Things Mancunians remember from their childhoods you don't see anymore

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

fdfdfdfd Long before Metrolink, trolley buses were the what we took to get ourselves around Manchester. At their peak 20,000 trolleybuses, which run on wheels and are powered by overhead electric cables, were in operation in the UK.

They were first used in 1911 and were phased out during the 1950s and 60s. In Manchester, trolleybuses ran on routes 210, 215 and 216 from Ashton-under-Lyne to Piccadilly and Stevenson Square - and were last used on the day the network linking the city closed down in Manchester in 1966.

Although sales of vinyl continue to bounce back, the invention of digital download and streaming services changed the landscape of music shops selling physical records and CDs.

Of course many of the large chains like Virgin Megastores have now gone, there were also at one time many independent record shops in business in Greater Manchester.