Brian Maidment	Editorial
Katherine Newey	Early-Nineteenth Century Theatre in Manchester	1
Steve Collins	William Harrison Ainsworth: Manchester’s Historical Novelist	20
Michael Powell and Terry Wyke	Charting the Manchester Tributary of the Golden Stream: Leary’s History of the Manchester Periodical Press	43
Trefor Thomas	George Bradshaw and Bradshaw’s Manchester Journal, 1841-1843	63
Margaret Beetham	Ben Brierley's Journal	73
Eddie Cass	The Cotton Factory Times, 1885-1937	84
Aidan Turner-Bishop	Livesey Collection, University of Central Lancashire, Preston	93
Christine Lingard	The Language and Literature Library, Manchester	103
Hannah Williamson	The Character of Hat Works	111
Eric Holt	The Lancashire Authors' Association	122

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