On 24 August 1959, the Manchester Guardian removed its home town from the masthead. The Guardian would never return to Manchester, Platt, a former president of the Royal College of Surgeons said. O’Reilly has analysed the 251 letters readers sent when the Guardian changed its name, with objectors outnumbering supporters by four to one. Photograph: The GuardianShe quoted Elsie Entwistle, a Mancunian living in London, who emphasised the importance of the Manchester Guardian in uniting Mancunian exiles in the Big Smoke. But we will try our best to continue the traditions of the Manchester Guardian: independent, liberal, radical, separate, different and alternative, hunting away from the Fleet Street pack from wherever we call home.

Source: The Guardian May 06, 2021 07:00 UTC