Ashton-under-Lyne, people

Cameraman spotted!

I better slink off home now…

Ashton-under-Lyne, bargain hunting

Ashton-under-Lyne, plastic

Ashton-under-Lyne, Mr. Spuds

Another customer for Mr. Spuds.

Ashton-under-Lyne, bargain hunting

On the hunt for bargains on Ashton market.

Ashton-under-Lyne, busker

Mouth organ man.

Ashton-under-Lyne, Tardis

The Tardis lands in Ashton!
I guess Doctor Who popped to Boots for Sonic screw driver batteries.

Ashton-under-Lyne, Slotworld

101 Old Street, is Slotworld Amusements.

Opened in 1920 as a cinema called the Majestic Picture House, then Gaumont, Odeon, and Metro, until closing as a cinema in 2003, and now Slotworld.

I knew all this. I didn’t Google it, much.

Ashton-under-Lyne, sculpture

Standing in ‘Old Square’, another view of the ‘Ashton Town Centre Sculpture’.
This time with The Feathers behind it. One of the pubs in Ashton that has not closed.

Ashton-under-Lyne, abandoned

The ‘Ashton Town Centre Sculpture’ and behind it, as I remember, Yates's. A busy Ashton centre pub. But over the years it’s changed: Yates's Wine Lodge, Dr. Browns, Legends, then was to be The Lodge, but that never happened. It’s now derelict. We’ve lost about half the pubs in Ashton and of the ones that are left, many are ‘For Sale’ or ‘To Let’.

Ashton-under-Lyne, St Peters Church

Is this the most famous view of Ashton?

St Peters Church. Recognisable as you drive down Manchester Road entering the town centre from the M60.

Ashton-under-Lyne, St Peters Street

I just hate it when they knock down a building and I cannot remember what it was that they knocked down!

Manchester Audenshaw

Out on the bike, I regularly see cars parked in the bike lane.
This garage has gone one further. It thinks it’s OK to sell cars from the bike lane.

Ashton-under-Lyne, rain

Perhaps not the day to sit out with a coffee.

Ashton-under-Lyne, clock tower

Our renewed Market Street clock tower.
Showing 10:35 and 10:10, the other sides showed 12:00 and 12:05.
The actual time was 12:20. Oh well.
I guess if they set the correct time our rates would have to go up.

Ashton-under-Lyne, rain

Today, it rained.

Ashton-under-Lyne, incident

I heard on the news that Ashton centre was closed due to an ‘incident’, so I cycled over and took a peek.
Small fire at the side of the road. I was hoping for something a bit more dramatic!

Mill Side apartments

The neighbours. Mill Side apartments.

Harper Mill

The Gardener. Sunshine reflects off the recently cleaned mill windows casting patches of light on the grass.

Harper Mill

Window cleaners cherry picker.

Harper Mill

What a device, just to polish our windows.

buckled wheel

Just been knocked off my bike by a car coming out of a side street. All OK except for my wheel. I was out cycling in an effort to keep fit. Not sure being run over is the best way!

Window cleaners

Oh, it was only the window cleaners.

Ashton-under-Lyne, Harper Mill

Spiderman visits my apartment!

England, Littleborough

Drawing of the back of a typical house in Littleborough.

Manchester, Beetham tower

Last two shots of the Beetham tower.

Manchester, Beetham tower

Two more views of the Beetham tower.

Manchester, Beetham tower

Anyone who carries a camera into Manchester centre will have photos of Beetham tower.
I have a bunch of them. I’ve narrowed them down to a few of the more unusual shots.

Manchester, Castlefield

http://www.dukes92.com/

Lock 92, just at the side of the pub, Dukes 92. This is where the Rochdale Canal joins up with the Bridgewater Canal.

Manchester, Castlefield

Manchester, Castlefield

Manchester, Castlefield

Sturdy Victorian ironwork holds up a railway bridge through Castlefield.

Manchester, Castlefield

Train bridge at Castlefield.

Manchester, tram

Tram coming into the Metro station at G-Mex

Manchester, big wheel

On the big wheel.

Manchester, Urbis

The Urbis centre on the left, and the Printworks on the right.
Urbis contains various interesting exhibitions and photographic works. My favourite is the photographic exhibition of Manchester by Andrew Brooks.
The Printworks has many restaurants and pubs along with an Imax screen and a Hard Rock Café. Certainly worth a look. My favourite is the Irish bar, Waxy O'Connor's.

Manchester, The Triangle,

‘Next’ next to the big wheel in the Triangle, Manchester centre.

Manchester, Victoria Station

Tram enters Victoria Station on Manchester's Metro system.

Chester

Shoppers out after the rain on Bridge Street.