In , the Arts Council pulled funding, citing "serious concerns regarding artistic quality", adding that "photo evidence demonstrates persistent recycling of costumes".
In the same year, concerns over the accounts were raised internally by accountant Aatif Rehman, who told the BBC he refused to sign off the books which he said were "a cowboy job". The council is going to split up the running of the carnival - for example one group will be responsible for the parade, while another will administer the running of the stalls and so on. The interim group will then put together a five-year plan on how the carnival should be run.
It's not yet clear who exactly will be part of the group and whether any of the people involved in running the carnival in recent years - or any of those who have raised concerns - will be involved. But it shows the council has decided the way the event has been run in the past cannot continue and there needs to be a drastic change.
Carnival finances 'a cowboy job'. Manchester has an undeniably grizzly past, what with the industrial revolution and all that. Yep, Manchester had its very own Burke and Hare, only up here he was known as the notorious John Massey.
In the dead of the night, the men all worked hastily together to dig up one of the freshly buried bodies — the body was later identified to be that of a lady named Mary Howcroft.
Massey was later apprehended, arrested and sentenced to three months in prison for his crime. According to Michala Hulme, a member of the Manchester Centre for Public History and Heritage at Manchester Metropolitan University, Johnson and Harrison would actually rebury the coffin after removing the corpse in an attempt to cover up their heinous crime.
And this tactic worked… Until they were ratted out to the police by a prying neighbour, who just so happened to witness them packing up cases throughout the night and believed them to be thieves. The neighbour called the police and Constable Lavender brought down his beagles to search the office, eventually going on to make the grim discovery of several bodies that had been stuffed into cases, all ready for shipment to London.
After being unable to identify the corpses as you can imagine, equipment and technology were severely lacking in those days , the constable took an advertisement out in the local newspaper stating that the bodies would be on public display the following day, and viewing would require a ticket — yes, in the s it was common practice to showcase unidentified corpses in an attempt to locate their families and next-of-kin. Just imagine it. Anyway, after a fairly lengthy process, all the bodies were claimed and re-interred.
Johnson and Harrison were later found guilty of stealing bodies and sentenced to fifteen months at Lancaster Castle — the same place the Pendle Witches were executed for alleged witchcraft.
If you think a walk down Market Street on a Saturday afternoon is the scariest thing Manchester has to offer, you are gravely mistaken…. There are many great ghost stories stemming from this historical cathedral but the most prominent rumour of all is undeniably that of Black Shuck.
Black Shuck is the generic name for a demonic giant greyhound-type dog that would haunt villages back in the day and basically cause a whole load of havoc — and, apparently, there used to be one lurking in the shadows of Manchester Cathedral. The beautiful Ordsall Hall is one of the oldest buildings in the whole of Greater Manchester and is known today for its rich history… but, sadly, it is also known for housing a number of ghosts and ghouls. Over the years, punters have reported ghost sightings, the sounds of groaning and wailing from upstairs, and even the feeling of a cold invisible hand pulling at their pockets and coats.
The Stretford Memorial Hospital permanently closed in , but a number of eerie spirits were allegedly left behind. Local time Manchester. Introducing Manchester. Plan your trip. Travel to Manchester Hotels. United Kingdom Information. Book your flights. Places in Manchester Airports.
Manchester Airport. Chinese New Year A carnival of colour with dragon dances followed by a brilliant firework display. Cost: Free. Manchester Irish Festival Celebrate all things Irish in Manchester during a day extravaganza featuring around events staged throughout the city.
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Crafters all set to sell their handmade wares at Christmas Fair.
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