The Illustrated History of Manchester’s SuburbsThe Illustrated History of Manchester Suburbs shows how countryside, farms and villages developed into the urban streets, residential areas, shopping districts and industrial estates that are so familiar today. In the course of the last 150 years, the outskirts of the city have been transformed, and they have expanded, in a way that would astonish Mancunians of just a few generations ago. Manchester evolved over the centuries, gradually at first, then