HM Prison Manchester

HM Prison Manchester is a Category A and B men's prison in Manchester, England, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. It is still commonly referred to as Strangeways, which was its former official name derived from the area in which it is located, until it was rebuilt following a major riot in 1990. It is a local prison, holding prisoners remanded into custody from courts in the Manchester area and Category A prisoners (those held under maximum security conditions). The prison featured an execution chamber prior to the abolition of capital punishment in the United Kingdom in the 1960s; the last execution at the prison took place in 1964. Strangeways was designed by Alfred Waterhouse and opened in 1868 alongside the demolished Manchester Assize Courts. The prison is known for its prominent ventilation tower and imposing design, structured by the principles of the separate system.

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Asian Sound

Asian Sound Radio was a radio station located in Broadcast House, Southall Street in Manchester. It was the only 24-hour commercial radio station in the North West dedicated to the Asian community, which recently broadcast on MW across the whole region from Preston in the North to Stockport in the South. The programming is a blend of news, current affairs, interviews, competitions, music and information in English, Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto Bengali and Gujarati. The station, which launched in 1996, had beaten off competition from Buzz 963AM which had proposed a full-service English speaking station. On 22 April 2024, Asian Sound Radio was renamed Lyca Radio Greater Manchester following Lyca's acquisition of the station in 2023. The output features local content and some networked programming from London.

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Manchester Assize Courts

The Manchester Assize Courts was a building housing law courts on Great Ducie Street in the Strangeways district of Manchester, England. It was 279 ft (85 m) tall and from 1864 to 1877 the tallest building in Manchester. Widely admired, it has been referred to as one of Britain's 'lost buildings'. It was severely damaged by wartime bombing in the Manchester Blitz, and then the remains were demolished in 1957.

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Strangeways, Manchester

Strangeways is an area of inner north Manchester, England, around Strangeways Prison just north of the city centre.

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White Hotel (Manchester)

The White Hotel is an independent arts and music venue and nightclub in Salford, England. It was founded in 2015 in an industrial unit that was previously a vehicle repair garage and is located in the shadow of HMP Manchester. It is named after DM Thomas’ 1981 erotic novel The White Hotel. It has built a reputation for revitalizing Manchester’s nightlife, its community driven approach acting as a hub for experimental music scenes and its anarchistic approach to conventional commercialism.

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