Rowland Detrosier , a radical politician , preacher and educator , was brought up in Hulme in the early 19th century . Actor Alan Igbon , known for playing Loggo in Alan Bleasdale 's TV drama '' Boys from the Blackstuff '' , was born in Hulme . Morrissey , lead singer of the Smiths , spent his childhood in Hulme and neighbouring Stretford . Jazz trumpeter Kevin Davy lived in Hulme during his time as a student at Manchester Polytechnic . Poet and BBC Radio 4 presenter Lemn Sissay spent the first 17 years of his life in care , in Hulme and its surrounding areas . Musician , author and TV presenter John Robb lives in Hulme . Billy Duffy ( guitarist with The Cult ) grew up in Hulme . Film critic Mark Kermode lived in Hulme while he was a university student in Manchester . Alfred Garth Jones the illustrator was born in Rutland Street , Hulme on 10 August 1872 . Albert Scanlon , who played as a winger for Manchester United between 1950 and 1960 and was a survivor of the Munich air disaster in 1958 , was born in Hulme in 1935 . Jonathan Nall , the first secretary of Hulme Athenaeum 's association football club , was born and raised in Hulme and went on to become a significant promoter of the game in Manchester and a president of the Manchester Football Association . Albert Hill won a Victoria Cross in the First World War
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