Poem 57 of 230: MANCHESTER - A GIST
Sports, large warehouses and merchants are the gist -
A centre for distribution and trade,
Plus making goods and services for this list;
Well placed, in these, it seems, the future’s laid.
Oh - I should note the entertainment trade,
And that, from fruit and grain, fine foods are made.
(C) David Franks 2003
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| Manchester's Bridgewater Hall; 30/1/2023 |
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| MCR Central Convention Complex; 30/1/23 |
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| Manchester United's Old Trafford; 26/9/22 |
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| Rugby League H.Q., SportsCity; 27/9/2022 |
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Manchester Regional Arena; 13/6/2021
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| National Cycling Centre, SportCity; 13/6/21 |
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| Tennis Centre beside Ashton Canal; 13/6/21 |
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| Manchester City's training grounds; 13/6/21 |
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Yet more development around the already
huge sports-hub that is SportsCity - this an
entertainment arena; 27/9/22 and 13/6/21 |
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| London Rd. Fire St., Manchester; 13/6/21 |
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October prep for Halloween AND Christmas
along Deansgate, Manchester; 20/10/2019 |
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| Christmas along Deansgate; 17/12/2019 |
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| Just off Piccadilly, Manchester; 22/7/2019 |
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"Victory Over Blindness" statue outside
Manchester Piccadilly Station; 8/7/2019 |
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Free yellow shuttle-bus beneath Manchester's
sky-slope National Football Museum; 18/6/19 |
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| Mancunian humour; 18/6/2019 |
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| Manchester Airport from my balcony; 28/1/18 |
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| From a (Southport) train window; 28/9/17 |
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| At Levenshulme, Manchester; 30/06/2017 |
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| At Levenshulme Station; 16/6/17 |
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| Near Manchester Piccadilly; 16/6/17 |
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| Manchester Aquatics Centre; 29/5/2017 |
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| Manchester (University) Museum; 29/5/17 |
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| Palace Theatre, Oxford Road; 29/5/2017 |
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| Rochdale Canal near Piccadilly; 25/5/2017 |
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| Rochdale Canal at Deansgate; 18/5/17 |
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| Museum of Science and Industry; 18/5/17 |
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| Castlefield; 18/5/2017 |
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| Old & new - Roman ruins & various towers |
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Old & new - Roman Fort gateway,
before Beetham Tower; 18/5/17 |
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| Bridgewater Canal, Castlefield; 18/5/2017 |
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| Narrowboat folk art, Castlefield; 18/5/2017 |
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| Bridgewater Canal & Beetham Tower; 18/5/17 |
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| Castlefield; 20/10/2019 |
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| Castlefield; 20/10/2019 |
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| Information board, Castlefield; 20/10/2019 |
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Spider Manchester - opposite the
Coach Station, Chorlton St; 13/4/17 |
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| Symbol of Manchester; 8/5/2017 |
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Sedum grown between tramlines
at Deansgate-Castlefield; 18/5/17 |
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Living wall and footbridge, between tram
and train lines at Deansgate; 18/5/2017 |
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| Old warehouse, new Beetham Tower; 4/4/17 |
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| From Beetham Tower to Town Hall; 4/4/17 |
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| Deansgate train and tram stations; 4/4/17 |
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Canal, tram and train lines from
Beetham Tower, 4/4/2017 |
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| Sunset from Beetham Tower's Cloud; 4/4/17 |
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Not all like a loo with a view -
enough of Beetham Tower! 4/4/17
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Old & new - Saint Ann's Church,
before Beetham Tower; 31/3/17 |
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Beetham Tower (tallest building in
Manchester), Deansgate; 28/3/17 |
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| Down Deansgate; 28/3/2017 |
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| The Life Cycle, Deansgate; 18/5/17 |
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| The Oast House, off Deansgate; 20/10/2019 |
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| John Ryland's Library, Deansgate; 20/10/19 |
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| Tribute to Chopin at Deansgate; 24/3/2017 |
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Some Mancunian humour -
Lloyd Street; 24/3/2017 |
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Levenshulme's first Monthly Night Market,
held at the train station car park; 17/3/2017 |
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| Station car-park art, Levenshulme; 14/3/17 |
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| Manchester Art Gallery; 3 & 24/3/2017 |
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| A Manchester tram; 9/3/2017 |
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Modern jutting architecture -
Civil Justice Centre; 9/3/2017 |
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| Trinity Bridge from Bridge Street; 9/3/17 |
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Manchester Cathedral from
Trinity Bridge; 6/3/2017 |
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| Trinity Bridge by night; 1/3/17 |
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| Reflections on the Irwell; 13/2/17 |
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Modern Manchester, taken near
Piccadilly Train Station; 6/3/17 |
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Manchester City's stadium, from a train
plus a tour; 6/3/17 (bottom) and 27/9/22 |
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On the 1st day of meteorological spring,
daffodils in Parsonage Gardens; 1/3/17 |
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| National Football Museum; 14/5/2015 |
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| Manchester Cathedral and Arndale; 14/5/15 |
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| Manchester Cathedral; 31/3/2017 |
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Between Manchester Cathedral &
Exchange Sq; 31/3/17 & 20/10/19 |
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| In Manchester's Shambles; 20/10/2019 |
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| Manchester's Exchange Square; 31/3/2017 |
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Manchester Town Hall & vintage
bus, from Albert Square; 14/5/15 |
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Manchester Town Hall rear, with bridge
to Annex, taken from Cenotaph; 9/3/17 |
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| Manchester Town Hall Annex; 24/3/17 |
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| Manchester Town Hall bridges; 24/3/2017 |
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| Central Library; 26/9/22 & 14/5/15 (base) |
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| "Adrift" statue & The Midland Hotel; 24/3/17 |
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Looking down Saint Mary's Gate from
Manchester's Arndale Food Court; 5/7/16 |
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The Rylands Building: once a warehouse;
then a department store - Pauldens (where
my grandad was a chef), then Debenhams;
not far from Piccadilly Gardens; 15/12/2017 |
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Wheel of Manchester, Piccadilly Gardens;
13/5/2015 - dismantled June 2015 |
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| Tram and bus stops at Piccadilly; 13/5/15 |
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| "From fruit and grain," a Manchester tart |
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| Barm cake - ready for chips/a potato scallop |
