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Stumps

June 26, 2009, 7:16 am

Public Art or tree stumps concreted into the ground upside down? This is called “Flailing Trees” and is actually public art for the forthcoming Manchester International Festival.

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(posted in the Moblog category)

Currently watching the tennis, awaiting the start of tonights free film in the Spinningfields areas of central Manchester. Tonight it is “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”. We shall see what I think of it later…

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(posted in the Main Blog category)

Blogging test

June 25, 2009, 7:25 pm

This is simply a test of whether my new “HTC Touch HD” mobile phone is happy to blog.

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(posted in the Moblog category)

Summer Fruit

June 24, 2009, 7:23 pm

To my surprise the strawberry plants have come on rather well since I last ventured into the greenhouse. Three strawberries have made themselves available for consumption this evening… nom nom nom.

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(posted in the Moblog category)

Royal Exchange Building 1910

June 23, 2009, 8:52 pm

The Baedeker guide recommends visiting the building, a “massive structure in the classical style” whilst in Manchester. It was constructed between 1864 - 74 by Mills & Murgatroyd and at the time had a Corinthian portico and a campanile 180foot high.

Edwardian visitors should go on a tuesday or friday (cotton market days) between 1pm - 2pm to witness “the scene of great bustle and apparent confusion”. It continues by informing the reader that “Strangers are admitted to the galleries on application to the keeper”.

The third Royal Exchange building described by the Baedeker guide was extensively extended and altered just four years later in 1914 to become the building standing today. The function of the building has since changed to become a theatre.

(c.1910) ^ (c) Manchester City Council - Local Image Collection

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(posted in the Baedeker's 1910 Manchester category)

Garden Blooms

June 21, 2009, 10:47 pm

I’m not sure what it is, a tuber root type plant but with great flowers each year.

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(posted in the Photo Album category)

Central Post Office, 1910

June 15, 2009, 9:25 pm

The Baedeker guide from 1910 merely mentions the Post Office can be found on Spring Gardens. Unlike other locations it doesn’t include any detailed information. Historic photographs from around the time show the general form of the building.

Today, the Post office is still located between Spring Gardens and Brown Street in the new Zenith Building. Modern photographs are taken from Spring Gardens.

Building from Spring Gardens (c.1900)

Building from Brown Street (c.1877)
^ (c) Manchester City Council - Local Image Collection
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(posted in the Baedeker's 1910 Manchester category)

No more Tweets…

June 1, 2009, 10:16 pm

My favourite DAB digital radio station is no more. It was only a filler station until something else took the channel, but you just couldn’t beat Birdsong.

The recording does still appear to be online however for the time being.

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(posted in the Main Blog category)