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Manchester City Council in town hall lawn mystery

GS — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:56:54 +0000

At first glance I thought this leaflet was a ‘Photoshop job’. But apparently not.

Grass was laid temporarily for an event called “Manchester in Bloom”.

Today the BBC News website has an article all about image manipulation and it links through to this site which has many historic examples.

Manchester votes on the congestion charge

GS — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:58:46 +0000

The population of Greater Manchester has been voting to decide whether a congestion charge should be introduced and the result is expected this evening. Motorists would have to pay if they crossed either of two rings around the city at certain times of the day.
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Manchester casino axed

GS — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:32:03 +0000

Plans for a ‘super casino’ in Manchester have been axed by the Government. The House of Lords rejected the plans, last March.

Save Manchester’s Lesbian and Gay Centre and community groups

GS — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:30:20 +0000

Just as Manchester Pride was about to start it emerged that Manchester City Council was apparently making plans to close down the Lesbian and Gay Centre.

Caribbean Carnival targeted with policing costs

GS — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:49:47 +0000

Since 2004 Manchester has had two Caribbean Carnivals. The one in July that has run for decades is now ignored by Manchester City Council. Go to the Council information centre and they will actually deny that there are two Caribbean Carnivals in Manchester each year.

Manchester’s Odeon cinema subjected to a damaging ‘systematic and methodical’ assault to prevent preservation

GS — Sat, 19 May 2007 16:18:37 +0000

Manchester’s former Odeon cinema, on Oxford Street, has been subjected to a ‘systematic and methodical’ assault to prevent it being preserved, according to the man who tried to save it.

Bye bye Operation Fundraiser

GS — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:38:27 +0000

The Manchester Pride website reports that Operation Fundraiser will be ‘will be hanging up its buckets’ this year.

Manchester Pride 2007 poster — no mention of gay, lesbian, bi or transgender (video)

GS — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:07:51 +0000

The poster for Manchester Pride 2007 is out and about. But nowhere on it will you see the words ‘gay’, ‘lesbian’, ‘bi’ or ‘transgender’. The nearest you’ll get is the phrase ‘LGBT charities’.

The loss of more trees and historic buildings in Manchester city centre

GS — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:51:06 +0000

There has been a big drama lately about the area of land on the corner of Princess Street and Whitworth Street, which is just across the canal from the New Union pub in the gay village.

Manchester and slavery

GS — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:35:26 +0000

Manchester’s wealth was founded on the cotton industry and dependent on slave-grown cotton. But the city was also at the centre of the anti-slavery movement.