'The Procession has been running nearly continuously from the end of the 19th century'
La Squadra Azzura may have bowed out of the Euros early but tomorrow Manchester embraces its Italian links. The traditional Madonna del Rosario procession will take place in the city centre.
Families had moved - mainly from Lazio and Campagna - to find jobs in Manchester’s booming cotton mills and industrial workplaces. In the late 1800s there was an influx of Italian immigrants from the North and South of Italy to the district of Ancoats near Manchester city centre, an area which was later to become known as Ancoats’ Little Italy.
"The Procession has been running nearly continuously from the end of the 19th century, through the 20th century and now into the 21st century. "The Manchester Italian Catholic Society eventually became the Manchester Italian Association, and for the past 20 years MIA has been organising the Procession. Hundreds of spectators line the streets of Manchester to watch the walks."
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