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friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
Are adults allowed to....yer know.....Slide awayyyyYYYY!
and if so what is the inside circumferance of the tube?
Are adults allowed to....yer know.....Slide awayyyyYYYY!
and if so what is the inside circumferance of the tube?
Well I mean...Who doesn't want to go down a slide across a river!
I saw an adult going down it, maybe average size but with a big coat on. The tube looked fine but the way up to it looks quite challenging...once you're over the rope bridge bit there's some climbing through bars to get up to the top. He didn't exactly shoot out of the bottom.
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
It looks ace. I reckon I'd take a bit of wd40 and make it interesting
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.Some old pics here, including soot stained town hall and art gallery, don't think I've seen these before
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27 Snapshots of Manchester In The 1960s - Flashbak
37 Snapshots of Manchester In The 1970s Via: MMU
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Nikkormat
Well-Known Member
Some old pics here, including soot stained town hall and art gallery, don't think I've seen these before
27 Snapshots of Manchester In The 1960s - Flashbak
37 Snapshots of Manchester In The 1970s Via: MMU
Second pic, Scala/Cine City. I saw Bridget Jones's Diary there. Not a bad little cinema. Finally killed off by that abomination along the road in Didsbury.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
I had a discussion with a retired Methodist preacher about the history of the Whit Walks once, absolutely fascinating.Some old pics here, including soot stained town hall and art gallery, don't think I've seen these before
27 Snapshots of Manchester In The 1960s - Flashbak
37 Snapshots of Manchester In The 1970s Via: MMU
Ha, cine city now there's some memories from the late 90s into the early 2000s
Nikkormat
Well-Known Member
I'm pretty sure I also saw ET there. Probably my earliest memory.
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
12-hour party people? Manchester tells Night & Day cafe to abate
Pioneering music venue and crux of city’s Northern Quarter faces noise abatement notice after neighbour’s complaint
Wasn't there some other issues pre pandemic with people moving into the vibrant Northern Quarter and then deciding that they didn't like the noise that goes with the vibrancy.
I really feel for these guys. This is part of the fabric of the area and now they're being squeezed due to the shit application of planning and building control by the same people who are issuing abatement orders.
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
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Raheem
Well-Known Member
Might be mistaken, but I'm not sure this is such a big deal. Think Night and Day has always had a licence condition of shutting the fuck up at midnight. So, it seems they've been breaking it and so they've been issued with a warning by the council, unsurprisingly.12-hour party people? Manchester tells Night & Day cafe to abate
Pioneering music venue and crux of city’s Northern Quarter faces noise abatement notice after neighbour’s complaintwww.theguardian.com
Wasn't there some other issues pre pandemic with people moving into the vibrant Northern Quarter and then deciding that they didn't like the noise that goes with the vibrancy.
I really feel for these guys. This is part of the fabric of the area and now they're being squeezed due to the shit application of planning and building control by the same people who are issuing abatement orders.
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
A weekend midnight curfew in a place like the NQ is a bit wank though isn't it? And the planning issue is a real concideration for building homes in places that have 'Nightlife' businesses. It's clearly a big enough deal for 90.000 folk to sign the petition.
I'm off to see a gig in Liverpool late November and the Mrs said "Can we stay the night?". It's still a novelty to her, I'd rather grab a cab home but I said "Yeah sure". She's booked us in a gaff near the Cavern. I'm not expecting it to be a quiet nights sleep
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Raheem
Well-Known Member
Yeah, music venues should be able to operate as music venues without facing complaints for noise.
A few years ago, Night and Day was threatened with closure due to a complaint, but it won in the end.
It doesn't look to me like this is the same sort of case though, although it's understandable for the owners to lay it on thick. The council don't seem to be threatening them with closure, but telling them they have to stick to their licenced hours for music, which you can hardly expect them not to do, can you?
A few years ago, Night and Day was threatened with closure due to a complaint, but it won in the end.
It doesn't look to me like this is the same sort of case though, although it's understandable for the owners to lay it on thick. The council don't seem to be threatening them with closure, but telling them they have to stick to their licenced hours for music, which you can hardly expect them not to do, can you?
I think the recent argument for Night and Day seems to be that the council fucked up by not ensuring the right noise reduction measures were checked and built into the new flats so they're suggesting the council pay to put it right.
As killer b said before though there's been fuck all on there that I've been interested in since last time this came up so I'm less arsed than I might be if it were Soup, The Peer Hat, Gulliver's or Aatma which are all much better venues.
As killer b said before though there's been fuck all on there that I've been interested in since last time this came up so I'm less arsed than I might be if it were Soup, The Peer Hat, Gulliver's or Aatma which are all much better venues.
The new exhibition at the Whitworth is great - a major retrospective of Trinidadian painter / designer Althea McNish. Much of the exhibition is the spectacular cloth & wallpaper designs she created for Liberty, Hull Traders, John Lewis and the like - many which will be familiar from your childhood.
It does mean there's a lot of wallpaper stuff on display there atm, but that suits me. Will head back for a longer look soon,
also notice Gee Voucher from Crass is going to be doing a talk there tomorrow, which I can't get to but some of you might be interested?
It does mean there's a lot of wallpaper stuff on display there atm, but that suits me. Will head back for a longer look soon,
also notice Gee Voucher from Crass is going to be doing a talk there tomorrow, which I can't get to but some of you might be interested?
Rubbish... it's sold out. I might go along anyway.
defo give it a go - loads of people not bothering to turn up to shows they've paid for tickets right now, you can be sure there'll be even more of that going on with free stuff.
hitmouse
policing yellow and opportunity purple
Went to that just this weekend past, did you go to the singing film thing? You can see my parents in that.
I saw the singing film ages ago - kind of enjoyed it, but found the claim that sacred harp singing is a traditional folk song of east lancashire a bit of a stretch - how far back do shape note singing traditions go in east lancs? the 1990s?
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
Looks like I've got four more new tower blocks going up just across the road from me. We've already had years of construction noise.
Throbbing Angel
uncivilly servile
One of the reasons we left (the Castlefield end of Deansgate).
hitmouse
policing yellow and opportunity purple
ACORN Manchester asking for people to help stop an eviction tomorrow:
They've been asking people to sign up for four-hour shifts, but I imagine they presumably won't be turning people away who can't commit to that?
Also, crossposting from the gig thread, strike fundraiser gig/clubnight on Thursday:
www.eventbrite.co.uk
They've been asking people to sign up for four-hour shifts, but I imagine they presumably won't be turning people away who can't commit to that?
Also, crossposting from the gig thread, strike fundraiser gig/clubnight on Thursday:
MMU UNISON - Strike Fundraiser Club Night! Thurs 15th December at Peer Hat
Come and support striking MMU workers at our fundraising club night! Live bands, DJs, and a chance to directly support us this winter!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
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