MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS: The lost Manchester map that could be worth thousands

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Dr Martin Dodge, senior lecturer in human geography at the University of Manchester, said: "The original would have been colourful and huge, and hung on the wall of the office.

"The map doesn’t seem to be in any kind of public archive, I don’t think it would’ve been thrown away. It’s one of those intriguing lost artworks, the kind of thing that if it does exist, it would be really great to find.

"If it was to be found it would potentially be the only copy of it, potentially worth tens of thousands.

"This work is very collectible, very attractive, quirky, quite humorous. They are very nice things to own, and this seems to be the only one he did for Lancashire. Have you seen this map?

"Have you got an elderly relative who used to work for Manchester Collieries, who took it off the wall when the company was nationalised? It’s within living memory."