Mundane pictures of the North

[tangerinedream]

Some special magazines in a bush

 

[farmerbarleymow]

What have you been told about fly tipping?

 

[tufty79]

Some special magazines in a bush

threadwinner

 

[Firky]

Some special magazines in a bush

That's beautiful, man. That should be a listed hedgerow. Saved for the children of generation to come.

Put a lump in my throat that. It's taken me back 25 years.

 

[Firky]

A random piece of metal ruining the beach

Looks like an old tank for red diesel or oil.

 

[tangerinedream]

That's beautiful, man. That should be a listed hedgerow. Saved for the children of generation to come.

Put a lump in my throat that. It's taken me back 25 years.

I passed them on an outward journey but on my return journey they'd gone.

 

[Fez909]

You've guilt-tripped me into going to Lev now.

Just heading off on foot so should be a couple of hours given photo stops, and the train back. Am armed with biscuits, sweets and fruit to keep me going.

In return, you have to carry out the broken arm experiment - its only fair.

You love it! Watch those feets

Right then, what do I have to do? If I remember correctly, the saying is that a swan is strong enough to break your arm? To test that I'd have to antagonise the swan so much that it uses its full force on my arm in an attempt to break it. If it can't then the myth is busted. If it can, then my arm is busted.



How do you coax a swan into breaking your arm?

 

[tufty79]

You love it! Watch those feets

Right then, what do I have to do? If I remember correctly, the saying is that a swan is strong enough to break your arm? To test that I'd have to antagonise the swan so much that it uses its full force on my arm in an attempt to break it. If it can't then the myth is busted. If it can, then my arm is busted.



How do you coax a swan into breaking your arm?

i can coax a swan into breaking your arm
and am at a loose end this afternoon

 

[Miss Caphat]

I'm not 100% sure, but I'm confident enough that I'm going to risk it!

Here's a swan family enjoying the nice weather

ok, just be careful, and stop swimming there if you start to grow a second head or anything like that, ok?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Just act like you're threatening its young, and it'll kill you with a single blow.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I've found a Nisa on my way too!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

ok, just be careful, and stop swimming there if you start to grow a second head or anything like that, ok?

He'll need a second head after the angry swan has decapitated him.

 

[Miss Caphat]

He'll need a second head after the angry swan has decapitated him.

oh, well in that case go right ahead

 

[The Boy]

Just got back from a night out in Manchester. Had my other half's phone so left it in hotel, but there were loads of things I wish I had taken pics of. I feel like I've let this thread down in some way.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Just got back from a night out in Manchester. Had my other half's phone so left it in hotel, but there were loads of things I wish I had taken pics of. I feel like I've let this thread down in some way.

I'm afraid you have - that's shockingly remiss of you!

A good excuse to make a return trip though, armed with camera.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

On me way back home now, and got a lots of pics. Including, of course, the best shop in Lev.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

i can coax a swan into breaking your arm
and am at a loose end this afternoon

Don't forget to take a fishing net and a bag with you. You need it to fish his head out of the water after the swan has finished with him, and then carry it to casualty so they can sew it back on.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

First batch of pics from my 3.9 mile wander today. These are on Stockport Road before Longsight.

A branch of Nisa!



Random empty building:



Daisy Mill, with one of the ubiquitous 192 buses heading towards Stockport:



Knackered old house:

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Welcome to Longsight.

These are random pictures of the main shopping street.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Longsight Market. I love the beanie hat worn by the person in the front of the image - completely oblivious to me stood right in front of them with a camera!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Billy Joel's favourite shop:

 

[Tom A]

Longsight - that takes me back, I lived with some friends on the Longsight/Levy border for a few months some years ago, they were on the other side of Crowcroft Park. This would be a familiar sight when I got the famous 192 to and from theirs...

 

[Miss Caphat]

I like "Unicor" home furnishings.

Unicore sounds like a music/life style for sci-fi/fantasy kids

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Panache fashion. I love this area for the quirky shop names that are everywhere - a nice change from the boring chain names you see in the city centre.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Asian sweet shops are quite numerous here. The window displays are lovely and colourful, but just looking at them makes my teeth hurt! They look so incredibly sickly.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

An alley.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Some more random shops. I wonder if 'Grillish' is run by the same people who run 'Kebabish' in the city centre?

I also like the 'Lo Price' shop that also does headstones. What an odd mix of products, but a one-stop shop I suppose - toys for when you're young, and headstones for when you're dead!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Seen better days...



Please give those poor signs a wash - they would look so much better if they were sparkly clean.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

 

[farmerbarleymow]

And for the 1,000th picture I've resized for this thread (and posted most of them), it is goodbye from Longsight from me, Judith Chalmers, and...



...hello to Levenshulme.