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  May 1, 1962: They say a cat can look at a queen … but a cockatoo? New zoo kitten Ten-Sing gets to know the animals at Belle Vue as he's taken for a tour by Sylvia Mainwaring, the head of the children's zoo. Work started on the children's zoo in 1955 in the gardens...
  There can be few more familiar sights on TV soaps than Coronation Street's Ena Sharples sipping milk stout with Minnie Caldwell and Martha Longhurst. The fearsome yet matronly Ena, played by Ancoats-born actress Violet Carson, ruled the Rovers snug for two decades...
  May 5 1956 Don Revie may have been the captain, but the 1956 FA Cup final between Manchester City and Birmingham will always be remembered as the Bert Trautmann final. The brave City goalkeeper broke a bone in his neck in a collision with Birmingham's Peter Murphy in...