The GMEX Has a New Name Or should we say it’s gone back to its previous name, Central Station. Restore back to life in 1986 after lying dilapidated for years; old Central Station was the key connection by rail from the City of Manchester to Liverpool. Christened the Greater Manchester Exhibition Centre, GMEX was opened [...]
I never realised how many different street markets there are in and around Manchester until we received Manchester City Councils brochure ‘Manchester a City of Markets’ The seven day a week Arndale Market on Market Street in the centre of Manchester (open 9am to 6pm) has everything you could image in a shopping mall because [...]
Accommodation in Manchester, but Which is the Best Part You won’t really find traditional bed and breakfast accommodation in Manchester Centre; what you will find is hundreds of ‘L’ shaped bedrooms in a large number of hotels, and it doesn’t really matter which hotel you pick there all pretty much designed the same, unless you [...]
The Chill Factore The Chill Factore is an indoor skiing experience with all the fun and adrenalin of out door skiing no matter what the weather. So what was it like before Chill Factore. Some years ago my wife and I went to what was called a dry ski slope with five friends and our [...]
You’ll not have any trouble finding a bed and breakfast in Manchester but it’s always an anxious time arriving at your accommodation, you never know what you’re going to get, no matter how many stars are awarded. It can make or break your stay especially if it’s a meaningful stay with your partner. There’s all [...]
Manchester United promises that the Old Trafford Stadium Tour & Museum is a day to remember with over 200,000 people visiting the north stand museum each year form all over the world it is certainly a destination venue. Walk through the original tunnel the Busby babes walked through, an historic part of the stadium in [...]
I suppose if I am absolutely truthful, I should come clean about my thoughts on The Trafford Centre. On my very first visit I thought it was not for me; too sprawling, ostentatious and busy. I favour independent stores fresh air and to visit little towns and villages which offer a day out into the [...]
Gastro Pubs That Deserve the Name The Lord Clyde is one of Cheshire’s many Gastro Pubs situated in the heart of the country side in the village of Kerridge close to Bollington. Both my wife and I are big foodies, we go looking for these unique little places in the country, chosen by a breed of [...]
Torvill and Dean’s Dancing on Ice comes to Manchester’s MEN Arena. This hugely popular T.V. block buster is on from Thursday 22nd April to Sunday 25th inc. Doors open at 7:30pm on Thursday and Friday Night, with two shows on Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 and; 7:30pm on Saturday and on Sunday at 1:30 and [...]
The Cornerstones Guest House in Manchester is just one hour away from Bakewell the ancient capital of the Peak District. The concurring Romans claimed the fertile land on the West bank of the river Wyr at a spot where it was fordable, and where there was Romans there was trade and commerce and so the [...]
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