'We've lost everything. We have nothing in this area'

Sally only intended to stay in Manchester for a year when she arrived from Dublin in 1962. But she never left, falling in love with the 'spirit' of one place in particular. Living in Chorlton-on-Medlock at first, she would go all over the city by bus - but Hulme stood out.

She moved to the area just before the infamous Hulme Crescents were built. The now-demolished development - which was the largest public housing scheme in Europe at the time - was depicted as a 'utopia' and Sally insists it was 'very beautiful' to look at.

But soon after moving into the four u-shaped blocks, residents realised they were built so badly that conditions were, in some cases, worse than the 'slums' they were moved out of. The people of Hulme fought hard and, decades later, the area was totally transformed.

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However, things have changed a lot since the redevelopment of Hulme in the 1990s. University campuses have expanded and the demographic has changed beyond recognition - and as more and more students move in, some residents feel forgotten.

Dozens of pubs, several churches and a handful of schools have closed while shops now cater to the student population, residents claim. Care homes have closed too, meaning that many who have lived in Hulme all their lives may not grow old in their hometown.

"We've lost everything," Sally says. "We have nothing in this area.

"Everything is for students. We have one bar, but when older people try to go in they've been told this is not really for you."

One of the many pubs to have closed in recent years is now at the centre of another fight over the future of