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― Jebtsundamba Khutuktu (nakhchivan), Sunday, 3 January 2016 08:59 (eight years ago) link
Michael Cawley @cawleym1 Jan 1 Hogarthian in all respects, the pissed bloke getting his beer has poignant poetic majesty.
― Jebtsundamba Khutuktu (nakhchivan), Sunday, 3 January 2016 09:00 (eight years ago) link
There is a Buddhist centre and a v gd veg cafe round the corner from there.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 January 2016 11:23 (eight years ago) link
just down the road from Paramount Books as well
full sequence of events:
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― soref, Sunday, 3 January 2016 12:45 (eight years ago) link
Get a giggle everytime I walk by Well Street.
Are there any good vegetarian resturants in Manchester?
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 20 January 2016 14:43 (eight years ago) link
1847, right in the centre of town, is really good, I went there a few months ago. Excellent organic wine list too.
― The Male Gaz Coombes (Neil S), Wednesday, 20 January 2016 14:53 (eight years ago) link
I'll check it out tx.
what's the deal with Paramount books? that is now only open on Sat and Sun - before xmas its opening hours only included Friday.
Is that the main indepedent bookseller in the city centre?
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 21 January 2016 13:04 (eight years ago) link
also: soref, neil s - both myself and ogmor were talking about a Manchester fap sometime (no it won't end like those pics above :-))
Let us know whether you might be around in Feb sometime.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 21 January 2016 13:05 (eight years ago) link
manchester/nw ilx needs to rally together or at least congeal in the NQ somewhere
― ogmor, Thursday, 21 January 2016 15:43 (eight years ago) link
and one more - otherwise me and ogmor will hopefully get to paint the town do something
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 4 February 2016 16:44 (eight years ago) link
Is there a good place for breakfast that might do some nice things? (French toast or pancakes or just nice porridge) and that opens at 7am.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 4 February 2016 16:46 (eight years ago) link
sorry never responded to yr kind invite, I'm actually London-based but am in Mcr to see my brother & my GF's family fairly often, if that coincides with an Mcr FAP then I will give you a shout!
― Gaz upon my works ye mighty, and despair (Neil S), Thursday, 4 February 2016 16:48 (eight years ago) link
No worries I'll hopefully get to firm up a day and revive this.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 4 February 2016 16:50 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRCcGUvmZDE
― ogmor, Thursday, 4 February 2016 18:56 (eight years ago) link
there's also helmet street
― For bodies we are ready to build pyramids (whatever), Friday, 9 September 2016 16:15 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/2NvsK30.jpg
― ogmor, Thursday, 16 February 2017 13:39 (seven years ago) link
I'd really like to just go and lie in that, go to sleep, and then they can bring the water back.
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Friday, 17 February 2017 18:14 (seven years ago) link
rip, sweet prince
― ogmor, Friday, 17 February 2017 20:40 (seven years ago) link
Somewhere I have loads of ace ruin porn pics taken by my partner in the late 90's from a Sunday walk down the Rochdale canal. I'd imagine it is all horrible apartments owned by Robbie Fowler these days.
― calzino, Friday, 17 February 2017 21:15 (seven years ago) link
sad!
― Neil S, Friday, 17 February 2017 22:31 (seven years ago) link
there's definitely a bit of that but a lot of manchester esp north and east is still v much underdeveloped overgrown brownfield junkie dens etc.
― ogmor, Saturday, 18 February 2017 12:35 (seven years ago) link
:-(
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 18 February 2017 16:15 (seven years ago) link
It's a shame they've built all over Pomona
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Saturday, 18 February 2017 20:04 (seven years ago) link
have they? last time I was there it all still looked like this
http://i3.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/incoming/article9724876.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/JS33878848.jpg
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/555c907ce4b0c12ff4f6f6bd/563f6231e4b039e01d2ee90a/563f6231e4b0519912c323d5/1446994510661/Pomona+Island_2_%C2%A9Matthew+Nichol+Photography.jpg?format=1000w
that was about a year ago, though
― soref, Saturday, 18 February 2017 20:08 (seven years ago) link
There's some open wilderness left but that bit has been cut off by the developments I think, you can't get on there to wander about.
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Saturday, 18 February 2017 20:14 (seven years ago) link
(Pomona a possible Real England candidate if not done already)
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Saturday, 18 February 2017 20:15 (seven years ago) link
So, well. Useful link:
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/westandtogethermanchester
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 15:11 (six years ago) link
Probably worth posting on the other thread too. If you've not seen it, it's here: Explosion at Ariana Grande concert in Manchester May 2017
― emil.y, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 15:18 (six years ago) link
Haven't been for years, and the immediate context made me wonder whether i should cancel my trip but Manchester is looking absolutely resplendent and thriving in the early evening sun.
― Fizzles, Friday, 26 May 2017 15:13 (six years ago) link
you've picked a nice day for it!
― ogmor, Friday, 26 May 2017 15:50 (six years ago) link
Manchester slowly getting back to some sort of "normal" pic.twitter.com/ypEWwvZS24— Hunter (@Hunterandrewss) May 25, 2017
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 26 May 2017 15:53 (six years ago) link
really beautiful. just having a glass in the northern quarter, which i don't think properly existed the last time i was here. also this thread is a goldmine, ogmor, thank you. was in gulliver's and am just wondering where to go next but am happy to see where whim takes me.
― Fizzles, Friday, 26 May 2017 15:56 (six years ago) link
v much xpost thanks xyzzzz__
the weather has me thinking about a post-work drink, let me know if you're up for some company
― ogmor, Friday, 26 May 2017 16:01 (six years ago) link
absolutely. come down!
― Fizzles, Friday, 26 May 2017 16:06 (six years ago) link
ilxmailed you my number
― ogmor, Friday, 26 May 2017 16:11 (six years ago) link
got it. texted.
― Fizzles, Friday, 26 May 2017 16:19 (six years ago) link
how long are these bikes going to last
― ogmor, Sunday, 16 July 2017 20:43 (six years ago) link
I think it is a great idea and should be encouraged, but don't fucking call them Burnham Bikes!
― calzino, Sunday, 16 July 2017 20:51 (six years ago) link
I've had no need to try one but they look like they'd be fun
― ogmor, Sunday, 16 July 2017 21:18 (six years ago) link
the local smackheads in old trafford set fire to one in the street. came back a bit later when the lock had burnt through and trundled off with it. idea's fine if you can rely on a degree of social responsibility, but it appears to be in short supply.
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Friday, 21 July 2017 15:34 (six years ago) link
drug addiction/homeless services getting completely annihilated by Tory scum might be much of the real story here, amongst other causes of the squalid diorama you present here, wtev. At this point, I wouldn't want to rule out scrap/bike theft as a future survival strategy myself, so I won't judge!
― calzino, Friday, 21 July 2017 22:59 (six years ago) link
the things that there is money for vs the things that there is not money for is a deeply mysterious element of manchester/the uk/life
― ogmor, Friday, 21 July 2017 23:36 (six years ago) link
So I accepted a job offer in central Manchester a couple months ago, and I'm moving to Altrincham at the end of this month. Short of annual visits to family I don't actually know the place that well so looking forward to investigating the recommendations above (in particular a HOME membership seems ideal and the Armenian Taverna sound delish).
Also set on joining the Manchester & Salford Film Society and going to more gigs (excited because this is a massive improvement on the Edinburgh scene and saves me heading to Glasgow every week).
Can you guys recommend any interesting book shops (first or second hand) to explore?
― I'm Finn thanks, don't mention it (fionnland), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 13:27 (five years ago) link
Altrincham food market is great, a real place to hang out. Chorlton Oxfam bookshop is up there with the very best Oxfam bookshops IMO. HOME is indeed a must.
― Thomas NAGL (Neil S), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 13:29 (five years ago) link
Paramount books in Shudehill is always worth a visit
― ogmor, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 13:41 (five years ago) link
why tf would anyone leave scotland for england rn
― imago, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 13:47 (five years ago) link
Sweet, thanks for the recommendations.
Imago, well it's a combination of the fact that right now it's convenient for me to be closer to my family and I've hit a wall in terms of progression/enjoyment at my current job. Oh and I really love rain. But thanks for your concern.
― I'm Finn thanks, don't mention it (fionnland), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 13:57 (five years ago) link
(xp) It's a longstanding tradition. Gives folk singers something to sing about.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 14:34 (five years ago) link
Altrincham is where Cheshire starts imo, things start getting posh v quickly around Hale. V good for cycling about
― ogmor, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 14:34 (five years ago) link
That's really sickening.
(That should be *Oto, above)
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 17 July 2020 09:39 (three years ago) link
Coincidentally, 90% of live music I've seen in the last 5 years has been at Cafe Oto.
― The Fields o' Fat Henry (Tom D.), Friday, 17 July 2020 10:07 (three years ago) link
Mariam Rezaei + Odie Ji Ghast at the Peer House - 28th April 2022
Some pals have formed a DIY collective to get more experimental/Avant-garde music gigs to Manchester. Should be a fun first event.
― They do the Shug a loo, do the Shy Tuna, do the Kemba Walker (fionnland), Friday, 4 March 2022 18:48 (two years ago) link