Kobbie Mainoo, the rising Manchester United star, has a very famous brother who made his name on Love Island. Kobbie's own quick rise to fame continued this week when he got his first call-up to play for England.
07.03.2024 - 12:48 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The Lord Mayor of Manchester will recognise two forgotten local visionaries today.
A blue plaque will be unveiled on Thursday, March 7, at 3pm to honour two of Manchester's most influential men from the 19th Century, Absalom Watkin and his son Sir Edward Watkin, MP. The plaque will be placed at the entrance to one of the city's most iconic buildings, the Manchester Central complex, formerly known as Central Station and GMex.
The ceremony will take place to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the first Great Central Railway train to leave Marylebone Station in London for Sir Edward's Manchester Central in March 1899. Both men led fascinating lives, with Absalom dedicating his life to fighting for the rights of Manchester's poorest families.
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He brought attention to the Peterloo Massacre in 1819 and led a national campaign to repeal the Corn Laws, which kept bread prices high during poor harvest years. His son, Sir Edward, who is known as the Railway King, became Chairman of no fewer than nine railway companies and a trustee of a tenth.
In 1882 he started to build a Channel Tunnel completing two miles with a tunnel boring machine between June 1882 and March 1883. However, the British Government got cold feet, citing the possible threat of an invasion by the French, and ordered the work to be stopped.
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After that he turned his attention to building a great tower in London that would be 200 feet higher than the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Unfortunately, Sir Edward’s Tower, which was located where
Kobbie Mainoo, the rising Manchester United star, has a very famous brother who made his name on Love Island. Kobbie's own quick rise to fame continued this week when he got his first call-up to play for England.
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