Photo: Two-year-old Tracey Peyton takes a closer look as the Queen strolled through the Manchester Evening News neighborhood in Spinningfield. June 23, 1971. (01329443) (c) Mirrorpix
1969
June 13th
America’s newest craze – the frisbee – Arrives in the UK against the unlikely backdrop of Old Trafford cricket ground.
Four girls tried each other at Frisbee throwing, Old Trafford Cricket Ground, June 1969 (00049733) (C)
The Frisbee was originally marketed by the US toy company Wham-O in 1957 and was a model Popcorn can lid being thrown around after Thanksgiving Day food. It was called Pluto Platter first!
We’re not sure what the Lancashire cricketers thought of the advertising girls throwing the discs across the sacred lawn – but the frisbee caught on in the UK with a vengeance.
It even got into that National Toy Hall of Fame In 1998.
Two-year-old Tracey Peyton took a closer look as the Queen walked the Manchester Evening News neighborhood in Spinningfield. June 23, 1971. (01329443) (c) Mirrorpix
1971
23rd June
Barriers couldn’t stop two-year-old Tracey Peyton from taking the queen when the monarch met crowds in Spinningfields.
The meeting took place during the Queen’s visit to the city, which included a tour of the District Court.
Tracey, carefully tied to the toddler’s reins after being lifted over the railing, looked a little awestruck as she waved her Union Jack flag.
1996
15th June
The destruction by a bomb dropped by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Manchester can be clearly seen, as rubble is on Arndale center.
The 1,500 kilogram truck bomb (the largest explosive charge in Britain since World War II) exploded in Corporation street.
1996 Bomb attack on Manchester by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on Saturday June 15, 1996. 00342777 (C) Mirrorpix
More than 200 people were injured, but there were no fatalities as 75,000 had been evacuated from the area following a telephone warning.
Insurers estimated that caused the explosion £ 700 million Damage to the city’s infrastructure.
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