Awwwwwwwwwwww, intit lovely!

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As I mentioned the other day, I wandered around Manchester on Saturday afternoon and enjoyed the Christmas lights as they came on and lit the streets around the city. Here are a few photos that I took there.

Albert Square

These displays are hanging around Albert Square, which is where the Town Hall is. Unfortunately, there’s a Starbuck’s in the way of the shot, but that’s not hard since there are about 15 of the bloody things in the city.

Deansgate

This looks a bit shite, but this is Deansgate – one of the main shopping/eating streets in Manchester. One of the nice themes of the lights is that most of the trees around the city centre are covered in those little lights.

Kendals Manchester

Kendals, one of our original department stores, is a Manchester landmark. It’s nice to go in there and try to get across the ground floor without being accosted by sales personnel attacking you with the latest “oh no de parfum”. I remember being taken to Santa’s Grotto there as a child… well, I don’t, but there’s a photo of me struggling to escape from Father Christmas, tears streaming down my face, so I know it happened.

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel

I “heart” the big wheel when it comes to Manchester. It’s an impressive structure that occupies an prominent place in the city’s skyline. Trump was so patient as she waited with me while I took this shot. I’d been waiting for what seemed an eternity for the thing to get spinning so I could get an action shot.

We usually keep the wheel until May, but unfortunately, we’re only having it until the beginning of January because it’s getting shipped off to the European Capital of Culture. Big wheel in Liverpool? Are they fucking mad? It’ll be missing a few pods by the beginning of February.

40 thoughts on “Awwwwwwwwwwww, intit lovely!”

  1. yeay, first.

    That wheel looks like it’s moving at ten times the speed it really was. Patient, moi? Yes I was and it was fucking cold too. Make sure I’m rewarded or I’ll tant.

    Starbucks have 11 branches in Manchester, the twats. Shit coffee, twatty staff, overpriced crappy sandwiches and they aren’t a patch on the atmosphere of indie coffee houses. Bollocks. Hmf.

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  2. Yes, I think you’ll agree that this photo shows just how interesting my little photo session was for you. You’re such a love, standing around like that.

    Starbucks is shit, agreed. Don’t forget that there are Starbucks franchises hidden all over the place as well as the more visible ones we encounter on every street corner.

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  5. Well, exactly re the wheel on bricks, or at least the wheel’s stand on bricks while the rest of it gets broken up and sold for scrap or bits of scaffolding or something.

    Poor Trump was hungry and cold and tired. She’d been ever so patient and is a complete brick when she’s following me around as I take hundreds of photos of the same thing.

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  11. The decorations are beautiful and Manchester looks beautiful Much nicer than Edmonton. Thanks to the combination of snow and dirt in our city it looks disgusting. Sigh. Got a spare room?

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  12. It looks really pretty, even if they are rushing things a bit. It’s not even fucking December for sweet Christ’s sake.

    It’s nice having that handy Thanksgiving holiday at the end of November – the day after’s when I usually put up my Christmas decorations.

    I’m trying to break my Starbuck’s habit. It’s damned expensive.

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  16. That’s becaue it’s like having a kid. Pick that up Sniff, move that off there Sniff, watch that dog poo Sniff, stop eating the chick peas Sniff etc etc.

    With your photo shopping skills, it’s about time you starting removing my 8 chins before you stick my ugly mug on the net.

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