Sorry - in retrospect I should ha e cropped this better. In the background is the new inner Manchester (actually Salford) - dense flats - then coming forward you have a scrapyard, then some scrubby o… (View Post)

That's interesting, and I think more typical than me: I had one grandparent from each of London, Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh. A couple of generations before that and almost every region of t… (View Post)

Agree with all that - though I think those of us on here may underestimate the number of people who will grow up and remain in their home town, knowing the same faces they've known all their lives. I… (View Post)

Music trivia: the cocktail bar in question in the Human League song was on Glossop Road, Sheffield just by the Hallamshire Hospital. I think it was called Hanrahans. (View Post)

Picture of the day: I'm always fascinated by abrupt changes of land use. Here is the point where the encroaching flattification of Manchester reaches the bit we might term 'what inner Manchester used… (View Post)