I’m getting out and about to make the most of this weather but where am I today?

About 100 yards from my office!

That's Manchester Town Hall Tony.

benbfc wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:54 pm

About 100 yards from my office!

I’ll wave Ben

Jel wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:54 pm

That's Manchester Town Hall Tony.

Indeed it is. It seems to have been wrapped up forever but it’s a superb building.

That’s St Peter’s square in Manchester. I’ll be in an office there tomorrow!

And regards making the most of the weather, it’s hit thirty and is unbearable.

martin_p wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:56 pm

That’s St Peter’s square in Manchester. I’ll be in an office there tomorrow!

SP Square to the left at the lights

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:57 pm

And regards making the most of the weather, it’s hit thirty and is unbearable.

I’d recommend a light refreshment

NewClaret wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 1:01 pm

I’d recommend a light refreshment

There have several. On my way home now. Unbelievably hot.

behind your phone ?

Feels like they've been working on that town hall for an eternity. Wonder what it'll look like once it's finished.

Düsseldorf?

BuryClaret wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 1:19 pm

Feels like they've been working on that town hall for an eternity. Wonder what it'll look like once it's finished.

And a long way to go yet - was always worth a visit.

Marney&Mee wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 1:16 pm

behind your phone ?

Have to find something to do on the X43.

Good to see old folks using their bus pass. (Always happy to use mine)

What tour destination will our intrepid explorer offer tomorrow?

Tune in here....

IanMcL wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 1:43 pm

Good to see old folks using their bus pass. (Always happy to use mine)

What tour destination will our intrepid explorer offer tomorrow?

Tune in here....

It’s not a daily event

You should get out more! A tour is a tour!

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:53 pm

I’m getting out and about to make the most of this weather but where am I today?


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Prefer the views on my day out Tony

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 1:37 pm

Have to find something to do on the X43.

I have to say we used the X43 when we arrived in the UK for a game and £2 each way was outstanding value

Tribesmen wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:18 pm

I have to say we used the X43 when we arrived in the UK for a game and £2 each way was outstanding value

That’s £2 more than I have to pay but it was introduced at the start of the year for three months and then extended for a further three months. It’s certainly attracted more passengers.

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:00 pm

Prefer the views on my day out Tony
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Fantastic that Bosscat. Could I enquire where that is.

I hope that dortmund jacket has been left at home

4midable wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:49 pm

I hope that dortmund jacket has been left at home

I’m bloody sure it was although it’s not worn very often now, just occasionally at an u21 game.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:56 pm

Indeed it is. It seems to have been wrapped up forever but it’s a superb building.

Same architect designed Colne Town Hall! Sir Alfred Waterhouse.

beddie wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:42 pm

Fantastic that Bosscat. Could I enquire where that is.

Think its Levens Hall, Beddie.

Buxtonclaret wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 3:05 pm

Think its Levens Hall, Beddie.

That's my guess too. Well worth a visit and looks splendid on the pic tbf.

100 percent Levens. Lovely place at any time of year.

Did you get the day of the City parade wrong Tony ?

bfcjg wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 3:41 pm

Did you get the day of the City parade wrong Tony ?

Ha ha - I was close to going yesterday without thinking about the parade. Thankfully I left it until today.

This could be a thing....

Vote for a place (within range), which Mr Martini can visit, by bus and send back pictures of his day.

Where should our Dr Livingstone go next?

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:00 pm

Prefer the views on my day out Tony
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Levens Hall

welsbyswife wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:59 pm

Same architect designed Colne Town Hall! Sir Alfred Waterhouse.

I was in possibly his most famous building the other week- Natural History Museum in London. Superb building with some beautiful detail as well as the general grandeur.
Around where I live- he's also responsible for a couple of buildings I get to gigs in: Reading Town Hall and a fine church (St Marys) in Twyford (the Hants one).
I believe he also designed some of Strangeways prison and his brother was the Waterhouse from the original Price-Waterhouse.

welsbyswife wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:59 pm

Same architect designed Colne Town Hall! Sir Alfred Waterhouse.

Only just spotted this post, something I’d no idea was the case.

beddie wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:42 pm

Fantastic that Bosscat. Could I enquire where that is.

Levens Hall beddie ... saw it on Michael Portillo train journeys the other week and Mrs BC said we must go

My daughter got married in Manchester Town Hall nearly 8 years ago, not very long before the refurbishment started. It’s a fabulous building, providing for some stunning photos inside.

Beat the Heat and take to the Hills is my advice

When I went to see the Duomo in Milan it was covered like that.

When I went to the Trevi Fountain in Rome it was drained for cleaning.

welsbyswife wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:59 pm

Same architect designed Colne Town Hall! Sir Alfred Waterhouse.

Isn't the Waterhouse pub/ bar on the opposite side of the road? Lived there years and worked there too is that taken from Princess St. looking towards John Dalton St.? Should really know but a lot of time.has passed.

dougcollins wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 5:13 pm

When I went to see the Duomo in Milan it was covered like that.

When I went to the Trevi Fountain in Rome it was drained for cleaning.

When you went to the Colossium, was it a ruin ?

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:56 pm

Indeed it is. It seems to have been wrapped up forever but it’s a superb building.

It was: I've heard from a reliable source that there's nowt inside that scaffold-wrap anymore, the Council's sold it off to the Muricans

Nonayforever wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 5:28 pm

When you went to the Colossium, was it a ruin ?

You'd be financially ruined if you visited the Colosseum!

dougcollins wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 5:13 pm

When I went to see the Duomo in Milan it was covered like that.

When I went to the Trevi Fountain in Rome it was drained for cleaning.

I was in the Duomo in Milan back in 2006 when we were in Italy for pre season. Embarrassing moment when I received a text on my old Nokia phone which played the Bullseye theme.

Wish I was just a £2 bus ride away from Manchester. All that superb beer on offer. Track, Cloudwater, Marble all have brewers taps and bars selling their excellent beers.
Only problem is holding one’s bladder on a bouncy bus ride home. I can catch trains to Manchester from Shrewsbury but for considerably more money than £2 each way.

Jamesy wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 7:38 pm

Wish I was just a £2 bus ride away from Manchester. All that superb beer on offer. Track, Cloudwater, Marble all have brewers taps and bars selling their excellent beers.
Only problem is holding one’s bladder on a bouncy bus ride home. I can catch trains to Manchester from Shrewsbury but for considerably more money than £2 each way.

Bus is better for me than the train given that it’s free and there being a bus stop three to four minutes walk away.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 7:58 pm

Bus is better for me than the train given that it’s free and there being a bus stop three to four minutes walk away.

I have got just over two years to wait for my free bus pass. Being a ST holder in the Bob Lord I would have thought I qualified for one already!

Jamesy wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 13, 2023 7:38 pm

Wish I was just a £2 bus ride away from Manchester. All that superb beer on offer. Track, Cloudwater, Marble all have brewers taps and bars selling their excellent beers.
Only problem is holding one’s bladder on a bouncy bus ride home. I can catch trains to Manchester from Shrewsbury but for considerably more money than £2 each way.

If there is one thing we are blessed with here, it's great breweries! Although not a brewery, I'd recommend anyone a pint at "Cask" in Ancoats. Great selection of local beers, reasonable prices and nicely situated on the canal.

CT - a close relative of mine works for the council, formerly in Central Library. He was tasked with helping them sort through all of the documents stored before the refurbishment started. They were finding interesting things from decades ago even stored up in the clock tower. Anything of value or future importance was taken to be stored in the salt caves in Cheshire. https://www.theguardian.com/uk/gallery/ ... al-archive

Very much looking forward to the completed restoration.