Manchester, more architecture

 

Central Manchester...more tall blocks going up, but even those buildings left that are centuries older, are still tall.

Manchester, graffiti

 Ok, the last one is not Manchester, it is Salford Central station!!

Evening walk

 

I guessed that it would put the photos in backwards....just view in reverse order!!

Manchester walking

 We had a train journey! Not long but most enjoyable..must do this more often. We went from where middle son lives...three minutes walk...then by train to Salford Central.

Surrounded by tall buildings

Another three minute walk...to the river Irwell, along Bridge Street. 

This is the border between Salford and Manchester.

To the People's History Museum , previously a power station and pump house, plus a modern extension.

Not the tall building behind it!

It is a place that all should go to and learn.

I think that I will do another post about the things we saw there....there is so much!

Then a walk around Manchester with daughter and family....looking at a couple of shops, and trying to find somewhere that my grandsons would eat.....

Daughter is having foot problems...so long walks are out of the question!! But she does wheel herself, as it is good exercise!

We had a good wander around, eventually had a rather late lunch, and back on the train at teatime, as we had off peak tickets.

The buildings and graffiti deserve separate posts too...watch this space!

Meanwhile...

More travelling today, this time Northward.

Canal walk

 A tiring drive south yesterday to stay with middle son and partner for the weekend.

They live in an old urban area, next to a derelict industrial site...now full of wildlife!

We went for a walk by part of the Manchester Bury and Bolton Canal, parts of which still have water. One section has been dry since a washout occurred in 1936 .  There are plans to rebuild this to link up two wet sections.  We were fortunate that one of the local canal group members happened to be going for a walk to check something as we were on our walk!

The Meccano Bridge..ten times usual Meccano scale! Replacing a derelict bridge ten years ago.

The site of Creams paper mill, hit by the washout in 1936. This sits above the River Irwell.

Possibly the site of new flats and possibly linked to canal reconstruction.

More apples! But this time mostly on the wrong side of a wire fence and a keep out sign!!....this is in England...