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Stockport this afternoon. It feels like I’ve stumbled into a Lowry painting.
Posted in Culture
Tagged Art, comparison, greater manchester, photography, Stockport
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Worsley — northumbrian : light
Like Runcorn, Worsley is another place I would never think to go but for the canals. Also, like Runcorn, it is on a branch of the Bridgewater Canal although in this instance it ultimately leads somewhere – to Leigh and … Continue reading
Posted in Salford
Tagged Blogging, Canals, design, Facts, greater manchester, infrastructure, Salford
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An interview with the Salvation Army
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Tagged greater manchester, homeless, homelessness, Manchester, poverty, rough sleeepers, Salvation Army, UK
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So what’s this all about?
What made Manchester the city it is? That’s obviously a story you could tell from various perspectives. Its location, the climate, the people, popular culture, politics, football, the industrial revolution… It’s a small, rainy inland city in northern England, but … Continue reading
200-Year-Old Pub Washed Away In Floods
Our news definitely does not cover the flooding going on in GB and to see this is just heartbreaking. I hope the rains end soon. 😦 I’m so relieved that no one was in the pub at the time this … Continue reading
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Tagged England, greater manchester, Irwell, Manchester, Summerseat, The Waterside Pub
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Migrant solidarity in London and Manchester
Two activists, Ewa Barker and Kate Bradley, discuss their involvment in migrant solidarity in London and Manchester Ewa Barker initiated Manchester to Calais. Here she explains the dynamic within the movement in Manchester The response to our page on Facebook was … Continue reading
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Tagged greater manchester, London, london2calais, Manchester, migration, refugees, solidarity
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