Manchester Market St and obelisk 1997

Manchester Market St after removal of obelisk 1998
Forum is the newspaper of the Manchester Civic Society and appears several times a year.
Today I in the Manchester City Art Gallery I picked up a copy of the latest edition of Forum and was heartened by what I read.
On the front page […]

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Manchester Cathedral is an unchanging landmark in the midst of a constantly changing city
Most of the exterior we see today dates from the Victorian era, but underneath there are parts of the building that date from medieval times.
Its full name is The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George in […]

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‘Victoria Station could rival Piccadilly in trains shake-up’
That’s the headline in an article which appeared yesterday (Saturday 11 November 2006) in the Manchester Evening News. Read it here.
It’s reported that Network Rail are looking at ideas to improve the rail network in Manchester and the north west, particularly with reference to stations.
Here’s a checklist of […]

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