BBC Radio Manchester The archives of BBC Radio Manchester are held by Archives+ at Manchester Central Library. There are thousands of quarter-inch tapes holding radio
Alec Greenhalgh interviews
Manchester Oral History: Alec Greenhalgh Interviews This is a collection of oral history interviews conducted in 1988-1989 by Alec Greenhalgh, journalist and broadcaster, mainly with
Introducing Demo Tapes
Every Friday during school terms last year the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage sound studio was full of the noise of protest. We’re on the third
Zine #3 Guide to Cataloguing sound archives
Zine 3: how to catalogue sound archives
Piccadilly Radio – the stories behind the sounds
Tony Hawkins worked for Piccadilly Radio as a producer and presenter in its heyday of the late 1970s and early 1980s. When Tony left the
Remembering Victoria Baths
In June 2020 I started cataloguing the Greater Manchester Oral Histories. This collection of MiniDiscs and CDs was brought together by the North West Sound