Mundane pictures of the North

[farmerbarleymow]

This is the building that caught fire recently on Oldham Road, and the repairs are underway it seems.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

A random tower block somewhere north of the city centre. Frances Lengel - am I allowed to post pictures of your turf that I've taken with a zoom lens from afar, or is that cheating?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Two workmen on a roof in the NQ.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Some roof action.







And I spotted this in the distance. Can't work out where it is, but I liked the decorative top of the building:

 

[farmerbarleymow]

While on the car park roof I spotted this building, so investigated when I was back on street level.











And it turns out it is tucked away on this street, next to an Indian takeaway place that has been around for years (which I must get round to visiting):









And the gable end showing where another building was attached to it in the past:

 

[The Boy]

farmerbarleymow, you've not been to This & That?

 

[Orang Utan]

Tunnel for cattle and people under the A6120 (Leeds Ring Road)
Known locally as Cow Shit Tunnel

 

[farmerbarleymow]

farmerbarleymow, you've not been to This & That?

Never have - I meant to many year ago but, erm, didn't get round to it and then forgot.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Tunnel for cattle and people under the A6120 (Leeds Ring Road)
Known locally as Cow Shit Tunnel

Where in Leeds is that tunnel? It looks familiar.

 

[Orang Utan]

Far Headingley/Adel

 

[Orang Utan]

It's on the Meanwood Valley Trail

 

[Frances Lengel]

A random tower block somewhere north of the city centre. Frances Lengel - am I allowed to post pictures of your turf that I've taken with a zoom lens from afar, or is that cheating?

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Jolly unsporting, what?

Kingsbridge Court I reckon btw.

 

[The Boy]

Never have - I meant to many year ago but, erm, didn't get round to it and then forgot.

I'd recommend going on a Sunday for the Lamb Nihari, and Tuesday for the cabbage. The latter in particular is legendary.

Also worth going the Yadgar for a compare-and-contrast. Never tried Al Faisal, but heard mixed reviews.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

It's on the Meanwood Valley Trail

That'd make sense, as I used to walk up there now and again. Ta.

 

[Frances Lengel]

I'd recommend going on a Sunday for the Lamb Nihari, and Tuesday for the cabbage. The latter in particular is legendary.

Also worth going the Yadgar for a compare-and-contrast. Never tried Al Faisal, but heard mixed reviews.

I didn't rate Al Faisal that highly when I went. It was alright as in edible but the guy was a proper bad attitude twat.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

For all your tattoo and piercing needs, opposite Shudehill bus station. The Soft Lase place next door is for tattoo removal - so a one-stop shop!

The Hare & Hounds is a decent little pub - very much no frills, but nice and friendly.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I liked this old painted sign on the stonework on the Troff building in the NQ:

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Some gratuitously nice Victorian buildings in the NQ, but mundane in their own way:







With some nice stonework on the side:

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Ugly building just over the road, formerly an office block but converted to flats now:

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Another ugly building, and the front of this faces Piccadilly. It looks so cheap and plastic, and 80s.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

An old stationery shop on Back Piccadilly. I didn't know it had closed, but it was open the last time I looked a couple of years ago I think.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

And more bloody rubbish on the pavement. I think I'll write to the council and complain as it makes the place look like a bloody tip!

 

[neonwilderness]

A couple taken while out and about this afternoon

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Been on the wander again today, and got some nice boring buildings, and coming up later, a monstrous collection of gargoyles.

Bland building on Moseley Street. Manpower have been there for donkeys years - I remember signing up to them when I first moved to Manchester without a job many years ago.



An empty office block on a back street from St Peter's Square. Barclaycard used to be based there, and I worked there briefly in the call centre dealing with the redemption of points people accrued on the card. Awful job, but I do remember (or not) going into work one August Bank Holiday Monday after dancing all night off my tits on E at GMEX as part of Mardi Gras. I was off my face, and have absolutely no idea what I said to the customers who rang up. I didn't care, as I was leaving in a couple of days anyway. But apologies to any customers whose records I totally fucked up!





Bin Alley:



The back entrance of a chinese restaurant, and in close up you can see they helpfully store veg right by the door, so handy for stealing:





Boulton House on Chorlton Street in the gay village:





Barlow House round the corner on Minshull Street:



White building on stilts on Major Street:

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I've posted pictures of these buildings before, but I realised today it is a car park so I had a wander in to see them at close range. Really dull and boring buildings. The red brick mill is the Minto and Turner building posted from a distance god knows how many pages ago, along with the grey small towerblock that used to be a Manchester Metropolitan Uni building I think.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

One of the entrances to the nuclear bunker that is built underneath Manchester, dating from the Cold War. I would love to go down to have a look, but I don't think they even run tours which is a shame.

I know Frances Lengel has posted a picture of this before, but sod it, here are my pictures of it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_telephone_exchange

http://www.atomica.co.uk/guardian/

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...news/tunnel-vision-tour-that-lifts-lid-853605





This sign is on the wall on the first floor flat roof in the picture above - by the ladder to the top roof. Not sure if it is just a safety notice for access to the top roof, or some sinister code for nuclear war!





And there was this odd graffiti on the wall. No idea what it is supposed to mean, but it appears to be a skeletal bird.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Gargoyle time. These are mainly in the John Rylands Library, as I was there today for a great session on Victorian maps of Manchester, with several original large maps on display, with a talk by the curator of maps.

The carving is great, and walking around it is amazing that there are so many different designs so the attention to detail when the building was constructed is impressive. Lesser buildings would no doubt use a stock template to reduce cost.

Some of the pics are not perfectly focused, as they are on the ceiling mainly, so it was tricky to keep my hands still while trying to photograph them.







Pigs clearly do fly!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

 

[Orang Utan]

Strictly speaking, most of those are bosses and the remaining are grotesques, not gargoyles

 

[farmerbarleymow]