We Built This City
Manc 101: Lisa Morton - The Heart of 100 Mancs
Published: 22 May 2026 at 00:15 Europe/London
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‘It takes a village, it takes a city’
How do you create your big Manchester Family?
Fresh from the Big Manc Chippy tea event, which celebrated reaching 100 Mancs on the podcast, Lisa Morton is turning the tables in this episode. For the first time, she’s the one answering questions on values, relationships, purpose, legacy and of course, the all-important chippy order.
Lisa is joined by her daughter, Nina, and together they reflect on the belief systems and values that have been crucial in Lisa’s life, both personally and professionally, and how those same values have helped Nina build her own relationships across Greater Manchester.
You’ll hear about what inspired Lisa to set up Roland Dransfield 30 years ago, the moments that have made her proud to be a manc, and those that have knocked her down. This episode is about the people who helped her back up, and the community she now calls her ‘Manchester family’.
After sitting down with 100 born, bred or adopted Mancunians, find out how Lisa’s view of the city region and its people has changed and what she believes it takes to build something special here.
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Your host, Lisa Morton, started PR company Roland Dransfield in 1996, one month after the fateful IRA bomb that tore apart the city centre. From that point, the business and its team members have been involved in helping to support the creation of Modern Manchester – across regeneration, business, charity, leisure and hospitality, sport and culture.
To celebrate the 30 years that Roland Dransfield has spent creating these bonds, Lisa is gathering together some of her Greater Mancunian ‘family’ and will be exploring how they have created their own purposeful relationships with the best place in the world.
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