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#ThrowbackThursday this week takes us to Manchester's Cannon St - better known nowadays as Exchange Square. You'd be hard pressed to get a bus to Moston here these days as the area has been pedestrianised, and the Corn Exchange looks cleaner now! Do you remember the greasy spoon cafe on the corner?

May 8, 2025, 8:15 AM

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