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Monday 16 August 2010

Manchester Local Image Collection

I’m a huge fan of the Manchester Libraries Local Image Collection which puts 80,000 archive photographs at our fingertips online.

A week I ago I discovered some changes had been made which meant the hundreds of links that I have from my website to theirs didn’t work anymore. But I’m glad to say that after I alerted them to the problem they fixed it.

The Image Collection has been integrated with the site’s shopping cart system, making it easier to buy a high-quality print. An 10″x8″ print costs £7.

Filed under: Buildings, History, Manchester, Photography — GS @ 3:55 pm

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Monday 5 July 2010

Attempt to demolish an historic Ancoats pub is unsuccessful. For now…

Developers have been unsuccessful in their application to demolish the former Cross Keys pub in the Ancoats conservation area and replace it with shops and offices. (more…)

Filed under: Buildings, Manchester — GS @ 8:38 pm

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Wednesday 4 November 2009

Right-wingers stoke Islamophobia in Longsight churchyard planning mystery

Latest (25 March 2010): a video of my visit to the site today. This shows the current situation and casts further doubt on the claims of ‘desecration’.

As church attendance figures have plummeted over the decades many buildings have been saved by being converted to a different use.

One old church on Dickenson Road in Rusholme became the Mancunian Film Studios from 1947-1953. After that it was sold to the BBC which used it for Grandstand and the first editions of Top of the Pops. (more…)

Filed under: Buildings, History, Manchester, Politics — GS @ 3:47 am

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Sunday 1 November 2009

Halloween Special: why the University of Manchester at Whitworth Street may be haunted

NOTE (9 August 2010): I’m sorry to report that in the last few days Manchester Libraries has made changes to the Local Image Collection website which has left hundreds of links on my pages not working. Read more…

Halloween pumpkin with carved face

Just over one hundred years ago the Manchester College of Technology had a lovely new building on the corner of Whitworth Street and Sackville Street. (more…)

Filed under: Buildings, History, Manchester — GS @ 12:27 am

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20 years ago today: exclusive photos of the event on Canal Street on August Bank Holiday Monday 1990 - http://g7uk.com/go/005

Flashback to 2008: my six-minute video of queer demonstrators invading the Manchester Pride balloon launch: http://g7uk.com/go/v003

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UK Film Council abolished. Quango or cultural necessity? http://g7uk.com/go/e037 [Telegraph] http://g7uk.com/go/e038 [Guardian]

Broadband customers in the UK are getting barely half the speed their package suggests [Telegraph] http://g7uk.com/go/e036 #broadband

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'Get Carter' car-park Gateshead to be demolished today: http://g7uk.com/go/e033 I worked for fire brigade in 1988 & visited the top floor.

Toxic legacy of US assault on Fallujah 'worse than Hiroshima' (The Independent): http://g7uk.com/go/e032

900-year-old Song dynasty drains save Chinese city from deadly floods (Telegraph): http://bit.ly/8Yn9WE

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Manchester Local Image Collection

Attempt to demolish an historic Ancoats pub is unsuccessful. For now…

Right-wingers stoke Islamophobia in Longsight churchyard planning mystery

Halloween Special: why the University of Manchester at Whitworth Street may be haunted

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