It was built by the War Office as an anti-aircraft operations room on land at Worsley New Hall, and was part of a national network of defences which included an alternative seat of government to the House of Commons - underground at Box Hill near in Corsham in Wiltshire. Over the past 100 years there have been at least six separate attempts to build a rail network below the city, from tramways under a drained Irwell river, to a monorail stopping at the Airport. Of all these plans, the Picc-Vic tunnel of the 1970s came closest to being realised.

Christmas market stalls will be dotted around with a variety of food and drink vendors selling Yorkshire Pudding wraps, bratwurst, burgers pancakes, donuts, mulled wine, hot chocolates and plenty more. About the upcoming reunion tour, Cheryl said: “We all started talking about the possibility of doing something to celebrate Girls Aloud’s 20-year anniversary a few years ago.Haunted by notorious killers and the lingering stench of death - a prison officer's life inside Strangeways Thousands of people tread the tarmac and cobbles above Manchester’s hidden underground world every day, but even the proudest of Mancunians could be forgiven for not knowing it was there. The underground Manchester & Salford Junction Canal: From its open-air source, through to its submerged section where the water resolutely refuses to go away – what a story. Reported in the City News, 1915 that a passageway was discovered around 1842 between Chetham’s Well and the Cathedral. Similar rumoured tunnels lead to New Bridge Street next to Victoria Station and even as far as Moston College over 2 miles away.

Based on the old Castle Irwell student village for University of Salford students, this hell hole contained drunken carnage like nowhere else and was an iconic part of student life in Salford – a rite of passage.Former student Louise Patton remembers the ’15-hours of drinking’ nights being ‘the most memorable’ where student boozers wore themed T-shirts – pretty impressive memory skills after all that alcohol! Till Geiger, cold war historian at Manchester University, said he is surprised Trafford built one so late. He said: "However 1983 was the time when the cruise missiles were first stationed here. There was a certain amount of tension and people did talk about the possibility of nuclear war." Louise Thompson, who worked behind the bar for more beer money, recalls ‘drinking out-of-date vodka mudshakes after hours, until the cleaners would arrive in the morning’. Chris Lambley

Everything from nuclear bunkers to the Joy Division master tapes have been discovered just below the surface of the city. The mayors and council leaders also call in the letter to Mr Harper for him to ensure HS2 connects with a London terminus at Euston, not six miles outside the city centre. New survey reveals almost half of all British households were ‘too scared to put the heating on’ last winter

Memories of Manchester’s long lost but not forgotten club nights

A tunnel is remembered to exist in this area, beneath Moston Cottage (built 1713), and accessed through other properties. Rumoured to extend to the Cathedral and used as transport for catholics during persecution. But for a project this size and expense to fully begin, two things would be needed: parliamentary approval and funding from London. The Picc-Vic tunnel succeeded in getting the first when legislation was passed in 1972, but was derailed by the Minister for Transport Industries, John Peyton, who could not justify the costs of the project to a cost-cutting Chancellor. Read More Related Articles Those who do remember Pips well, however, are those that used to call it a home-from-home. A Facebook group called Pips Disco - Manchester (Its behind the Cathedral) has been a place where ex-clubbers can post photos and share memories of the lost nightclub. Underground Manchester: Tunnels, a tube station and even shops hidden beneath the city's streets revealed Here’s some of the gone but not forgotten club nights around Greater Manchester and tales of the shenanigans that went on there – from the partygoers that were there. Chris Lambley The Pav

Weston Williamson + Partners is no stranger to station design, having completed two stations for the Elizabeth Line in London and oversaw the redevelopment of London’s Waterloo station. I think it's an amazing place - the sheer scale of the arches, the fascinating notices and other remnants from the last war, and imagining what it was like for all the people who sheltered down here." Hidden Manchester All will be accompanied by the vibrant sights and sounds of the Fat Cat Brass Band and Bloco Band, who will bring ‘Christmas cheer and tunes’ to the streets of Manchester. The report – Manchester Piccadilly High Speed Station: Design of an Alternative Underground Station – adds that the two scenarios which use mined caverns “introduce significant risk both in terms of safety and of damage to existing structures due to settlement risks”.

The report doesn’t mention that the MetroLinkline could by diverted around station works to allow it to remain open. Local author Keith Warrender has long been intrigued by urban legends about underground Manchester.