Manchester UK and towns nearby- info
Mar 26th, 2013, 01:17 AM
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Mar 26th, 2013, 04:47 AM
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I loved the Art Gallery. Perfect size, and they had a great temporary exhibit when I was there. In addition to the remarkable pre-raphaelites.
People's Museum sure was unique. And arranged in a quite entertaining way. Not just dry facts and figures.
And another vote for the John Rylands Library.
And the MOSI! If Science and Industry is your cup of tea. But you don't have to be a tech nerd to enjoy it.
I also visited Lyme Park by train to Disley and a loop hike from the station to the House and back to Disley. The village also has a few nice (gastro) pubs.
People's Museum sure was unique. And arranged in a quite entertaining way. Not just dry facts and figures.
And another vote for the John Rylands Library.
And the MOSI! If Science and Industry is your cup of tea. But you don't have to be a tech nerd to enjoy it.
I also visited Lyme Park by train to Disley and a loop hike from the station to the House and back to Disley. The village also has a few nice (gastro) pubs.
Mar 27th, 2013, 01:51 AM
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gert girl, if it's some time since you've been back, you won't recognise the City Centre. It has stunning new architecture, like Urbis and has retained the Victorian splendour it had in buildings like the Town Hall or Midland Hotel.
I'm always diappointed when visitors to England believe they've "seen" England with a visit to London and then straight to Edinburgh via York. I understand the problems of limited time, but this City is not to be missed.
I'm always diappointed when visitors to England believe they've "seen" England with a visit to London and then straight to Edinburgh via York. I understand the problems of limited time, but this City is not to be missed.
Mar 27th, 2013, 06:23 AM
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Yes, I go back for about a week every year. Seen all the regenerated Victorian splendour. What really got me was the Free Trade Hall where we used to go to Halle concerts. Now the posh Radisson Edwardian. We had a drink there for old times' sake. My cousin is part of the indie music scene so I'm up to date with that too.
Nov 1st, 2013, 03:52 AM
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There are lots of smaller towns with wonderful history in the areas surrounding Manchester.
Bolton, with its history as a Mill town with a long standing weaving tradition.
Eccles, famous for among other things the pastry treat that it proudly lends its name to.
Swinton and Pendlebury, with there rich colliery heritage.
Clifton, with the famous viaduct or as it is more commonly known "13 Arches".
Plus a great deal more waiting to be (re)discovered.
Bolton, with its history as a Mill town with a long standing weaving tradition.
Eccles, famous for among other things the pastry treat that it proudly lends its name to.
Swinton and Pendlebury, with there rich colliery heritage.
Clifton, with the famous viaduct or as it is more commonly known "13 Arches".
Plus a great deal more waiting to be (re)discovered.
Nov 1st, 2013, 05:02 AM
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I agree that there is a lot of history associated with the smaller outlying towns, but you can't actually see any of it now, except perhaps in Bolton.
Eccles is famous for Eccles cakes and nothing else now--they're made in a factory locally. Swinton and Pendlebury don't have any visible mining heritage, just lots of takeaways and the viaduct takes 5 minutes to see.
Like most places that evolve over a century or two (or more)the Salford side is mainly a residential area that feeds into Manchester in the mornings for work, that is if you can get down the Crescent and into the City after the daft changes to traffic flow.
Eccles is famous for Eccles cakes and nothing else now--they're made in a factory locally. Swinton and Pendlebury don't have any visible mining heritage, just lots of takeaways and the viaduct takes 5 minutes to see.
Like most places that evolve over a century or two (or more)the Salford side is mainly a residential area that feeds into Manchester in the mornings for work, that is if you can get down the Crescent and into the City after the daft changes to traffic flow.
Nov 1st, 2013, 05:16 AM
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On a recent visit, I was simply horrified by Bolton, which seemed to me to have been destroyed by the post-industrial revolution more thoroughly than anywhere else in Lancashire (Kirkby and Skelmersdale didn't really exist in the 19th century).
Bury still has its market, and a surprisingly decent museum: the Asian transformation of Blackburn might upset the neo-fascists, but it's created an astonishingly vibrant community. All I could see in Bolton was a once-proud (and still impressive) Town Hall at the end of a High Street now full of pawn shops and amusement arcades.
Is there a "there" there any more?
Bury still has its market, and a surprisingly decent museum: the Asian transformation of Blackburn might upset the neo-fascists, but it's created an astonishingly vibrant community. All I could see in Bolton was a once-proud (and still impressive) Town Hall at the end of a High Street now full of pawn shops and amusement arcades.
Is there a "there" there any more?
