Newton Heath

Newton Heath is an area of Greater Manchester, famous primarily for two things:

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• The birthplace of Newton Heath Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Football Club (est. 1878), later to become Manchester United. An old nickname for the team was "the Heathens" - clearly derived from their original name, this in turn spawned "The Red Devils".
• Manchester rhyming slang for "teeth".

From February 10 1883 until the slum clearances of the 1970s a Salvation Army corps existed in Thorp Road.

Related Topics:
February 10 - 1883 - Salvation Army

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