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How Manchester Saved its Oldest Pubs by Picking Them Up and Moving Them
f all of Manchester’s historic public houses, the timber-framed Tudor-period ‘Old Wellington’ and its nextdoor neighbour ‘Sinclair’s Oyster Bar’ are the two most famous. While it’s fairly common knowledge that they were moved to their current location in the 1990s … Continue reading
MANCHESTER BUILDING BOOM 2024 | Construction seen from train tram & drone.
“I am the Passenger” is the song by Iggy Pop, in which he rides through the city looking out at the urban scenes. In this video, we ride the trains and the trams around central Manchester and look at the … Continue reading
The Manchester Dogs’ Home fire that claimed the lives of 60 dogs
It has been 10 years since the Manchester Dogs’ Home fire. The blaze – which broke out shortly after 7pm on September 11, 2014 – claimed the lives of 60 dogs and an estimated 150 were rescued from the building. … Continue reading
BLOCK TO BLOCK – A short documentary on Manchester’s property disaster
Over the last couple of decades, the face of Manchester has been irreversibly changed. Skyhigh tower blocks are thrown up in the blink of an eye. Cultural spaces, pubs, and cherished communities are surrounded by slick skyscrapers playing host to … Continue reading
Is graphene starting to live up to its hype?
When graphene was first isolated in 2004 the so called “super material” was meant to change the world. The material has remarkable properties – it is 200 times stronger than steel, transparent, extremely light, flexible and also exhibits excellent electrical … Continue reading
