Band on the Wall
Former market pub turned live music venue, named for a stage once fixed high on its wall.
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This guide to Band on the Wall in Manchester goes back to the late nineteen thirties, when an ex-miner and occasional boxer named Ernie Tyson took over a market pub on Swan Street called the George and Dragon. It follows the barrow boys, market traders and wartime servicemen who packed the bar from dawn, and the landlord whose job was keeping them in line. You'll also meet an accordionist who worked a sewing machine across the street by day.
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