beesonthewhatnow
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Retro Bar - I recognise that building but did it used to be called something else?
Mundane pictures of the North
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farmerbarleymow
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Nice old name on a building further up Sackville Street. The name Stethos House is linked to medical supplies:
http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/tours/tour9/area9page28.html
http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/tours/tour9/area9page28.html
farmerbarleymow
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The exciting Manky Way slip road:
beesonthewhatnow
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Did you get a pic of the sliproad to nowhere? 
farmerbarleymow
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Boring car park, and boring modern buildings. It is depressing to see the number of modern buildings in Manchester that have been built in the last 10 years or so that are just so damn dull. No character whatsoever.
farmerbarleymow
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Did you get a pic of the sliproad to nowhere?
I think that is many pages back from the last time I was round here. I wonder if they'll ever finish that link?
farmerbarleymow
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It is almost as if they are trying to compete with the internet by suggesting news is a rare commodity.
farmerbarleymow
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According to someone on this site, it used to be called the Swinging Sporran - an ace name for a pub, albeit slightly in the wrong country.
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/53/5307/
beesonthewhatnow
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Yep that's the one. I ended up in a massive fight there once 
farmerbarleymow
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Waste tyre disposal, Northern-style. Can anyone work out what that square object at 9 o clock is?
farmerbarleymow
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A very faded wall advert, which I can't make out:
"Don't waste money on stone facing on the side of the building - no-one will see it", said the architect:
"Don't waste money on stone facing on the side of the building - no-one will see it", said the architect:
farmerbarleymow
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This is a ballet school/theatre of some kind upstairs, opposite the old BBC site on Oxford Road:
Not sure what this odd-looking building is, but part of one of the universities I think:
Not sure what this odd-looking building is, but part of one of the universities I think:
farmerbarleymow
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Putting coloured panes of glass in is not going to make this building look attractive:
Ugly thing attached to a nice old building - good planning decisions there:
The Deaf Institute - never been in, but it is for young cool people so I'm disqualified:
The first pub I ever went into in Manchester, when I went to visit a friend who'd went to Manchester uni back in 1992. An old cinema I gather:
Ugly thing attached to a nice old building - good planning decisions there:
The Deaf Institute - never been in, but it is for young cool people so I'm disqualified:
The first pub I ever went into in Manchester, when I went to visit a friend who'd went to Manchester uni back in 1992. An old cinema I gather:
farmerbarleymow
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Dull brick buildings of Manchester Uni on Oxford Road:
The bar at the bottom with yellow paint is where some of us got absolutely trashed one Bonfire Night in 2005 (Twisted at Tangled, or Tangled at Twisted - can't remember the name of the night). I mysteriously cut my chin from falling over, and have no memory of how I managed it but suspect I was either mugged as I also lost my wallet, or just fell over and left my wallet somewhere. I'll never know!:
Random empty bit just behind the bridge over Oxford Road:
Looking t'other way:
And the sign you can just see in close up - not sure if you can be commanded to feel happy, but there you go:
The bar at the bottom with yellow paint is where some of us got absolutely trashed one Bonfire Night in 2005 (Twisted at Tangled, or Tangled at Twisted - can't remember the name of the night). I mysteriously cut my chin from falling over, and have no memory of how I managed it but suspect I was either mugged as I also lost my wallet, or just fell over and left my wallet somewhere. I'll never know!:
Random empty bit just behind the bridge over Oxford Road:
Looking t'other way:
And the sign you can just see in close up - not sure if you can be commanded to feel happy, but there you go:
farmerbarleymow
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Brick, brick and more brick. They weren't called 'red brick universities' for nowt:
One of the older uni buildings:
An almost deliberately boring building, designed as if it is embarrassed to be seen in public and wants to hide away:
Looking towards town. It never rains in Manchester. Honest!:
Dull parade of shops, Oxford Road:
Ugly students union:
A bucolic urban scene of lots of lovely grey concrete:
One of the older uni buildings:
An almost deliberately boring building, designed as if it is embarrassed to be seen in public and wants to hide away:
Looking towards town. It never rains in Manchester. Honest!:
Dull parade of shops, Oxford Road:
Ugly students union:
A bucolic urban scene of lots of lovely grey concrete:
farmerbarleymow
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They've certainly nicked everything they can without breaking the lock:
The River Medlock being hemmed in by buildings. Not exactly suitable for lazy boat trips in summer:
An entrance to the service area of the Palace Hotel on Whitworth Street:
The River Medlock again, this time its meander in this part of town. I'm curious about the odd arch at water level at the bottom of the brick wall, and wonder where it leads to:
Car park to the rear of this set of buildings, and railway viaduct - I've posted pictures of this from the other side of the railway viaduct before:
Back of the sets of building in sensible terracotta given the local climate:
The River Medlock being hemmed in by buildings. Not exactly suitable for lazy boat trips in summer:
An entrance to the service area of the Palace Hotel on Whitworth Street:
The River Medlock again, this time its meander in this part of town. I'm curious about the odd arch at water level at the bottom of the brick wall, and wonder where it leads to:
Car park to the rear of this set of buildings, and railway viaduct - I've posted pictures of this from the other side of the railway viaduct before:
Back of the sets of building in sensible terracotta given the local climate:
The wall ad seems to be only-partially-successfully-removed graffiti. Can't make out the top line, but the bottom bit says PHB FYM. Not sure what it means, but I see FYM a lot. Probably means Fuck Ya Mam.
farmerbarleymow
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Back streets:
A car park on Whitworth Street at least making an attempt to blend in with the surroundings:
A soot-blackened building on Princess Street - quite an unusual site these days in Manchester:
Red pipe yellow pipe, on the side of the nice UMIST building on Whitworth Street:
A car park on Whitworth Street at least making an attempt to blend in with the surroundings:
A soot-blackened building on Princess Street - quite an unusual site these days in Manchester:
Red pipe yellow pipe, on the side of the nice UMIST building on Whitworth Street:
farmerbarleymow
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They must have been good climbers, as it was about three floors up the wall! Maybe it was done during maintenance work so they managed to get access to the scaffolding.
Throbbing Angel
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John Dalton Building at MMU. Computery Mathsy stuff goes on there as I recall..
Been on the bus today for lunch with Mrs Angel and lil' Angel
Behold, The (very) Greyhound Bridge (from the top deck of a moving bus)
farmerbarleymow
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I've been out wandering again today, and had an odd but understandable experience when I bobbed up to the roof of a multi-storey car park at Shudehill to take some pics from a good vantage point. I'd been there for a while, on a completely empty top deck, when a security guard came over and asked if I was all right.
Expecting to be told off for taking pictures on private property, but he said they always send someone up if they see someone alone on the top deck for more than a few minutes as they've had several people attempting to jump in the last couple of months, the latest one this weekend who attempted it twice (none successful in the last several months thankfully). He was fine once he knew I was just taking pictures, and its good to know they pay attention to that risk in car parks.
The view was great too.
Will post some pics later on.
Expecting to be told off for taking pictures on private property, but he said they always send someone up if they see someone alone on the top deck for more than a few minutes as they've had several people attempting to jump in the last couple of months, the latest one this weekend who attempted it twice (none successful in the last several months thankfully). He was fine once he knew I was just taking pictures, and its good to know they pay attention to that risk in car parks.
The view was great too.
Will post some pics later on.
farmerbarleymow
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Here is a tiny barbers shop opposite Victoria Station. Been there for years, and the 'Snippers 2' sign has been like that as far as I can recall:
For Roadkill and longdog - oddly, the station lists Goole alongside other more well-known locations which is slightly strange. Presumably trips to Goole must have been popular when the station was built.
The road away from the station, with Urbis on the right (now a football museum, so presumably just stacked to the rafters with old footballs?):
Some old tatty buildings on Miller Street (the two on the right anyway - the red brick pub looks nice):
For Roadkill and longdog - oddly, the station lists Goole alongside other more well-known locations which is slightly strange. Presumably trips to Goole must have been popular when the station was built.
The road away from the station, with Urbis on the right (now a football museum, so presumably just stacked to the rafters with old footballs?):
Some old tatty buildings on Miller Street (the two on the right anyway - the red brick pub looks nice):
farmerbarleymow
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Some pictures around the Co-op chunk of town. They own a lot of land in the city centre, and their offices are centred around the Victoria area.
The 1962 CIS Tower on Miller Street, once the tallest in the city and the UK at 387 feet, but obviously no longer the case. It is Grade II listed, and the concrete core (which is out of sight here) was covered in 7,000 solar panels about ten years ago, which produce enough electricity to make 9 million cups of tea.
The new Co-op building over the road. A strange organic shape, which I quite like.
Tatty stairs round the corner. The 60s shiny buildings themselves still look good, but it is the details like this that show their age:
A plaque about the Co-op Union. I like the use of the word 'propagandist' - I'm assuming the meaning was slightly different compared to today it being a mostly pejorative word:
One of the older Co-op buildings. The back could do with a bit of work to tidy it up and remove the plants, but the front of the building on Corporation Street is nice:
An odd collection of building types from one of the back streets. The U-shaped one with the stone frontage visible on the left is one of the old buildings facing Corporation Street, the shiny glass and black vitreous enamel one is New Century House, built around the same time as the taller tower, and the crappy one is presumably 60s/70s. I used to go to the dentists in the crappy building years ago.
The 1962 CIS Tower on Miller Street, once the tallest in the city and the UK at 387 feet, but obviously no longer the case. It is Grade II listed, and the concrete core (which is out of sight here) was covered in 7,000 solar panels about ten years ago, which produce enough electricity to make 9 million cups of tea.
The new Co-op building over the road. A strange organic shape, which I quite like.
Tatty stairs round the corner. The 60s shiny buildings themselves still look good, but it is the details like this that show their age:
A plaque about the Co-op Union. I like the use of the word 'propagandist' - I'm assuming the meaning was slightly different compared to today it being a mostly pejorative word:
One of the older Co-op buildings. The back could do with a bit of work to tidy it up and remove the plants, but the front of the building on Corporation Street is nice:
An odd collection of building types from one of the back streets. The U-shaped one with the stone frontage visible on the left is one of the old buildings facing Corporation Street, the shiny glass and black vitreous enamel one is New Century House, built around the same time as the taller tower, and the crappy one is presumably 60s/70s. I used to go to the dentists in the crappy building years ago.
farmerbarleymow
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The car park at Shudehill where I took the following pictures. Great view from the top so recommended if you're in Manchester with some time on your hands:
Some older buildings below on Rochdale Road. If you look closely at the third building with a stepped design (the one on the right of the picture) you can see some worrying balconies. The one on the top floor has just a plank no wider the a door frame. Not recommended for sitting on and drinking wine, unless you like hospital food! The floor below isn't much better. And what's the betting they are advertised as having balconies?
This is the remnant of older individual buildings still left on Shudehill, and surprisingly not demolished. A motley collection but I'd rather they stay as they have a bit of character:
Some older buildings below on Rochdale Road. If you look closely at the third building with a stepped design (the one on the right of the picture) you can see some worrying balconies. The one on the top floor has just a plank no wider the a door frame. Not recommended for sitting on and drinking wine, unless you like hospital food! The floor below isn't much better. And what's the betting they are advertised as having balconies?
This is the remnant of older individual buildings still left on Shudehill, and surprisingly not demolished. A motley collection but I'd rather they stay as they have a bit of character:
farmerbarleymow
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Some hills towards the horizon. The first is Alphin Pike over by Dovestones Reservoir in Saddleworth, about 11 miles away from the city centre:
Somewhere to the north of the city - can't remember the exact direction I was looking in:
A wind farm - I think this will be Scout Moor (up past Rochdale) as they built one there a few years ago despite lots of local objections:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scout_Moor_Wind_Farm
Badgers - did they manage to find you? The wiki page says under a s106 agreement they were required to carry out: "A survey will take place to establish the presence of badgers in the area before development takes place."
And Winter Hill transmitter station. The main TV transmitter for the area and other stuff too I guess. Not a very clear picture as I was zooming in as far as the camera would go:
Somewhere to the north of the city - can't remember the exact direction I was looking in:
A wind farm - I think this will be Scout Moor (up past Rochdale) as they built one there a few years ago despite lots of local objections:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scout_Moor_Wind_Farm
Badgers - did they manage to find you? The wiki page says under a s106 agreement they were required to carry out: "A survey will take place to establish the presence of badgers in the area before development takes place."
And Winter Hill transmitter station. The main TV transmitter for the area and other stuff too I guess. Not a very clear picture as I was zooming in as far as the camera would go:
King Biscuit Time
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Interesting that in Manchester/Salford there are a lot of places where buildings are stacked high against the side of a river, whereas in Sheffield they just culverted the fucking lot of them and built over the top. Is there a reason for this - did they used to move stuff on the rivers in Manchester.
This has left Sheffield as a city at the confluence of five rivers without a single decent waterside area.
This has left Sheffield as a city at the confluence of five rivers without a single decent waterside area.
farmerbarleymow
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An interesting comparison. The rivers in Manchester are pretty crap as rivers go, but they were used in the past in industrial times - albeit mainly for dumping waste as I recall. They just seem too shallow to be used for transport as they are too near to the watershed to be deep enough for boats (one of the reasons the Manchester Ship Canal was developed to enable a dock to be built this far inland in the 19th century I vaguely remember). But you do see pictures of boats on them in the art gallery, and also on websites, from centuries back. But I'm not that au fait with the history to be fair so don't know what these boats were for.
There must be an historical reason why Sheffield opted for a culvert - Rochdale did the same with their river. Perhaps just a local political decision at some point to build over it? Perhaps it was for flood prevention - a confluence of five rivers is a bit risky in flooding terms, especially as the city abuts the Peak District which must chuck loads of water downhill!
That said, Manchester doesn't really have a riverside, as it is so built up you just really see it from the bridges. The nearest equivalent we have is the canals which can be nice.
There must be an historical reason why Sheffield opted for a culvert - Rochdale did the same with their river. Perhaps just a local political decision at some point to build over it? Perhaps it was for flood prevention - a confluence of five rivers is a bit risky in flooding terms, especially as the city abuts the Peak District which must chuck loads of water downhill!
That said, Manchester doesn't really have a riverside, as it is so built up you just really see it from the bridges. The nearest equivalent we have is the canals which can be nice.
farmerbarleymow
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Oldham Civic Centre from Manchester city centre, with the Spindles Centre on the right:
An orange tower block somewhere north, but possibly beyond Strangeways looking at the tower in the foreground:
Salford Precinct and environs:
Blackfriars, Salford and environs, including the Riverbank Towers.
And the Arndale spiral car park entrance and exit on Shudehill:
An orange tower block somewhere north, but possibly beyond Strangeways looking at the tower in the foreground:
Salford Precinct and environs:
Blackfriars, Salford and environs, including the Riverbank Towers.
And the Arndale spiral car park entrance and exit on Shudehill:
Rochdale canal, Failsworth.
Trolling.
Houses in F/W
Main St Failsworth with the pole in just visible.
farmerbarleymow
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Thanks for the Failsworth pictures.
A place I've never been to in all these years.
A place I've never been to in all these years.
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