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Manchester Sky

Manchester is usually associated with rain, and more rain.  But these photos prove it’s not always the case. Linked to Skywatch Friday.

Art and Craft in Manchester

Good art, craft and fabric shops seem few and far between in Britain this days.  Many department stores have ditched their haberdashery departments and not many high streets feature a […]

Rochdale Canal Trail

Many visitors, and even residents, don’t fully appreciate the history or beauty of the canals in Manchester. To help bring the Rochdale Canal to life, the City Council with a […]

Pink Graffiti

Manchester’s Northern Quarter has plenty of spectacular graffiti, though a lot of it is hidden during the day because it is on raised shop shutters.  I was there on August […]
Pink Graffiti

John Rylands Library

“There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.” Michel de Montaigne The John Rylands Library in Manchester is housed in a beautifully striking late-Victorian neo-Gothic building on […]

Toast Rack and Fried Egg

I was born and spent the first five years of my life in Manchester, England.  My elder sister went to college there in the early 1960s, before we all moved […]

Canals through Manchester

Canals were at the heart of the development of industrial Manchester. They brought coal and raw materials right to the heart of the city and carried away manufactured goods. The […]