Unseen pictures of 1930s from Manchester's Ritz to Rochdale 'Riviera'

Manchester Evening News - Oct 26, 2026

From Rochdale's lost "Norden Riviera" lido to an almost deserted East Lancashire Road, a remarkable new book featuring 600 unseen 1930s archive photographs captures Greater Manchester on the brink of WWII.

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