The Great Depression brought mass poverty and unemployment to Manchester, all the while the world inched towards war For many historians, the 1930s in Britain is defined by the Great Depression. With Britain still struggling to pay for the effects of World War One, in 1929 the US stock market crashed cutting the value of British exports by half, plunging industrial towns and cities into poverty. Over recent weeks the M.E.N. has dug through the archives, counting down through the decades in pictures. We reach the decade that's now beyond living memory for all but the most senior of Manchester's...