The World Famous Embassy Club was bought from Manning's son by Manchester City Council A comedy club first opened in 1959 by controversial comic Bernard Manning is set to be demolished to make way for ...

For some, the demise of the late Bernard Manning's 'World Famous' Embassy Club is no laughing matter - it's the end of an unmistakeable north Manchester landmark. A symbol of Mancunian working class ...

For nearly 70 years, Manchester’s Embassy Club echoed with the city’s biggest laughs. On its final night, old fans, new faces, and one rising comic came together to pay tribute to a venue that helped ...

A ‘world famous’ comedy club in Manchester which gave an early platform to the likes of Peter Kay and John Cooper Clarke is set to close later this month, after plans were unveiled for it to be ...

A comedy club first opened in 1959 by controversial comic Bernard Manning is being flattened - to make way for a health centre. The World Famous Embassy Club, in Harpurhey, Manchester, was most ...