{"id":43466,"date":"2025-07-11T17:09:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T16:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=43466"},"modified":"2025-07-11T17:09:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T16:09:39","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-it-survived-two-world-wars-heartbreak-as-manchesters-hotspur-press-left-a-smouldering-ruin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=43466","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep: &#8216;It survived two World Wars&#8230;\u2019 &#8211; Heartbreak as Manchester&#8217;s Hotspur Press left a smouldering ruin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/512px-The_Hotspur_Press_on_fire_1_by_Jotaht_Commons_Wiki.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/512px-The_Hotspur_Press_on_fire_1_by_Jotaht_Commons_Wiki.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/512px-The_Hotspur_Press_on_fire_1_by_Jotaht_Commons_Wiki.png 512w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/512px-The_Hotspur_Press_on_fire_1_by_Jotaht_Commons_Wiki-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><sub>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:The_Hotspur_Press_on_fire_1.jpg\">Hotspur Press on Fire<\/a> by Jotaht, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\">CC BY 4.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 24 June, people woke up with the tragic realisation that one of Manchester&#8217;s oldest and most symbolic buildings the Hotspur Press has been destroyed, reports <em>Manchester Evening News.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>Manchester Evening News<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Manchester starts a new day, it&#8217;s with a heavy heart that one of the city&#8217;s foundation blocks now lies a gutted, crumbling ruin. By late evening yesterday, Hotspur Press, one of the oldest mills in Manchester city centre, was destroyed by fire\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This morning, we take in the aftermath\u2026. The building&#8217;s history will forever be associated with Manchester&#8217;s story\u2026 Originally built as Medlock Mill, a cotton mill\u2026 it is considered Manchester&#8217;s oldest mill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/greater-manchester-news\/it-survived-two-world-wars-31919994\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Hotspur Press on Fire by Jotaht, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons On 24 June, people woke up with the tragic realisation that one of Manchester&#8217;s oldest and most symbolic buildings the Hotspur Press has been destroyed, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=43466\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,87,29],"class_list":["post-43466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-fire","tag-heritage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43468,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43466\/revisions\/43468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}