Mundane pictures of the North

[Roadkill]

I dropped a stitch.

 

[Roadkill]

Another monstrosity, Hull College:



The statue is William Wilberforce. The whole lot stands across the entrance to the former Queen's Dock, which was filled in in the 1930s, and now looks like this:

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Chorlton Street today.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

A final bit of graffiti.

 

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Not sure what this was originally, but empty now.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Near Manchester Oxford Road Station.



Edit to add - just noticed how green and fluffy the drainpipe is in the pic above. That hasn't been cleaned for a long while!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

An unusual back view of some sizeable old buildings in town - this is from a back street near the old BBC Broadcasting House. The brickwork you can see in the first two pics just above the metal fence is the wall that contains the River Medlock that runs in a meander through this area.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Another couple of some viaduct arches. I like the pub gardens perched over the river. Would be nice to sit and have a beer there, if only Manchester ever had sunshine...

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Stairs to nowhere.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I don't sadly- was in the Lowry today but with two classes of over excited children but still managed to flout the 'no staff allowed to use their phones' policy. If I am sacked due to my urge to take some boring pictures for strangers on the internet, you better take up a collection Or cut me in on the proceedings of the 2014 'Meanderings into the mundane' calendar.

Here you go - I've dug through my old pics of that area as I used to work in Anchorage Quay just down the road from the Lowry, and also lived not much further away.

Here is one of the road I lived on, on a nice sunny evening. But mundane nonetheless, as I saw this each and every day and it was dull.

Edit to add - this is Eccles New Road looking towards Eccles.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Salford Quays:

 

[farmerbarleymow]

This is the site of what has now become Media City:



This is the Lowry Centre from the observation deck in the Imperial War Museum:



Look at the leaden sky!

The Lowry Centre is actually clad in foil stolen from supermarkets by troops of local children.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Flats in Salford. Blurry zoomed photo.

I used to live in a flat in the weirdly-painted white and turquoise tower block at the edge of the picture. I was on the 21st floor, so had fantastic views.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

The junction between the M602 and Trafford Road. Used to have to walk past this all the time and it is near the gasometer I posted several pages back at dawn. This picture was taken at sunset looking towards Eccles.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Random car park in the Quays, probably since built over.

 

[neonwilderness]

Off on a quick mundane ramble before going to Tesco. Will report back later.

 

[Tom A]

Demolition time. This was originally the Twisted Wheel in Manchester. Latterly a very seedy gay club which was not for the faint hearted.

Unsurprisingly, to be turned into yet more flats.

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Also did a stonking great rock night there as well. Legends was also one of the few gay places in Manc which hadn't gotten totally commercialised like Canal Street in their lust for the pink pound. It's pretty gutting to see it being torn down just so the landlords can put yet another sodding hotel in its place!

 

[cyberfairy]

The junction between the M602 and Trafford Road. Used to have to walk past this all the time and it is near the gasometer I posted several pages back at dawn. This picture was taken at sunset looking towards Eccles.

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Thanks for those- nearly drowned the toddler whilst looking at them. Salford must be approaching Abu Dhabi in its transition from a mundane past into a future designed by those in the present. Lowry would be rolling in his grave to see the sodding Lowry discount outlet. The kids from my school were unbelievably excited and talked in the coach all the way home about the 'blue water in the posh toilets' at the Lowry Paintings were not mentioned.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Also did a stonking great rock night there as well. Legends was also one of the few gay places in Manc which hadn't gotten totally commercialised like Canal Street in their lust for the pink pound. It's pretty gutting to see it being torn down just so the landlords can put yet another sodding hotel in its place!

But it was still a complete dive! I've been there a few times years ago and it is not my cup of tea, to say the least.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Salford must be approaching Abu Dhabi in its transition from a mundane past into a future designed by those in the present.

I agree - I started living and working in the area in the mid-90s, and it has changed massively since then. I quite liked it when it was partially desolate with large areas empty, as they had a certain character which was nice to wander around. But no more sadly, and things change.

 

[neonwilderness]

Mundane Gateshead

 

[Callie]

no

can someone organise a mundane drinks in the northshire please? i want to go exploring mundanity

 

[cyberfairy]

no

can someone organise a mundane drinks in the northshire please? i want to go exploring mundanity

Meet you outside the pound shop bakery in Grimsby

 

[farmerbarleymow]

no

can someone organise a mundane drinks in the northshire please? i want to go exploring mundanity

That's be 'Northshire' of course. Always a capital N.

 

[Callie]

ahh but then i might confuse it with Northampton, what with that being in the north n all

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I bought meself a 64GB memory card for my phone to replace a rubbish 2GB one, so I'll be mundane snap happy from now on in! Brace yerselves for lots of boring Northern pictures everyone!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

ahh but then i might confuse it with Northampton, what with that being in the north n all

Shut it! that is outright heresy!

 

[neonwilderness]

Shut it! that is outright heresy!

Tbh even all the Manchester photos are in dubious territory

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Tbh even all the Manchester photos are in dubious territory

Fuck right off! I'm from the NE so it qualifies by default.

 

[neonwilderness]

A mate of mine used to live in Stockport, which is definitely pushing it