These newly launched pages take us back to 1960 and 1898. Though separated in time by more than 60 years, curiously both have a connection with Manchester...
'Tulip Time' - Manchester to the Bulb Fields in May 1960
A handbill promoting a day excursion from stations in the Manchester area to Grantham, where motor coaches were waiting for a tour of the Lincolnshire bulb fields.
From King's Cross to Grantham 'Under the Train' in June 1898
The extraordinary story of a London carriage examiner who unintentionally travelled 105 miles to Grantham while trapped beneath one of the carriages of a Manchester-bound train.