St. Michael's Flags & Angel Meadow Park
United Kingdom
In this tour by historian and writer Dean Kirby, the author of the bestselling book Angel Meadow: Victorian Britain's Most Savage Slum, you will walk alongside the River Irk, through the tree-lined Angel Meadow park and down streets where new apartments stand alongside former ragged schools and hear the hidden story of how the district and its people shaped one of the world’s greatest cities.
Contents
6 sections · tap a section for its opening lines1Orientation
Welcome to St. Michael’s Flags and Angel Meadow Park, a place where the tranquil green of a modern urban park masks a history of unimaginable horror and human degradation. …
Listen in the app2Victoria Station and the River Irk — The Industrial Onslaught
We begin our exploration near Victoria Station, the arrival of which in the mid-19th century exacerbated the already desperate housing congestion in Angel Meadow. To build this upmarket station and its subsequent extensions,…
Listen in the app3The Charter Street Ragged School — Education for the Destitute
We stand before the Charter Street Ragged School, one of two such 'industrial free schools' that operated in the heart of Angel Meadow. These institutions were established by charities and volunteers to provide basic discipline…
Listen in the app4St. Michael's Flags — The Flagged Graveyard
We are now at the center of the park, the area historically known as St. Michael’s Flags. …
Listen in the app5The Path of Engels and Marx — A Radical Legacy
As we walk toward the fringes of the park, we are tracing the steps of Friedrich Engels, the son of a German textile mill owner who was so shocked by what he saw in Manchester that he decided to document it. Engels spent…
Listen in the app6Closing
As we conclude our tour of St. Michael’s Flags and Angel Meadow Park, I hope you have been moved by the profound history that lies beneath this green landscape. …
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What is St. Michael's Flags & Angel Meadow Park?
St. Michael's Flags & Angel Meadow Park is a place in United Kingdom with 6 story sections on Tellby. You can read the opening of each section on this page; the sound plays in the app.
| Location | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Type | Nature |
| Story sections | 6 |
| Text language | English |
| Coordinates | 53.4893, -2.2345 |
| Last updated |
