Stretford: An Illustrated History Style:Paperback Bud Collins

Bud Collins

The clubs decided that they had suffered enough of the control of the southern gentry and formed their own northern rugby football union and split from the rugby football union

convinced that the Church in its present state is in irreversible decline and that its eventual extinction is a foregone conclusion

Aaron Bower is a freelance sports journalist and sports writer from Bradford

Alan has written three books on Reading FC

Stretford: An Illustrated History Style:Paperback Bud CollinsOVER the last 300 years Stretford has undergone dramatic change, from farming community to industrialised centre that forms the basis of today's town. This book charts this development to 2002, illustrating the story with photographs. Stretford's industrial history is only part of this wide ranging account. The social life of the town is vividly recorded, from the Botanical Gardens of 1831 to Victorian pageants and exhibitions, and Manchester United's