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mauvais said:
IIRC it's Sam Smiths which makes it immune from normal business logic or economics or modern life. Last I saw, not so long ago, it had restoration specialists (it's listed) working on it, definitely closed, but this isn't the first time this has happened in recent years. I've no idea if it's going to open again this time though.

See e.g. The Racecourse Hotel, Salford, pub, restoration, exterior, replacement of all oak, commercial building renovation project but again I don't know which of the many closures that refers to.
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There you go - Sam Smith's - no Guinness. Soft bigotry.
 
If it's too late for This n That and she wants cheap and cheerful curry Cafe Marhaba is my current favourite. Not too far away, just off Picadilly.
 
danny la rouge said:
Elder daughter is in Manchester for a work training thing. She wants to know if a curry house called This & That is any good. Anyone know?
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Yeah it really is for the money. There is plenty of similar places for a similar price around there too. You get a plate of three curries and rice for about a fiver. The menu changes daily and its all traditional food. Have not had a bad meal there tbh
 
danny la rouge said:
Elder daughter is in Manchester for a work training thing. She wants to know if a curry house called This & That is any good. Anyone know?
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Yes, it's good. And cheap. But closes early. If she's looking for somewhere to eat in the evening, Bundobust and Indian Tiffin Room are both popular and well-reviewed. Not as cheap as This'n'That though.
 
On the subject of Manchester curry cafes, what's Hunters BBQ like these days? It used to be great for lunch - rice & three, really friendly staff - but looking at reviews it looks crap now. I've not lived in Manchester for six years, but don't want to get bitten on return visits.
 
farmerbarleymow said:
I'm off to see the Da Vinci exhibition this weekend
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I went last weekend. Don't let me put you off but I was slightly underwhelmed, probably just not my cup of tea. 30 people at a time, so a queue, although not too bad. The drawings are all medical. They're historically interesting but not in themselves that captivating, IMO.

The Nordic design exhibition at the top was cool. Kind of like a fancy IKEA where you can't buy anything.
 
mauvais said:
I went last weekend. Don't let me put you off but I was slightly underwhelmed, probably just not my cup of tea. 30 people at a time, so a queue, although not too bad. The drawings are all medical. They're historically interesting but not in themselves that captivating, IMO.

The Nordic design exhibition at the top was cool. Kind of like a fancy IKEA where you can't buy anything.
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Yeah, I never get my hopes up about exhibitions. Worth having a look though, and the gallery is always a nice place to spend an hour or so.
 
This is a nice set of photos - a bloke with a camera taking pictures of the Eccles area in the 1960s.

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These amazing images were forgotten for 50 years - is your mum in one of them?
 
Manchester Museum is putting an elephant skeleton on the concourse at Manchester Piccadilly. They were building it this morning. Much better than the usual stalls promoting commercial tat.

Elephants are lovely. :)
 
London got bumped for Manchester for Xmas shopping & general bimbling about as train tickets were too spendy.

I have been to Manc a few times but I don’t really know it. We are seeking pubs, veggie food, record shops, trinkets, art and of course Xmas market!
 
Oldham Street should cover a lot of those things: you can drink in The Castle, buy trinkets from Magma, Aflecks Palace and Fred Aldous, records from Picadilly Records and the Vinyl Exchange (I think there's record stalls in Aflecks too). Manchester Craft and Design Centre is just round the corner too. I'm sure there's good veggie food round there but I can't remember where atm.

Avoid the christmas markets though, they're shite.
 
Very much thanks for info, we headed to Oldham St & there we stayed for a while. Did drinks in The Freemount, -Abel Heywood & The Castle. Had lunch at Earths Kitchen.

should have planned dinner better as couldn’t get a table for 40 mins at a Indian Street food place near the station & the city was getting busier with Xmas party folk. We ended up with nice enough pizza.

It was my friends first Manc mooch about - he had only been for gigs before. Never thought I would hear him say he didn’t want to go into a record shop when we saw one on walk back to station - he had been in a fair few!
 
Anyone know any good wild swimming spots near Manchester? Not got a car but a bike and don't mind cycling 20 odd miles to find a decent spot.
 
Yea loads of people swim by the Beefeater pub in Salford Quays. Not sure it'll be going down too well currently though.

Sale Water Park recently re-opened so not sure how busy it might be there.
 
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Yea loads of people swim by the Beefeater pub in Salford Quays. Not sure it'll be going down too well currently though.

Sale Water Park recently re-opened so not sure how busy it might be there.
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We used to jump of the bridge into the water, my cousin landed on one of his nuts once
 
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