Frank Worrell

Frank Worrell was one of the Caribbean's leading cricketers and lived near Bury during the 1950s as he played professionally for Radcliffe in the Central Lancashire League. Born in Barbados in 1924, Worrell made his test debut aged 23 scoring 97 runs against England.

Between 1956 and 1959 he studied economics at the University of Manchester whilst playing international and league cricket. In 1960 he became the first black captain of the West Indies transforming the team and the sport. He was knighted in 1964 for service to cricket.

Source: Manchester Guardian, 20/8/1958, p.10; Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1967)

Manchester Jewish Board of Guardians

The first meeting of the Board of Guardians for the Relief of the Jewish Poor of Manchester was held at the Jews'School in June 1867. The organization aimed to provide assistance through:

"food, bed and other clothing, medical aid, industrial occupation, and other help, whereby the recipient might obtain a livelihood; loans, aid to emigrants and the like".

Source: Liedtke, Jewish Welfare in Hamburg and Manchester (1998), pp.84-86; Manchester Jewish Federation

Manchester Black Parents' Association

Formed in early 1976, this committee sought to intervene to protect young black men from police violence and legal victimisation. With increasing clashes between black youths and the police, its members were on-call to

"rush to a situation of potential trouble, take down the numbers of the police men and/or security guards and ensure that, in case of subsequent legal action, some witnesses could be produced".

Throughout the late 1970s, many black parents in Moss Side felt that their children were being targeted by police, who would aggressively descend on the area in large numbers, and that their claims of racist violence or wrongful arrest were rarely investigated by authorities. By early 1981, the Association stated that the Moss Side police station

"has long been regarded by the black community as the operational base of a racist army in occupation".

Source: Observer 18/4/1976. p.4; Guardian, 8/6/1981, p.3

1962: Jamaica's Independence

Jamaica's Independence on 6 August 1962 was celebrated with a thanksgiving service of over three hundred people at the Moss Side Baptist Church and then a formal lunch at the Grand Hotel in the city centre. Afternoon celebrations were focused on the Rusholme Public Hall which in the evening hosted a dance and Miss Bronze beauty competition that drew crowds estimated to number nearly a thousand people. The hall was decorated with airline posters of Jamaica, and revellers had a choice of English tea or imported Red Stripe beer.

Source: Guardian, 7/8/1962, p.12.

Afroville

Youth club of the mid-1970s with membership of around sixty.

Source: Observer, 18/4/1976, p.4.