy may mean "by the woods", in reference to the ancient forest of Arden Wood that grew on both sides of theRiver Mersey in the area.[4] Chorlton was recorded as Chollirton in 1250, Chollerton from 1292 and as Chourton in 1572.[5] It was also noted down as Chawerton on a map of theSalford Hundred by John Speed in 1610.[6]
The ancient hamlets of Chorlton and Hardy, separated by theChorlton Brook, together with Martledge andBarlow Moor,[7] did not come under the combined name of Chorlton-cum-Hardy (cum is Latin for "with") until the 18th century; local historian Cliff Hayes reports that he can find no mention of Chorlton-cum-Hardy before 1700.[8] The name was adopted by Victorian property developers who arrived in the wake of the coming of the railway in 1880, to distinguish this Chorlton fromChorlton-on-Medlock. The form Chorlton with Hardy was used to some extent from the early 19th century onwards and in the early years of the 20th.[9]
The district was part of the kingdom ofNorthumbria from the 7th century, but settlement in the Mersey valley may well have been later. Thomas L. Ellwood suggested 610 AD as the date of founding the settlement,[b] but John Lloyd in his 1972 history considered the period 610 to 900 AD more likely.
The area now known as Chorlton-cum-Hardy comprises the ancient settlements of Chorlton along with Hardy and Barlow to the south on the north side of the Mersey[5] and Martledge, the area around the present-day public library, to the north of Chorlton and Hardy.[11] Chorlton was part of theWithingtonmanor. Hardy was little more than a farm and a few houses, but Barlow was home to the family of that name, who occupied themanor house ofBarlow Hall for several hundred years. Barlow Hall was built on a defensive site on rising ground on the north bank of the Mersey.[c] In 1567 the lord of the manor was Alexander Barlow, a staunchrecusant who was imprisoned for his beliefs and died in 1584 leaving a son who held similar beliefs. Two of his sons entered theOrder of Saint Benedict, one of them,Ambrose Barlow a missionary priest in theLeigh parish, was imprisoned several times and executed for his priesthood in 1641 at Lancaster. Two sons of thepapist, Anthony Barlow were charged with treason in theJacobite rising of 1715. The estate remained with the family until the death of Thomas Barlow in 1773, when it was sold to the Egertons ofTatton Hall.[5] In 1666 Barlow Hall was one of the largest houses payinghearth tax in the Withington manor.[13]
The estimated population in 1640 was 85; in 1714 it was 325. The 1801 census recorded 513 inhabitants, and the 1811 census 619: by 1851 it had increased to 761. TheTithe Commissioners' survey carried out in 1841 provides details of the size and tenure of every piece of land.[14] The tithe map reveals the township had two major landowners: Wilbraham Egerton of Tatton owned 888 acres and George Lloyd 231, the rest was shared between 21 others. Most land was meadow and pasture while 490 acres was arable. Many small landowners owned orchards or market gardens. At this time the village consisted of its ancient halls and scattered farms centred on Chorlton Green and Beech Road and a few buildings on Barlow Moor Road.[15]Its public houses were the Bowling Green, built in 1693, and the Horse and Jockey, which was licensed in the early 19th century.[16][17]
Marl had been dug in Martledge since at least 1598; the disused pits filled with water gave the area its common name of the Isles. The Chorlton Brick Company was established there in the early part of the 20th century and continued producing bricks for about forty years.[11] Turf-cutting was a significant industry in Martledge, as well as in the White Moss and Jackson's Moss areas.[18]
Until the last quarter of the 19th century, Chorlton's population had increased slowly. When the railway reached neighbouring Stretford in 1849, upmarket villas were built on a flood-free area in Edge Lane and High Lane. Wilbraham Road was built in 1869 to connect theEgerton holdings across Withington from Edge Lane toFallowfield.[19] TheMidland Railway built a line fromManchester Central throughChorlton station which opened on 1 January 1880.[20] Over the following decade land close to the station was developed for residential and commercial purposes centred on the Barlow Moor Road/Wilbraham Road crossroads, northeast of the old village centre.[19][21][22] Houses built in the 1880s attracted more affluent residents who worked inManchester city centre to high quality homes in a more rural area. Now that there were two centres reference was sometimes made to Old Chorltonians and New Chorltonians for their respective residents.[23]
Irish immigrants came to work in the expanding industries of Manchester, in small-scale horticulture and farming anddomestic service. They broughtRoman Catholicism, and by the first decade of the 20th century a church (St Augustine's) and convent school had been established on High Lane.[24]
Further growth was aided by the arrival ofManchester Corporation's tramway before the First World War: a terminus was built on Barlow Moor Road a short distance south of the junction with High Lane.Chorltonville was developed as a garden suburb south ofChorlton Brook: the houses are mostly large and semi-detached and individual in design, standing on tree-lined roads.[25]Alexandra Park Aerodrome (1917–24), was Manchester's first major airfield located east of the Midland Railway overbridge on Mauldeth Road West.[26]
After the First World War came a period of residential development to the east of the new village on either side of Wilbraham Road and a council housing estate atMerseybank. TheAshby, a two-seater light car, was produced in Chorlton-cum-Hardy by Victor Ashby and Son from 1922 to 1924.[27]
From the 1960s onwards a council estate at Nell Lane near Southern Cemetery and patchy redevelopment in other areas were completed. There has been immigration particularly from theIndian subcontinent and fromPoland; the Polish community arrived in the 1950s and 1960s.[28]
The district was atownship andchapelry[29] in the ancient parish ofManchester in theSalford hundred of Lancashire. The abolition of Withington's manorial rights in the 1840s meant that local government began to be formalised. Chorlton became part ofChorlton Poor Law Union (named after Chorlton-on-Medlock), in 1866 Chorlton cum Hardy became a separatecivil parish, in 1894 it became part of Withington Urban District.[20]
From 1876 to 1894 Chorlton was part of the district administered by the Withington Local Board, and from 1894 to 1904 part of Withington Urban District. It was absorbed into theCounty Borough of Manchester in August 1904, together with the rest of the urban district.[30] A separate Withington Committee of the city council existed from 1904 until 1914. On 1 October 1910 the parish was abolished and merged withSouth Manchester.[31] In 1901 the parish had a population of 9026.[32]
In 1987 theLocal Government Boundary Commission for England revised theManchester andTrafford boundary. The most notable differences for Chorlton-cum-Hardy were that Stretford Stadium was now actually inStretford, and the Jackson's Boat pub inSale. Other minor adjustments were made in the Turn Moss area.[33]
Since the 1970s both of the wards have been in theManchester Withington parliamentary constituency. Until then Chorlton ward had been in theManchester Moss Side parliamentary constituency. In the2015 general election, theLabour Party's Jeff Smith won the seat with 57.3% of the vote unseating the incumbentLiberal Democrat candidateJohn Leech.[34] Smith was reelected in the 2019 general election and again in 2024.
Most of Chorlton is divided into twowards,Chorlton andChorlton Park, which includes the Mersey Bank and Nell Lane estates of south and south-east Chorlton. The remainder of the area is included in theWhalley Range ward. As of2019, each of the three wards is represented by three Labour councillors.
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The ancient township of Chorlton cum Hardy[36] covered 1,280 acres (520 ha) of low-lying, flat land on the north bank of the River Mersey. Inmedieval times the district formed part of the Manor ofWithington, an area stretching from Longford Park to Debdale Park and south to the Mersey. The highest land is at the south-east end, where it reaches a little over 100 feet (30 m) OD. It is divided by theChorlton Brook, which runs east to west to its confluence with the Mersey. Chorlton grew north of the brook; the hamlets of Barlow and Hardy were on the southern part, which stretches along the north bank of the Mersey for two miles (3.2 km).[5] Because the county boundary was determined by the course of the Mersey, it traditionally did not exactly follow the river when it changed course: this happened occasionally in the period before improved flood control measures were introduced in the 1840s.[37] The Manchester–Trafford boundary now follows the course of the river.[38] Chorlton is surrounded byStretford,Sale,Didsbury,Withington, andWhalley Range.
Chorlton's climate is generallytemperate, with few extremes of temperature or weather. The mean temperature is slightly above average for the United Kingdom. Annual rainfall and average amount of sunshine are both slightly below the average for the UK.[39]
Between Chorlton Brook and the river, Chorlton Ees Nature Reserve occupies the site of Withingtonsewage works which closed in 1972. The derelict site was restored and has a network of trails through its grassland and woodland.[40] In the 1970s, gravel was extracted from the Mersey floodplain at Barlow Hall Farm and used in the construction of theM60 motorway. The area around the floodedgravel pit was restored as Chorlton Water Park and is now aLocal Nature Reserve.[41]
Chorltonville, agarden village covering 36 acres (15 ha), was developed in 1911 south of Chorlton Brook and became the home of professional classes who moved into the area.[25]
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Chorlton Precinct, built in the 1970s and rebranded as "The Square" in 2009, has been the subject of redevelopment plans.[43]In 2010 Manchester City Council's South Manchester Regeneration Team issued an action plan for improvements to the "Chorlton District Centre"[44] for the period 2010 to 2020. It proposes investment in the district aimed at creating "a strong, vibrant and successful centre that supports the local community and has the ability to exploit the economic potential of Metrolink".[45] In 2023 plans were formulated to redevelop the site of the shopping centre, the office block Graeme House and the municipal car park at Nicolas Road.[46] As of April 2025 a leaflet entitled "Our first conversation" has been issued to the public.
Government and public sector employers in Chorlton include theDepartment for Work and Pensions, Manchester Mental Health and Social Care, and Manchester Social Services. The district centre has a library, a health centre, three dentists and a bank.[45]
In 2014 insurance claim figures revealed that the M21 postcode, encompassing Chorlton-cum-Hardy, was the most burgled postcode in the UK with 45.2 claims per 1,000 people.[47]
Manchester City Council designated Chorlton Green aconservation area in 1970[48] and Chorltonville in 1991.[25]
Chorlton Library was built in 1914 to a design by Manchester City Council architectHenry Price. It was funded by a £5000 donation from steel magnate and philanthropistAndrew Carnegie, one of about 3000Carnegie libraries around the world. The single-story flat-roofed building is constructed of red brick dressed withPortland stone, and is designed in theEdwardian Baroque style.[49]
In 2013 Manchester Council announced plans to sell the library after its reorganisation of the provision of leisure and library services in Chorlton into a new £5.7 million "joint service centre" to be built on the site of Chorlton shopping precinct.[50] Fears that the library would then be demolished were allayed when on 21 August 2013 it was designated aGrade II listed building following a campaign by local Liberal Democrat councillor Victor Chamberlain.[50][49]
A renovation project designed to enhance and preserve the building was completed in 2025.
Southern Cemetery at its opening was the largest municipal cemetery in the United Kingdom and contains manynotable burials, including industrialistJohn Rylands and broadcaster and music impresarioTony Wilson.[51] The burial ground originally occupied 40 acres (16 ha) of land that cost Manchester Corporation £38,340 in 1872. Its cemetery buildings were designed by architect H J Paull and its layout is attributed to the city surveyor, James Gascoigne Lynde. The cemetery opened on 9 October 1879 and had mortuary chapels forAnglicans,Nonconformists, andRoman Catholics linked by an elliptical drive and a Jewish chapel at the west corner of the site. The original cemetery is registered byEnglish Heritage in theRegister of Historic Parks and Gardens for its historic interest and the mortuary chapels and other structures arelisted buildings.[52]
In the 19th century, public transport was provided by the railway through the southern suburbs of Manchester and horse buses from Chorlton Green towards Manchester city centre. In the early 20th century the electric tramway reached Chorlton. Mauldeth Road West's dual-carriageway had a central strip intended for use as a double-track for electric trams.[53] Trams remained in service until January 1949. Passenger railway services ended in 1967 when Chorlton-cum-Hardy station closed.
From 1992 conversion of the former railway line through Chorlton to aMetrolink line was planned, but failed to secure funding. Work started in 2010,[54] and the line opened on 7 July 2011,[55] providing residents with a rail journey into the city centre for the first time in 44 years. The tram stop is on the site of theold railway station. Services terminated one stop further south at St Werburgh's Road, on the site of the old Chorlton Junction signal box, but in 2013 services were extended to East Didsbury[56] and in November 2014 toManchester Airport[57]
Since 1847 Chorlton has been in theAnglican Diocese of Manchester and Archdeaconry of Manchester; and since 1850, in theRoman Catholic Diocese of Salford. Between 1541 and 1847 it was in theDiocese of Chester and before that theDiocese of Lichfield and Coventry. Inmedieval times the parish church was theCollegiate Church in Manchester, dependent on which was thechapel of ease at Didsbury.
A timber-framed chapel dedicated to St Clement provided by the Barlow family in 1512 was used until 1779 when it was replaced by a brick chapel, probably on the same site.[58] (Its Grade IIlisted gatehouse and bell turret remain at Chorlton Green.[59]) Chorlton was designated a parish in 1839 and by 1860 the chapel was deemed inadequate for the expanding population. Lord Egerton provided land for a replacement but not all parishioners supported the proposal and the old chapel remained after the new church was completed in 1866. After the old chapel was demolished in 1949St Clement's Church became the parish church.[58]
In 1898 a new parish was established consisting of part of St Clement's parish and some others. The foundation stone ofSt Werburgh's Church was laid on 5 November 1899, its chancel and transepts dedicated in 1900, it was completed and opened on 1 June 1902 and consecrated 15 July 1902.[60] The architect was R. B. Preston and the stained glass is by Humphries, Jackson & Ambler and others.[61][62]
AMethodist chapel was built in about 1805 and replaced by a larger building in 1827. It moved to Manchester Road in 1873 when theneo-Gothic chapel was built. It has a memorial to those who lost their lives in the First World War in the grounds. Manley Park Methodist Church was established in atin tabernacle in 1905. The present building opened in 1910.[63] A smaller chapel was used by Welsh Methodists. A Congregational Chapel opened in 1883 was replaced in 1894 and became the United Reformed Church, the MacFadyen Memorial Church, but was demolished and its congregation meets in the church hall. Other denominations established churches: the Unitarians in Wilbraham Road in 1901; the Macpherson Memorial Primitive Methodist Church was built in 1896 and enlarged in 1908;[d] theBaptist Maclaren Memorial Church in 1907;[e] thePresbyterians in 1908; and the Emmanuel Free Church in 1909. The Unitarian and Baptist Chapels have been demolished, although their congregations are still in existence. The Congregationalists and Baptists have joined the United Reformed Church in the former Congregational church hall. Chorlton Evangelical Church (founded 1930) meets at Ivygreen Road;[64] its present building was opened in 1951.[65]
A Roman Catholic mission began in 1892 at St Peter's Chapel in Barlow Moor Road and another was established at St. Augustine's in High Lane. A new church was built in 1927 when the parish became St. John's.[66] St Ambrose of Milan was founded in 1932 atBarlow Moor and a new church opened in 1958.[67] The architects were Reynolds & Stone.[68] Its dedication to StAmbrose of Milan was chosen because StAmbrose Barlow's birthplace was in the parish.[69]
The present-day population includes manyMuslims, many of whom are ofSouth Asian origin. Until 2024, the Manchester Islamic High School for Girls was located in Chorlton, before moving to nearby Didsbury. Nearby mosques includeDidsbury Mosque, theBritish Muslim Heritage Centre andHough End Hall mosque.
There are small numbers ofBuddhists: one congregation uses the formerPrimitive Methodist Chapel and another, theVairochana Buddhist Centre. The oldest, founded 1975, belongs to the Kagyu Ling school ofTibetan Buddhism.[70] The Manchester Centre for Buddhist Meditation, High Lane, Chorlton, was used by the UK Samatha Trust from the 1980s and established as such after its purchase by the Trust. This centre supports local Buddhist meditation in theTheravada Buddhist tradition.[71]
Sir Nicholas Mosley ofHough End Hall who died in 1612, left £100, £5 a year for 20 years, to pay for a schoolmaster at Chorlton Chapel.[5] The Wesleyan Methodists began aSunday school and day school in about 1810, whereas the Anglican Sunday school did not begin until a later date. In 1845 the Rev. William Birley was responsible for building a Church School at Chorlton Green. When the building was found to be inadequate it was replaced by a new school on the site in 1879. A number of private schools existed in the late 19th century including C. C. Dadley's grammar school and Tom Mostyn's art school. In 1898 a school was under construction for the Roman Catholic parish of St Augustine and in 1901 a new church school was built at St Clement's Road and the old building was used for infants and juniors until this was no longer necessary.[72] In 1904, when Chorlton was incorporated into Manchester, a municipal school was opened and moved to its permanent premises in Oswald Road in 1909.[73][74]
Secondary schools in Chorlton areLoreto High School,Chorlton High School, Chorlton High School South and until 2024, the Islamic High School for Girls (High Lane), which has since moved to nearbyDidsbury.[75]
Chorlton itself has no sixth-forms or colleges. Nearby sixth-forms includeLoreto College,Xaverian College,Stretford Grammar School and Didsbury High School's sixth-form.
In the early 19th century bull-baiting, badger-baiting and cockfighting were popular but were outlawed by an Act of Parliament of 1835 and the last bull-baiting in Chorlton is recorded the same year. Prize-fighting, horse and foot racing, and wrestling took place on the meadows and led to disorder. If the forces of law and order appeared participants and spectators could escape across the Mersey into Cheshire and continue their sport. Horse races are said to have been held on land now part of Chorlton Park in the 16th century.[76]
After the Second World War the Chorltonville owners' committee sold the recreation area and tennis courts which were absorbed into gardens of adjoining houses, and the rest became a football ground, now owned byWest Didsbury & Chorlton A.F.C.[77]Broughton Park RUFC which was established in 1882 in Salford, moved to Hough End in 2004.[78]
South West Manchester Cricket Club, one of the oldest in the Manchester area, are members of theSaddleworth and District Cricket League: the ground is at Ellesmere Road North, the old clubhouse is what was Hobson's Hall Farm.[79] Chorlton-cum-Hardy Cricket Club is based at Hardy Lane.
An area of what is now Chorlton Park was used many centuries ago for horse racing. As a public park, it dates from 1928: there are gardens, many trees, and recreational facilities. The Recreation Ground, Beech Park, was opened in 1896, donated to the community byLord Egerton.
Longford Park also is the home of Trafford Athletics Club. There is a synthetic six-lane track that is used heavily in the summer for regional competitions and British Milers' Club meets. Below the main stand is Longfords Gym, run in association with the Athletics Club. There is an 18-hole free to play disc golf course, community football pitches and all-weather tennis courts.
The first part of the Chorlton Cycleway has been delivered with Dutch-style junctions.[80][when?]
A number of poets and minor publishers of poetry were active in the late 20th century and a poetry group meets at Chorlton Library.[81] There are three amateur dramatic societies that rehearse and perform in Chorlton.[82]
The Beech Road Festival took place on Beech Road, Beech Road Park and Chorlton Green in June or July, with commercial and educational stalls, entertainments and live music and a tug-of-war competition. The festival began in 1991, when two regulars from the Bowling Green Hotel came up with idea of hiring an articulated truck, a sound system and some generators for local acts Rattle 'n' Reel, Hectors House and Toss The Feathers to play on the August bank holiday Sunday on the rec (Beech Road Park): there was a good crowd and the first tug-of-war competition. Unfortunately, it has not taken place since 2011, when a combination of sunny weather and good social media marketing meant the event was attended by an unexpectedly large crowd estimated at 20,000 people, leading to a number of incidents which threatened to overstretch the modest police presence of eight officers at the event. As a result, the Association of Beech Road Traders – the organisation which ran the festival in order to raise money for nearby Beech Road Park – made the unanimous decision to cancel the festival indefinitely.[83]
The Unity Festival takes place inChorlton Park, encouraging racial and cultural unity and provides a platform for performances by dancers, musicians and singers.[84][85] Chorlton Big Green Festival takes place in late March/April combining live music, dancing, food,real ale, cider, arts and crafts, workshops, cycling and films. It aims to encourage sustainable living and has a different theme each year.[86]
The Chorlton Arts Festival in May generally features a programme of events over nine days; in 2020, it was shifted to online due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[87] The Chorlton Book Festival takes place over two weeks in the autumn.[88] Chorlton takes part in the Manchester Food & Drink Festival in early October,[89] and in 2013 the inaugural Chorlton Coffee Festival was held in June.[90]
Several cinemas opened in the first half of the 20th century. The first was the Chorlton Pavilion bought by H. D. Moorhouse in 1909 followed by the Palais de Luxe in 1915. It closed in 1958. The Rivoli opened on Barlow Moor Road in 1936 and changed its name several times to the Essoldo, the Classic and the Shalimar before closing in the 1980s. Likewise, the Majestic on Manchester Road had several names, the Savoy, the ABC and the Gaumont. There are no remaining cinemas in Chorlton, since the nearest ones are situated in Manchester City Centre,East Didsbury and at theTrafford Centre.
The Chorlton Palais de Danse in Barlow Moor Road became a nightclub before the site was redeveloped.[91]
Until October 2009 Chorlton was the location for theCosgrove Hall animation studios where the children's seriesChorlton and the Wheelies,Jamie and the Magic Torch,The BFG,The Wind in the Willows,Noddy's Toyland Adventures,Oakie Doke,Cockleshell Bay,Lavender Castle,Danger Mouse andCount Duckula were created. The area is used by film crews for TV locations, such asThe Second Coming,[citation needed] as it retains much of its original Victorian architecture.White Van Man used several Chorlton locations and was shown on BBC3 Television in 2010.Chorlton-cum-Hardy was also the home toBulman a British television crime drama series from 1985 to 1987 created byMurray Smith.
Policing in Chorlton-cum-Hardy is the responsibility of theGreater Manchester Police (GMP); the suburb is in the GMP's South Manchester Division.[92] Chorlton Police Station was situated on Barlow Moor Road, between Beech Road and the bus station, until it closed in October 2011. The first police station was established in Beech Road in 1885 by theLancashire Constabulary and was replaced by the one, now closed, on Barlow Moor Road in the 1960s.
Waste management is co-ordinated by thelocal authority via theGreater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority.[93]
The ITV sitcomThe Cuckoo Waltz, starringDiane Keen,David Roper andLewis Collins was nominally set in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, referenced in certain episodes.[94][95]
Other residents have included locally-born actorWarren Clarke who lived at 8 Grindley Avenue, and Freddie Garrity (ofFreddie and the Dreamers). The actressDoris Speed lived in Sibson Road and, for over twenty years, she playedAnnie Walker, landlady of theRovers Return in the ITV soap operaCoronation Street.Harry H. Corbett, ofSteptoe and Son fame, started out in the Conservative Club's Dramatic Society.Harry Goodwin, known for his photographs of pop musicians and sports personalities, was the resident photographer of the BBC Television programmeTop of the Pops from its inception in 1964 until 1973. In 2007,Yoko Ono opened a permanent exhibit of Goodwin's photographs atLiverpool John Lennon Airport. That happened becauseNeil Pakey found some of Goodwin's photographs on display in a local barber's.[108]Brian Cosgrove and his business partner,Mark Hall, founded the animation studioCosgrove Hall Films forThames Television of theITV network, in Albany Road, Chorlton.
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