Manchester Blog

Sunday was a beautiful day for the historic re-opening of the horse drawn tram service in Heaton Park. There were large gatherings of tram fans and us, the general public, come to watch and take part in its first services.
I talked to Bob Hill (one of the restorers at the Tram Museum, his picture [...]

Manchester horse drawn tram is making a welcome return to Heaton Park. They’re out in force taking video and photos of the last running trial before the service is launched tomorrow (I assume). Having said that the Heaton Park trams tend to operate on Sundays and Bank Holidays so I’m expecting the actual service [...]

A private company has a remit, given by Manchester City Council, to provide fun for the Manchester public. Part of what this company does is to put on days when they provide things like, say, a bouncy castle, some face paint artists, a sports coach or two at one of the municipal parks.
As you [...]

My wife received a quote a few days ago which she has written out and put in front of my computer. It goes like this:
“Work like you don’t need the money
Love like nobody has ever hurt you
Dance like nobody is watching
Sing like nobody is listening
Live as if this was paradise on earth.”
This nicely rounds [...]

Over the last few weeks as I’ve been going around the M60 I’ve noticed vehicles and men with theodolites measuring roads and roundabouts and bridges around chunks of the M60. More specifically I’ve noticed them measuring

the Three Arrows roundabout (the M60 Middleton exit)
the carriageways past that roundabout
near the intersection with the M62/M60
the Rochdale [...]