Mr Manchester and the Factory Girl: The Story of Tony and Lindsay Wilson

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In my mind, the tiny makeshift, beaded ring fashioned by a child’s hands and love proved an enduring memory in a story that I watched unfold across decades. I found myself digging into files I hadn’t read in years, some in decades as I prepared to contribute to a new Postmedia podcast, called True Crime Byline. The boxes and scrapbooks in the Leader-Post archives are etched with a single word: Thatcher. Factory's Happy Mondays bound together the exotic new dance rhythms with a groggy Lancastrian verse, and in the movement known as Madchester was born the commercialisation of the abstract, agitating spirit of Factory, and the spirited postmodern skittishness of Wilson. Wilson, as the self-appointed public face of the movement, became the tabloids' Mr Manchester, and enthusiastically presided as militant marketing mastermind over the transformation of the city into a global brand. Crook, Amanda (13 August 2007). " 'Wilson extraordinary' – Yvette". Manchester Evening News . Retrieved 15 August 2007.

Tony Scott died on 19th August 2012, at approximately 12:30 pm, by jumping off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in the San Pedro port, Los Angeles. Investigators announced that a type of anti-depressant drug was found, inside Tony’s system at the time of his death. Photo: Tony jumped off the Vincent Thomas Bridge, Source: Daily Mail John then surprised them both by saying, The Plastic Ono Band are doing a gig at the Lyceum Ballroom London and they wanted them to perform their version of Give Peace A Chance at the gig. What was Tony like at home? He was exactly the same person as he was in public. He never stopped,” she says. Almost everything in Bearsville Albert owned. This included the ten pin bowling alley, local school, the a b Taylor, Paul (10 August 2007). "Wilson put city on the map". Manchester Evening News . Retrieved 17 January 2010.

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From Manchester With Love is like Wilson in that it assumes the same of its reader: intelligence, bloody-mindedness, a romantic, revolutionary soul. It requires concentration, mixing, as it does, careful interviewing with flights of fancy, revealing detail with time-travelling description. More than a mind map, the book’s peculiarity and expanse and, yes, love, means it becomes an immersive experience. I found it very moving indeed. After the end of Factory Records and the Hacienda, Wilson was still trying to find his third act whether it was launching the annual In the City event (the British equivalent to SXSW) or campaigning for Northern devolution and the Pennine Lancashire project . Further articles on how Manchester was evolving were entitled “ 24-hour construction city”, “ Greater expectations” and “H ow it usedto be”.

At that stage, we were also introduced to the Central Manchester Development Corporation (CNDC), which was set up to develop specific parts of Manchester. We were introduced to Jimmy Gregor, who played a significant role inthe city’s redevelopment. On a personal note, Wilson first heard about you through your fanzine when you were living in Manchester in the 1970s. And one day, Wilson paid a visit to your home while you were out. Your mother was so impressed to be in the presence of a local celebrity. When Errol left RAK in 85, the band wanted to find a replacement singer and continue as Hot Chocolate but Most wasn’t interested, knowing his star had left the building. Dave Simpson (10 August 2020). " 'You've been smoking too much!': the chaos of Tony Wilson's digital music revolution". The Guardian . Retrieved 10 August 2020. As far as I can work out, Wilson first recorded for Decca with (as?) The Souvenirs in 1963, covering Lou Christie’s How Many Teardrops. He then collaborated with future Deep Purple producer Derek Lawrence on a fine run of singles as T he Soul Brothers, The New Soul Brothers and The Derek Lawrence Statement, before meeting up with Errol Brown in Brixton in 1968 and recording a lazily strange Caribbean cover of The Plastic Ono Band’s Give Peace A Chance.The film is essential text for incoming Mancunians or those that lived through it - mixing legend and fact but making a star out of Manchester. That was Wilson’s real focus, according to Andy Spinoza. Read More Related Articles

I had never been to a city quite like it. You wouldwalk around at night and look up, and allthe lights were on; people not only worked butlived in the city. I wanted to know why thisdidn’t happen in Manchester.

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My reporting on the case actually began in 1993, as Thatcher was in the midst of a mercy application to the federal government. Then city editor Al Rosseker asked me to write a 10-year anniversary piece akin to, “Where were you when JFK was shot?” I spoke to those on the frontlines of this story, asking them to recall when they learned of Wilson’s death.