It is one of those original ways of telling stories of Greater Manchester and fits in with that slightly quirky way that me and Peter Topping have brought you the history of where we live.
The idea of telling the story of Greater Manchester by using the tram network has a lot going for it.
You can catch a tram from the city centre and go south, east, north, and west and along the way each of the 99 stops will have a story to tell, and being the tram, you can just jump off, explore this little pocket of history and move on.
Or skip to the end destinations and discover interesting historical things about Didsbury, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Rochdale, Oldham, Salford and bits of Trafford, Altrincham and Bury.
And this is the new project Peter, and I have chosen for a series of new books.
Each book will wander along the network, taking in nine stops or so at a time, with original paintings by Peter, old photographs, and stories by me.
The first two in the series can be found in Chorlton Bookshop, Waterstones on Deansgate, and in the shop in Central Ref or from us at www.pubbooks.co.uk, price £4.99**
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