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The Lights of Manchester
Tony Warren · 1992 · 770 pages
Spanning a total of 40 years, this book follows the lives of two people - Sorrel Starkey and Mick Grimshaw - who cannot wait to escape from their childhood background of a suburban Manchester housing estate. The author is the original creator of the TV programme Coronation Street.
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Peter Hook
“Tony Warren created ‘Coronation Street’ and to my knowledge he didn’t write many books. The Lights of Manchester someone recommended to me because it was about Old Salford and about many of the places from my childhood that disappeared. The streets and districts that were razed to the ground in the ’70s for all the newbuilds that went on in Salford. It’s a very heartwarming tale of a young lady’s adventures in and around Manchester. He certainly had a knack for writing which is very unusual but very readable so i’ll certainly recommend that to anyone.”↗