Archive for May 2009
Seasonal Blooms - Iris
May 29, 2009, 8:20 pm
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(posted in the Photo Album category)
Seasonal Blooms - Weeds
May 29, 2009, 8:17 pm
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(posted in the Main Blog category)
Flexible working locations
May 29, 2009, 9:20 am
This morning I have chosen to work from a bench in Bank Park, Warrington. It is a nice day for it…
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(posted in the Moblog category)
Piccadilly Gardens, 1910
May 27, 2009, 7:53 pmThe Baedeker guide recommends first visiting the “pavement in front of the now vacant site of the old infirmary (founded 1753)”. At the time of writing in 1910, the building had recently been demolished, however statues of the Duke of Wellington (c.1856), surrounded by Dalton (c.1855), Watt (c.1857) & Peel (c.1853) were the attractions. The statue of Dalton was removed during the 1960s, to be replaced with an electricity sub-station. All remaining statues have been repositioned since the time of the book in 1910 but are still in existance. The book fails to mention the statue of Queen Victoria (c.1901) however. The historic photo is dated 1920 and shows a new structure built on the site of the old infirmary.
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(posted in the Baedeker's 1910 Manchester category)
London Road Station 1910
May 17, 2009, 8:11 pmUpon arrival in Manchester at London Road Railway Station, the Baedeker guide recommends heading north, walking up Piccadilly to point of interest number 1.
The starting point today is unrecognisable to that of 99 years ago. The main station building and the adjacent goods depot such a prominent feature to the Edwardian traveller have long gone. The name of the railway station has now also changed to become Manchester Piccadilly.
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(posted in the Baedeker's 1910 Manchester category)
Baedeker Tour of Manchester 1910
May 17, 2009, 8:02 pmIn the John Rylands library on Deansgate, there is a copy of a travel guide for towns and cities throughout Great Britain. The Baedeker Guides were the forerunner of the modern travel guides but for Victorian and Edwardian tourists. What will follow over the next few months is the guide to Manchester as described in the 1910 edition. It will be interesting to see what survives 99 years on.
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(posted in the Baedeker's 1910 Manchester category)
Fishergate Baptist Church, Preston
May 11, 2009, 9:33 pm
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(posted in the Images category)
Preston
May 11, 2009, 9:28 pmIn different ways, I quite liked the look of both the Market Hall and the Bus Station. The market for obvious historical reasons, the bus station for the imaginative cladding to the car park above. I’ve always wondered how to best disguise a multi storey car park…
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(posted in the Images category)
How not to build a conservatory…
May 3, 2009, 11:29 pmEaston & Nic’s neighbours have been carrying out a little DIY, they appear to be making a “conservatory” out of some extremely thin strips of timber, small angle brackets, sheet glass and clear mastic. I can see that working.
Clearly the way to attach sheet glass to timber is by just using a little bit of mastic… it’ll be fine! I can’t see that being the most prominent issue - Count the timber columns and wonder how the end of the “conservatory” is standing up?
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(posted in the Main Blog category)
Bike Fishing
May 3, 2009, 11:07 pmIan P, Harry and myself did a little bike fishing earlier today in a Manchester canal. Well, Harry & Ian P did some bike fishing, I took photo’s and provided the transport. The star catch was a Schwinn Stingray. The police have been informed in case the original owners can be traced, if not then hopefully Ian gets to play with some additional bikes.
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(posted in the Images category)
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