Altrincham

He lived in Altrincham, Cheshire, although he was born in Bury, Lancashire in 1916.

Peter Trodden 2010

I live in Altrincham, where average earnings are very high, but I don't demand a 'Trafford parliament' because lazy Cockneys in Bow or Dagenham or wherever else are a drain on my finances.

Scottish End Game Newmania 2007

I live in Altrincham, where average earnings are very high, but I don't demand a 'Trafford parliament' because lazy Cockneys in Bow or Dagenham or wherever else are a drain on my finances.

Scottish End Game Newmania 2007

Altrincham are far from the only side to be forced into their opponents strip when faced with a kit conundrum.

Which teams have had to wear their opponents' kit? | The Knowledge 2011

In 2004, Manchester United supporters disrupted a reserve match in Altrincham in protest at the proposed takeover of the club by the Glazers.

What are the strangest on-pitch protests? | The Knowledge 2012

In an attempt to get to grips with "middle England", I visited the affluent suburb of Altrincham to speak to people struggling to earn a living, but also desperate to live a life beyond the bottom line, and I put their views to the new Labour leader, who had some very interesting things to say.

What conference film-making taught me about the new political landscape John Harris 2010

The undisputed Houdinis of English football, though, are Altrincham – the Robins were relegated, but not relegated, from the Conference for three successive seasons between 2005 and 2008.

xxHas a team ever been relegated from the same division two years in a row? | The Knowledge 2011

The start of the game was marked by a bizarre episode after six minutes when, following protests from the Altrincham bench to the fourth official, the referee, Simeon Lucas, stopped the game to allow Nuneaton to change into Altrincham's yellow away strip.

Which teams have had to wear their opponents' kit? | The Knowledge 2011

Altrincham's Moss Lane ground –sticking resolutely to the Blue Square Premier, regardles of league position.

xxHas a team ever been relegated from the same division two years in a row? | The Knowledge 2011

There were the embarrassing FA Cup defeats to non-league Altrincham and Kidderminster and the humiliation of relegation to the third tier of English football in 1989.

Alex McLeish has taken Birmingham to places they never thought likely 2011