Manchester poet and novelist Mike Duff has written an appreciation of The Gangs of Manchester in the fanzine United We Stand (issue 177, November 2008). Mike read an early draft of the book and wrote the poem “The King of the Scuttlers” in response. This is what he made of the final version: THE GANGS OF MANCHESTER is a well thought out, brilliantly [...]
Angels with Manky Faces
Tales of totty, scuttlers and gin … a play inspired by The Gangs of Manchester is to be staged at Manchester’s Library Theatre in 2009. The North Manchester-based MaD Theatre Company will be performing Angels with Manky Faces from 19-22 August. If you saw one of MaD’s previous productions at the Library – ASBO, She’s [...]
Scuttlers auf deutsch
A German news agency, Wissenschaft Aktuell, has covered the scuttlers here. The first reports of “scuttling” in the Manchester press surfaced during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71, when rival armies were formed in the Rochdale Road district of Manchester to re-enact continental battles. The “Prussians” were the Protestant boys of the slums of Angel Meadow [...]
BBC Manchester Online: feature on The Gangs of Manchester
To read a feature on The Gangs of Manchester, plus an interview with Andrew Davies by Richard Turner of BBC Manchester, click here.
Gangs of Manchester: on sale now
Available from the 'Buy Gangs of Manchester' webpage (see links on left), Amazon, Milo Books and all good bookshops
