Crumpsall
Encyclopedia
Crumpsall is a suburban area
and electoral ward
of the city of Manchester
, in Greater Manchester
, England
. It is about 3 miles (5 km) north of Manchester city centre
. The area is adjacent to the Cheetham Hill
, Blackley
and Harpurhey
wards of the City of Manchester, Broughton
of the City of Salford and Prestwich
town of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury
.
Historically
a part of Lancashire
, Crumpsall was a township within the parish of Manchester
, Salford Hundred
.
It is the location of a large hospital now known as North Manchester General Hospital
. This was previously three hospitals: Crumpsall Hospital (A General Hospital), Springfield Hospital (A Psychiatric Hospital) and Delaunay's Hospital (A Geriatric Hospital).
Crumpsall Hall was the seat of the Chethams and subsequently passed to the Waklyns. The Manchester workhouse
was built after the formation of the Poor Law Union
s in 1837.
The Co-operative Wholesale Society
opened the Crumpsall Biscuit Works in Lower Crumpsall around 1873.
In January 2003 when Detective Constable Stephen Oake, a Greater Manchester Police
officer, was fatally stabbed whilst arresting a suspected terrorist in a house on Crumpsall Lane.
in the Salford Hundred
in the historic county of Lancashire. It was part of the Manchester Poor Law Union
(PLU) between 1841 and 1850, the Prestwich PLU from 1850 to 1915, and again in the Manchester PLU from 1915 to 1930. In 1854 a Local Board of Health was established for the area of the township. In 1890 the township was incorporated into the city of Manchester.
Crumpsall is represented on Manchester City Council
by three Labour
Councillors, Sir Richard Leese
, who is currently leader of Manchester City Council
, Jon-Leigh Pritchard and Con Keegan. It is also part of the Blackley and Broughton
parliamentary constituency (formerly Manchester Blackley
), and has been represented by Labour MP
Graham Stringer
since 1997.
Crumpsall is largely composed of houses and schools with little commerce or industry.
, which forms its northern boundary with the neighbouring suburb of Blackley
at Tetlow Bridge.
The main routes through the district are Crescent Road, Cravenwood Road, Delaunay's Road, Cleveland Road, Crumpsall Lane, Middleton Road, Lansdowne Road (the main shopping area with the post office
), One Half of Bury Old Road between Melton Road and Crescent Road (the other side of the road being in the Higher Broughton area of Salford) and Ash Tree Road (bounded on the east side by Crumpsall Park
).
According to the 2001 national census, the ward has a population of 11,363, and religious affiliation was the following:
In Higher Crumpsall, there are several places of worship including Saint Anne's Catholic Church, Crumpsall Methodist Church, Saint Matthew with Saint Mary CofE Church and Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation
Synagogue.
is provided by Cravenwood Community Primary School, Crumpsall Lane Primary School, Saint Anne's RC Primary School, King David's Infant School, King David's Junior School and Saint Thomas' Primary School. Secondary education
is provided by King David's High School and Abraham Moss High School, the latter of which is part of the Abraham Moss Learning Centre. The King David schools are targeted at Greater Manchester's Orthodox Jewish
community, whilst Saint Anne's is a Roman Catholic institution.
The Abraham Moss Leisure Centre hosts the only college in the area and forms part of the Manchester College
network of further education
institutions. It was previously part of the network of City College Manchester
colleges, before the merger with MANCAT
on the 1 August 2008.
's Bury line. Crumpsall Metrolink station
on Station Road is located in the centre of the ward, whilst Bowker Vale station
lies to the north eastern extremity on Middleton Road and borders Higher Blackley
. Though lying just outside the ward's borders in Cheetham, Woodlands Road station
serves the southern extremity of the ward, and lies close to the Abraham Moss leisure centre and Crumpsall Library. Abraham Moss
station was opened in spring 2011 and Woodlands Road Station has since been reduced to weekday daytime hours only whilst consultation continues about its closure.
First Manchester
, Bluebird Bus and Coach and JP Travel
amongst other private companies operate regular bus services through the ward, via North Manchester General Hospital
and onwards to Manchester city centre
and other areas of Greater Manchester
.
was born in Crumpsall in 1580, the son of a successful Manchester merchant who lived in Crumpsall Hall. He was responsible for the creation of Chetham's Hospital (now Chetham's School of Music) and Chetham's Library
, the oldest public library
in the English
-speaking world, and located in the city centre.
The folk singer, comedian and broadcaster Mike Harding
, was born in the area in 1944.
The Moors Murderess
Myra Hindley was born in Crumpsall in 1942.
Howard Jacobson
was brought up in Crumpsall and some of his novels, Kalooki Nights and The Mighty Walzer feature descriptions of Jewish life in the area.
Actor and singer Don Estelle
(Gunner "Lofty" Sugden in It Ain't Half Hot Mum
), real name Ronald Edwards, was born and brought up in Crumpsall.
Jason Orange
of band Take That
was born at North Manchester General Hospital in Crumpsall.
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...
and electoral ward
Wards of the United Kingdom
A ward in the United Kingdom is an electoral district at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. It is the primary unit of British administrative and electoral geography .-England:...
of the city of Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, in Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is about 3 miles (5 km) north of Manchester city centre
Manchester City Centre
Manchester city centre is the central business district of Manchester, England. It lies within the Manchester Inner Ring Road, next to the River Irwell...
. The area is adjacent to the Cheetham Hill
Cheetham Hill
Cheetham Hill is an inner city area of Manchester, England. As an electoral ward it is known as Cheetham and has a population of 12,846. It lies on the west bank of the River Irk, north-northeast of Manchester city centre and close to the boundary with the City of Salford...
, Blackley
Blackley
Blackley is an area of the city of Manchester, in Greater Manchester, England. It is north of Manchester city centre, by a meander of the River Irk. Further north is Middleton...
and Harpurhey
Harpurhey
-Landmarks:Harpurhey Edwardian Swimming Baths, situated on Rochdale Road was built between 1909-10 by Henry Price, Manchester's first City Architect. Listed grade II in, the baths were closed to the public in 2001 after serious defects were discovered and the entrance building is currently being...
wards of the City of Manchester, Broughton
Broughton, Greater Manchester
Broughton is an inner city area of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the east bank of the River Irwell and A56 road, in the northeastern part of the City of Salford, north-northwest of Manchester city centre and south of Prestwich. Broughton consists of Broughton Park, Higher...
of the City of Salford and Prestwich
Prestwich
Prestwich is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies close to the River Irwell, north of Manchester city centre, north of Salford and south of Bury....
town of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury
Metropolitan Borough of Bury
The Metropolitan Borough of Bury is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in North West England. Lying to the north of the City of Manchester, the borough is composed of six towns: Bury, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Radcliffe, Whitefield and Prestwich, and has a population of 181,900...
.
Historically
Historic counties of England
The historic counties of England are subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans and in most cases based on earlier Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and shires...
a part of Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
, Crumpsall was a township within the parish of Manchester
Manchester (ancient parish)
Manchester was an ancient ecclesiastical parish of the hundred of Salford, in Lancashire, England. It encompassed several townships and chapelries, including the then township of Manchester...
, Salford Hundred
Salford (hundred)
The hundred of Salford was an ancient division of the historic county of Lancashire, in Northern England. It was sometimes known as Salfordshire, the name alluding to its judicial centre being the township of Salford...
.
It is the location of a large hospital now known as North Manchester General Hospital
North Manchester General Hospital
North Manchester General Hospital is a large NHS hospital located in Crumpsall in the north of the English city of Manchester. It is operated as part of the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust....
. This was previously three hospitals: Crumpsall Hospital (A General Hospital), Springfield Hospital (A Psychiatric Hospital) and Delaunay's Hospital (A Geriatric Hospital).
History
The name Crumpsall derives from old English and means a "crooked piece of land beside a river". Crumpsall was rural in character during the early part of the 19th century, however, the necessity to house Manchester's growing population of mill workers saw the area become more urbanised. Crumpsall was incorporated into the city of Manchester in 1890.Crumpsall Hall was the seat of the Chethams and subsequently passed to the Waklyns. The Manchester workhouse
Workhouse
In England and Wales a workhouse, colloquially known as a spike, was a place where those unable to support themselves were offered accommodation and employment...
was built after the formation of the Poor Law Union
Poor Law Union
A Poor Law Union was a unit used for local government in the United Kingdom from the 19th century. The administration of the Poor Law was the responsibility of parishes, which varied wildly in their size, populations, financial resources, rateable values and requirements...
s in 1837.
The Co-operative Wholesale Society
Co-operative wholesale society
A Co-operative Wholesale Society, or CWS, is a form of Co-operative Federation , in this case, the members are usually Consumers' Co-operatives...
opened the Crumpsall Biscuit Works in Lower Crumpsall around 1873.
In January 2003 when Detective Constable Stephen Oake, a Greater Manchester Police
Greater Manchester Police
Greater Manchester Police is the police force responsible for law enforcement within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester in North West England...
officer, was fatally stabbed whilst arresting a suspected terrorist in a house on Crumpsall Lane.
Governance
Crumpsall was a township or civil parishCivil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
in the Salford Hundred
Salford (hundred)
The hundred of Salford was an ancient division of the historic county of Lancashire, in Northern England. It was sometimes known as Salfordshire, the name alluding to its judicial centre being the township of Salford...
in the historic county of Lancashire. It was part of the Manchester Poor Law Union
Poor Law Union
A Poor Law Union was a unit used for local government in the United Kingdom from the 19th century. The administration of the Poor Law was the responsibility of parishes, which varied wildly in their size, populations, financial resources, rateable values and requirements...
(PLU) between 1841 and 1850, the Prestwich PLU from 1850 to 1915, and again in the Manchester PLU from 1915 to 1930. In 1854 a Local Board of Health was established for the area of the township. In 1890 the township was incorporated into the city of Manchester.
Crumpsall is represented on Manchester City Council
Manchester City Council
Manchester City Council is the local government authority for Manchester, a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. It is composed of 96 councillors, three for each of the 32 electoral wards of Manchester. Currently the council is controlled by the Labour Party and is led by...
by three Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
Councillors, Sir Richard Leese
Richard Leese
Sir Richard Charles Leese, CBE , is a politician in the City of Manchester in the United Kingdom. He has been the leader of Manchester City Council since 1996.-Early life:...
, who is currently leader of Manchester City Council
Manchester City Council
Manchester City Council is the local government authority for Manchester, a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. It is composed of 96 councillors, three for each of the 32 electoral wards of Manchester. Currently the council is controlled by the Labour Party and is led by...
, Jon-Leigh Pritchard and Con Keegan. It is also part of the Blackley and Broughton
Blackley and Broughton (UK Parliament constituency)
Blackley and Broughton is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
parliamentary constituency (formerly Manchester Blackley
Manchester Blackley (UK Parliament constituency)
Manchester, Blackley was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
), and has been represented by Labour MP
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Graham Eric Stringer is a British Labour Party politician who is the current Member of Parliament for Blackley and Broughton having previously represented Manchester Blackley from 1997 to 2010.-Early life:...
since 1997.
Economy
Geography
Crumpsall is divided into Higher and Lower Crumpsall. Lower Crumpsall is situated in the valley of the River IrkRiver Irk
The River Irk is a river in Greater Manchester in North West England that flows through the northern suburbs of Manchester before merging with the River Irwell in Manchester city centre....
, which forms its northern boundary with the neighbouring suburb of Blackley
Blackley
Blackley is an area of the city of Manchester, in Greater Manchester, England. It is north of Manchester city centre, by a meander of the River Irk. Further north is Middleton...
at Tetlow Bridge.
The main routes through the district are Crescent Road, Cravenwood Road, Delaunay's Road, Cleveland Road, Crumpsall Lane, Middleton Road, Lansdowne Road (the main shopping area with the post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
), One Half of Bury Old Road between Melton Road and Crescent Road (the other side of the road being in the Higher Broughton area of Salford) and Ash Tree Road (bounded on the east side by Crumpsall Park
Crumpsall Park
Crumpsall Park is a small municipal park in the Crumpsall ward of Manchester, North West England.Originally planned as a cemetery, the plot was made into a recreational park in 1890 CE....
).
Demography
| 'Demography of Crumpsall' | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| UK Census 2001 United Kingdom Census 2001 A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194.... |
Crumpsall | Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater... |
England |
| Total population | 11,363 | 392,819 | 49,138,831 |
| White or White British | 67% | 81% | 91% |
| Asian or Asian British | 18% | 9% | 5% |
| Black or Black British | 3% | 5% | 2% |
| Other | 1% | 2% | 0.89% |
According to the 2001 national census, the ward has a population of 11,363, and religious affiliation was the following:
- Christian - 52.05%
- Muslim - 17.26%
- Jewish - 8.99%
- Sikh - 1.00%
- No religion or other (including Buddhist and Hindu) - 20.47%
Religion
St Thomas's Church was founded in 1863 and after the closure of St Mark in Cheetham in 1982 its dedication was changed to St Thomas with St. Mark. There is a war memorial in the churchyard commemorating those who died in the First World War.In Higher Crumpsall, there are several places of worship including Saint Anne's Catholic Church, Crumpsall Methodist Church, Saint Matthew with Saint Mary CofE Church and Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation
Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation
Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation is a large Ashkenazi Orthodox synagogue located in North Manchester, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1935, and in 2010 had between 500 and 749 members. Under the aegis of the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom, Reverend Leslie Olsberg MBE led the congregation for 35...
Synagogue.
Education
Primary educationPrimary education
A primary school is an institution in which children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as primary or elementary education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational,...
is provided by Cravenwood Community Primary School, Crumpsall Lane Primary School, Saint Anne's RC Primary School, King David's Infant School, King David's Junior School and Saint Thomas' Primary School. Secondary education
Secondary education
Secondary education is the stage of education following primary education. Secondary education includes the final stage of compulsory education and in many countries it is entirely compulsory. The next stage of education is usually college or university...
is provided by King David's High School and Abraham Moss High School, the latter of which is part of the Abraham Moss Learning Centre. The King David schools are targeted at Greater Manchester's Orthodox Jewish
Orthodox Judaism
Orthodox Judaism , is the approach to Judaism which adheres to the traditional interpretation and application of the laws and ethics of the Torah as legislated in the Talmudic texts by the Sanhedrin and subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and...
community, whilst Saint Anne's is a Roman Catholic institution.
The Abraham Moss Leisure Centre hosts the only college in the area and forms part of the Manchester College
The Manchester College
The Manchester College is a further education college in Manchester, England. It opened on 1 August 2008 as the result of a merger between City College Manchester and Manchester College of Arts and Technology to form a 'supercollege'...
network of further education
Further education
Further education is a term mainly used in connection with education in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is post-compulsory education , that is distinct from the education offered in universities...
institutions. It was previously part of the network of City College Manchester
City College Manchester
City College Manchester was a network of further education campuses in Manchester, England.It was the largest provider of "Offender Learning" in the Greater Manchester region.-Merger with MANCAT in 2008:...
colleges, before the merger with MANCAT
Manchester College of Arts and Technology
Manchester College of Arts and Technology was a network of further and higher education campuses in the city of Manchester, England specialising in courses in the Arts and Technology, however courses in many other fields were also offered...
on the 1 August 2008.
Transport
Crumpsall is currently served by four stations on Manchester MetrolinkManchester Metrolink
Metrolink is a light rail system in Greater Manchester, England. It consists of four lines which converge in Manchester city centre and terminate in Bury, Altrincham, Eccles and Chorlton-cum-Hardy. The system is owned by Transport for Greater Manchester and operated under contract by RATP Group...
's Bury line. Crumpsall Metrolink station
Crumpsall Metrolink station
Crumpsall Metrolink station is a Manchester Metrolink station on the former Manchester Victoria to Bury railway line and is located on the corner of Crumpsall Lane and Station Road. The station forms part of Ticketing Zone C and is the stop for North Manchester General Hospital, which can be...
on Station Road is located in the centre of the ward, whilst Bowker Vale station
Bowker Vale Metrolink station
Bowker Vale Metrolink station is a Manchester Metrolink station on the former Manchester Victoria to Bury railway line.It was opened in 1938 by the London Midland and Scottish Railway, to serve a growing inter-war residential area...
lies to the north eastern extremity on Middleton Road and borders Higher Blackley
Higher Blackley
Higher Blackley is an electoral district or ward in the north of the City of Manchester, England. Voters from this ward elect three councillors to Manchester City Council...
. Though lying just outside the ward's borders in Cheetham, Woodlands Road station
Woodlands Road Metrolink station
Woodlands Road Metrolink station is a Manchester Metrolink station on the former Manchester Victoria to Bury railway line.It was opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1913, in an attempt to fend off growing electric tramway competition in the Cheetham Hill area of Manchester. The...
serves the southern extremity of the ward, and lies close to the Abraham Moss leisure centre and Crumpsall Library. Abraham Moss
Abraham Moss Metrolink station
Abraham Moss Metrolink Station is a Manchester Metrolink station on the Manchester Victoria to Bury line. The station gained funding approval in 2010 and is scheduled to replace the under used Woodlands Road stop. The station is situated close to the local library and college campus. The planning...
station was opened in spring 2011 and Woodlands Road Station has since been reduced to weekday daytime hours only whilst consultation continues about its closure.
First Manchester
First Manchester
First Manchester is one of the bus companies serving Greater Manchester, a metropolitan county in North West England. It forms part of FirstGroup, a company operating transport services across the British Isles and in North America...
, Bluebird Bus and Coach and JP Travel
JP Travel
JP Travel, sometimes known as JPT or Jpt Bus Company, is a bus company based at Middleton in Greater Manchester, England. The company is owned by Janet and Peter Walsh and runs local services in the North Manchester area. The JP in JP Travel forms the initials of their first names.-History:The...
amongst other private companies operate regular bus services through the ward, via North Manchester General Hospital
North Manchester General Hospital
North Manchester General Hospital is a large NHS hospital located in Crumpsall in the north of the English city of Manchester. It is operated as part of the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust....
and onwards to Manchester city centre
Manchester City Centre
Manchester city centre is the central business district of Manchester, England. It lies within the Manchester Inner Ring Road, next to the River Irwell...
and other areas of Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
.
Voluntary organisations
The Friends of Crumpsall Park oversee the development and well-being of the park in conjunction with the city council, Manchester Leisure and the police. They also organise the annual Crumpsall Carnival which takes place on the last Sunday in June.Notable people
Sir Humphrey ChethamHumphrey Chetham
Sir Humphrey Chetham was an English merchant, responsible for the creation of Chetham's Hospital and Chetham's Library, the oldest public library in the English-speaking world.- Life :...
was born in Crumpsall in 1580, the son of a successful Manchester merchant who lived in Crumpsall Hall. He was responsible for the creation of Chetham's Hospital (now Chetham's School of Music) and Chetham's Library
Chetham's Library
Chetham's Library in Manchester, England is the oldest free public reference library in the United Kingdom. Chetham's Hospital, which contains both the library and Chetham's School of Music, was established in 1653 under the will of Humphrey Chetham , for the education of "the sons of honest,...
, the oldest public library
Public library
A public library is a library that is accessible by the public and is generally funded from public sources and operated by civil servants. There are five fundamental characteristics shared by public libraries...
in the English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
-speaking world, and located in the city centre.
The folk singer, comedian and broadcaster Mike Harding
Mike Harding
Mike Harding is an English singer, songwriter, comedian, author, poet and broadcaster. He is known as 'The Rochdale Cowboy' after one of his hit records...
, was born in the area in 1944.
The Moors Murderess
Moors murders
The Moors murders were carried out by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley between July 1963 and October 1965, in and around what is now Greater Manchester, England. The victims were five children aged between 10 and 17—Pauline Reade, John Kilbride, Keith Bennett, Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans—at least...
Myra Hindley was born in Crumpsall in 1942.
Howard Jacobson
Howard Jacobson
Howard Jacobson is a Man Booker Prize-winning British Jewish author and journalist. He is best known for writing comic novels that often revolve around the dilemmas of British Jewish characters.-Background:...
was brought up in Crumpsall and some of his novels, Kalooki Nights and The Mighty Walzer feature descriptions of Jewish life in the area.
Actor and singer Don Estelle
Don Estelle
Don Estelle was a British actor and singer.Born Donald Edwards in Crumpsall, Manchester, he was brought up in a house on Russell Street, Crumpsall. During World War II, at the age of eight, he was evacuated to Darwen, Lancashire, twenty miles away from his home town, to escape the German bombing...
(Gunner "Lofty" Sugden in It Ain't Half Hot Mum
It Ain't Half Hot Mum
It Ain't Half Hot Mum was a British sitcom about the adventures of a Royal Artillery Concert Party, broadcast on the BBC between 1974 and 1981, and written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, the creators of Dad's Army...
), real name Ronald Edwards, was born and brought up in Crumpsall.
Jason Orange
Jason Orange
Jason Thomas Orange is an English musician and dancer. He is a member of the pop band Take That who gained popularity in the 1990s and are currently enjoying further success since their reunion in 2005.-Early fame and Take That:...
of band Take That
Take That
Take That are a British five-piece vocal pop group comprising Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams. Barlow acts as the lead singer and primary songwriter...
was born at North Manchester General Hospital in Crumpsall.