TitleRoyal Exchange Subscribers tickets and photograph
ReferenceYA1987.57/MS0325
CreatorHolland, Peter
The Manchester Royal Exchange Ltd Trade exchange Manchester, dealing in spun yarn and finished goods throughout the world. The first exchange opened in 1729 but closed by the end of the century. The new exchange was built at the junction of Market Street and Exchange Street and opened in 1809. The extension was completed in 1849. This building was replaced by a third, constructed between 1867 and 1874, and extended from 1914 and 1931 to form the largest trading hall in England. The building was seriously damaged during the Manchester Blitz in December 1940.
Trading ceased in 1968, and the building was threatened with demolition until being taken over by a theatre company in 1973.
Scope and ContentCollection of Royal Exchange Subscribers tickets and photograph of a Fokker F27
Extent3 items
Levelfonds
Repository nameScience and Industry Museum
Associated people and organisationsHolland, Peter
The Manchester Royal Exchange Ltd Trade exchange Manchester, dealing in spun yarn and finished goods throughout the world. The first exchange opened in 1729 but closed by the end of the century. The new exchange was built at the junction of Market Street and Exchange Street and opened in 1809. The extension was completed in 1849. This building was replaced by a third, constructed between 1867 and 1874, and extended from 1914 and 1931 to form the largest trading hall in England. The building was seriously damaged during the Manchester Blitz in December 1940.
Trading ceased in 1968, and the building was threatened with demolition until being taken over by a theatre company in 1973.
Holland, J.R. Manchester Royal Exchange subscriber, active 1922-1961.
Holland, William Manchester Royal Exchange subscriber, active 1900-1940.
Fokker Aircraft Company 1911-1996, aircraft manufacturer, Dutch
Manchester Airport plc Construction of the airport at Ringway began on 28 November 1935, and it opened on 25 June 1938. During the Second World War it was an important site in the production of military aircraft and in training parachutists. After the war, it reverted to a civilian airport and gradually expanded, with the second runway being added between 1997 and 2001. The airport is now owned by Manchester Airport Group plc.
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