[The Oasis Fan Guide] Longsight, Manchester, UK

[Jennifer]

On May 29, 1967, Noel Gallagher was born at 2 Sandycroft Street in Longsight, Manchester (the house has been demolished ). Here is a bit of info on the place that Noel Gallagher was born.

 Longsight is an area of the City of Manchester, in North West England. It is around 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Manchester City Centre, and has a total population of 16,007.

History
Longsight has been known over the past with its gang related violence, similar to that of nearby Moss Side.[1]Most of the violence came from tensions between gangs; Longsight Crew and their rivals Gooch Close Gang from nearby Moss Side. Both gangs fought turf war between each other since late 90's, which resulted in many shootings and several deaths.

Governance

Longsight is served in Westminster by the MP for Manchester Gorton, currently the Rt Hon Sir Gerald Kaufman.

The area is represented on Manchester City Council by Liberal Democrat Liaqat Ali, first elected in 2003, Abid Chohan elected in 2004 and Labour's Maryam Khan elected in May 2006.

Geography
Much of the housing stock of Longsight consists of red-brick terraced houses

Previously known as Grindlow Marsh, it was incorporated into the City of Manchester in 1890. The district is bordered by Ardwick to the north, Rusholme to the west, Levenshulme to the south, and Gorton to the east. Longsight is currently defined by Hyde Road, Grey Street, Stockport Road, Plymouth Grove, Richmond Grove, Hathersage Road, Anson Road, Dickenson Road, Beresford Road, Old Hall Lane, Stockport Road, East Road, Pink Bank Lane, Nutsford Vale, Buckley Road and Mount Road. The Old Roman Road to Buxton (the A6 or Stockport Road) roughly bisects the area.

Economy

The main shopping centre is near the corner of Stockport Road and Dickenson Road, and contains a library and supermarket as well as many smaller shops. The Longsight Market, one of the busiest markets in the North West of England, is located on Dickenson Road. It can be easily spotted by its brightly-coloured profiled roofs. The market hosts a general market every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and a second-hand market every Tuesday. There are a large number of takeaway food shops and restaurants and a very wide variety of fresh fruit and vegetables and other supplies to cater for the interests of the various immigrant communities in the area.

Transport

The railway line, from Manchester Piccadilly to Stockport, passes through the area, though there is no longer a station. The nearest stations are Ardwick and Levenshulme. Longsight contains the Slade Lane railway junction and is the site of several railway depots, which service trains for Virgin Trains, Northern Rail and TransPennine Express. The earliest railway works was set up in 1842 by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway. Little is known about its early history, except that it produced fifteen single wheeler passenger engines to a design by Sharp Stewart and Company. In 1846 the M&BR was amalgamated with the LNWR under John Ramsbottom. One 0-6-0 was produced in 1858 but then the works closed down as the LNWR transferred its operations to Crewe. The large Longsight steam locomotive depot provided engines for express trains to London and elsewhere; also for local passenger trains.

Notable residents

No. 3 Addison Terrace, on the north side of Daisy Bank Road, Victoria Park, was the home of Charles Hallé, the founder of the Hallé Orchestra, in 1848 and the pre-raphaelite artist Ford Madox Brown lived at the same address from 1883 to 1887.[5]

Ethel 'Sunny' Lowry (born 1911 in Longsight)[6] was the first British woman to swim the English Channel.[7]

Wes Brown, centre back for Manchester United Football Club. Born October, 13 1979 in Longsight, Manchester.

Cultural references

Longsight was immortalised in song by local singer Ian Brown formerly of The Stone Roses on his album 'Solarized'. The song was titled 'Longsight M13' reflecting the postcode of the area, which begins with M13. Graffiti appeared locally saying 'Stone Roses RIP' when the band split up, and 'Free Ian Brown' when he was jailed [8]. The song was written with Brown's former Roses bandmate, guitarist Aziz Ibrahim, who still lives in Longsight.[9] Brown also mentions the area in the Stone Roses song "Daybreak" which contains the line "From Atlanta, Georgia, to Longsight, Manchester". In recent times Longsight has suffered like surrounding south inner-city areas, with gangs, drugs and high profile shootings.

 -Wikipedia

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Posted By Jennifer to The Oasis Fan Guide at 11/21/2008 12:00:00 AM