22 October 2010 – 27 February 2011 This great exhibition comes to Manchester at the Museum of Museums close to The Trafford Centre off junction 9 or 10 of the M60. The centrepiece is of course Tutankhamun. Eighty-eight years after its discovery, the tomb of Tutankhamun is opened once more – and you can be [...]
The centre of the centre Manchester From Deansgate to Mosley Street & Lower Mosley Street The centre triangle of the map of Manchester holds most of the shops and most of the Street Markets in Manchester; at the very top of the triangle, to the right of the continuation of Deansgate which changes it’s name [...]
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 [...]
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 favor 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 [...]
The Cornerstones Guest House in Sale Manchester is just 15 minutes away from The Palace Theatre; by car or park your car, walk round the corner to the Brooklands Metro Station (just 5 minutes) and it’s just a 5 minute walk to the theatre at the other end of your 12 minute journey. The Palace [...]
