The Embassy Club which was founded by comedy legend Bernard Manning and inspired Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights is set to be bulldozed. Manning's 'world famous' comedy club, in the Harpurhey area of ...
For nearly 70 years, Manchester’s Embassy Club echoed with the city’s biggest laughs. On its final night, old fans, new faces ...
BERNARD Manning’s “world famous” Embassy Club is set to be demolished to reportedly make way for a health centre. The venue first opened in 1959 and is also said to have inspired Peter Kay’s hit TV ...
12:43, Tue, Mar 3, 2026 Updated: 12:45, Tue, Mar 3, 2026 A comedy club first opened in 1959 by controversial comic Bernard Manning is being flattened - to make way for a health centre. The World ...
The comedy club founded by Bernard Manning is to be demolished. The self-styled ‘world famous’ Embassy Club in the Harpurhey district of north Manchester will host its final comedy night on Friday. It ...