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The forgotten miles under our streets that were once the 'lifeblood of the city'
On a dark November morning in 1973, Geoffrey Ashworth was a young student staring down from the eighth floor of the Chemistry Building at the Victoria University of Manchester. Looking down at the busy junction of Brunswick Street and Upper Brook Street, Chorlton, he observed workmen uncover a large hole in the road.