Waiting for the Angel

In the 1950s, Gorton was a crowded working class area of Manchester made up of terracedI houses, factories, locomotive sheds, canals, railway lines, greyhound and speedway tracks, public houses, corner shops, scrap yards, churches and schools, as well as Belle Vue – one of the biggest zoological and pleasure gardens in England. It had a way of life that is now long gone, but its influences remain, not only in the lives of those people who remember it, but also in the rich sense of humour, tragedy and benevolence that still survives in the area.

Stephen Sayers grew up in Gorton. He was baptised in Gorton Monastery and attended Peacock Street and Ryder Brow schools. He left Manchester in 1971 to go to University in York, where he now lives. Stephen Sayers is a Patron of Chetham's Library in Manchester and is a Patron of The City Art Gallery and the Theatre Royal in York. For many years he wrote a column for the Yorkshire Evening Press and he has lectured, broadcast and published widely on matters relating to folklore, religion and social psychology.

• Publisher: Ohm Books Publishing
• Published: 21st June 2016
• Language: English
• Paperback: 276 pages
• ISBN:‎ 9781533592941
• Dimensions: 12.7 x 1.75 x 20.32 cm