• Archive
• Videos
• Artist/Band A-Z
• Archive Docs
• 19th Century History
  • Chapter 1: An Eventful Century
    • Introduction
    • To 1820
    • On Swan Street
    • The Drinking Classes
    • Pub Entertainments
    • More Seriously
    • 1820s-1850s
    • Smithfield Market
    • The Beer Act
    • Temperance
    • Sounds of the City
    • Broadsides
    • Marx & Engels
    • 1860s - Early 20th C.
    • Pubs with Music
    • New Owners, New Era
    • Positive Trading Outlook?
    • Italians
    • Scuttlers
    • Pickpockets
    • Pianos
    • Music Halls
    • Musicians Union
    • Brass Bands
    • Classical Music
    • Ancoats Brotherhood
    • The McKennas Sell Out
  • Chapter 2: The Publicans 1803-1856
    • Landlady & Landlords
  • Chapter 3: The McKennas
    • The McKennas Were Here
    • A Pub Dynasty
    • Music on Oldham Road
    • 2nd & 3rd Generations
    • Irish Culture
    • 3rd Generation Takeover
    • Big Brewery Buyout
    • Irish Influence Remains?
    • The First McKenna Pub
  • Chapter 4: The Building(s)
    • The Buildings: Introduction
    • 18th Century Origins
    • Into the 19th Century
    • First Expansion: 1820s
    • Second Extension: 1850s
    • The Picturehouse Building
    • Further Expansion
    • Cocozza Wood Building
  • Appendices
    • Appendix 1
    • Appendix 2
    • Appendix 3
• 20th Century History
  • The 1970s
  • 70s Programme: Steve’s Jazzy Selection
  • 70s Programme: Jazz Centre Society
  • 70s Programme: New Manchester Review
  • 70s Programme: Manchester Musicians Collective
  • 70s Programme: Lunchtime Theatre and Comedy
• Links & Volunteers

Links & Volunteers

There are several ways that you can contribute to this evolving resource:

• If you have any old publicity materials or recordings of any kind from Band on the Wall
• If you have any stories about the history of the venue or the Picturehouse or those who have performed there
• If you wish to volunteer your own time to research information about the venue

Then email project@bandonthewall.org and tell us about what you have or wish to do. Alternatively write to: Archive, Band on the Wall, 25 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JZ.