:banana: I'd rather get wet in San Fran. :banana:

I'd rather you did aswell!

:banana: I'd rather get wet in San Fran. :banana:

I love how gay that statement sounds!

Especially when placed with two dancing banana's either side of it. :laugh:

:banana: I'd rather get wet in San Fran. :banana:
I'd rather you drowned in the Bay :)

Breed like rabbits these 'new' posters. Just where do they find time to copulate with themselves...CAW come on down fella - bit of a seige here at the moment.

very nice pics guys! cheers! x

Long distance shot of Manchester with CJC clearly visible making an impact on the skyline along with Beetham and the GNT.

EOM. http://www.eyeonmanchester.com/index.php/site/2006/04/10/

Has anyone road tested both photobucket and imagestack?
I have this 'issue' whereby I find it difficult to choose between two items on a shortlist (I struggle in the video store to choose the right film at the time...) - they both seem to size them just right so any recommendations chaps?
Thankyou.

photobucket

save your files at about medium quality and you'll be right

Photobucket wins then. Cheers Roly.
Lets try this then (as I'm knackered and I now have the enviable task of cooking 'middle eastern' this evening):

EDIT - the file was bigger than a blinkin sperm whale

(Was a pic for longy and other slumberisers - rejig it at a later date)

who's the Diva?

Here: http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g193/NorfBech/00fb5b1e.jpg

The fact that you own such a thing disturbs me and intrigues me in equal measures.

That is one of the least bizarre longphyllis....I have another hundred odd of these. Generates that all important extra bit of income.
Just thought it odd that you mentioned the turn of phrase just a day before I opened this box of song hall delights and this was staring back at me.
Can't work out if Phyllis is 'hot' or old school 'ear wronged' scally? Her nose is a little Karl Maldenesque don't you think?

Erm, back on topic - have set up photobucket and will dust off the SLR so should soon set about mincing some shots onto this forum.

Someone's uploaded a corker on flickr!

http://static.flickr.com/50/147748896_bc22631a72_o.jpg

Cheers, Oirectine

Amazing picture, perhaps a sign of things to come.

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/147748896_bc22631a72_o.jpg
WOW ..I LOVE IT,
Thanks KITR

Manny town centre's grown up into Blade Runner!
Cracking shot.

Someone's uploaded a corker on flickr!

http://static.flickr.com/50/147748896_bc22631a72_o.jpg

Cheers, Oirectine

That's a great skyline photos of that side of town. Very impressive.

really good :)

Thats not Manchester it looks to good.

rolybling - I don't know what you did to the picture, but it looks brighter and clearer than the original ;)

Thats not Manchester it looks to good.
Nahh, Manchester looks good anyway these days

Just posted on the best future skyline thread.

Resized to fit on the screen, colour enhanced and corrected.

Two wonderful future skylines.

Manchester and Birmingham.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/jrb041067/render32fz.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/jrb041067/zx7ayq.jpg

Think I'd rather have ours..in the future that is

Brum's future is looking a little sparse :s lol, never thought you'd hear that.. Manc's is very dense and very tall.. also a bit too blocky but nonetheless will be a brilliant vibe about it once these all start going up.

And ours have got seagulls aswell- so there!

Brummies looks a bit more colourfull, but I'm sure that's because Manchester's buildings are all grey in that render lol - Manchester has a few big guys and with more to come, should just pip the best future skyline title. Slight oddities (in a good way ;) ) like the CJC will be great additions to the Maccunian skyline.

Don't know if it's been seen before?

No1 Piccadilly going up, with East Manchester in the distance.

http://www.landliving.com/image/groundswell_10.jpg

Not forgetting guys that central Manchester covers approx. twice the area of central Birmingham. Add that into your spatial calculations!

Cheers jerbers, that pretty cool.

^^Hold on a minute - although I haven't carried out any cartographical exercises, I think the 2 city centres are approximately the same size since Birmingham redesignated its borders.

jrb - any chance of resizing the pic below and posting it with the Mcr one - equals things out in terms of grey buildings ;) (sorry Martin G!). Oh, and it also shows where out Pinnacle would be...

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a264/Biosonic/birminghampanoramaproposed3.jpg

Bio with all due respect Birmingham CC is nowhere near the size of Manchester's.

^^Hold on a minute - although I haven't carried out any cartographical exercises, I think the 2 city centres are approximately the same size since Birmingham redesignated its borders.

jrb - any chance of resizing the pic below and posting it with the Mcr one - equals things out in terms of grey buildings ;) (sorry Martin G!). Oh, and it also shows where out Pinnacle would be...

Done.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/jrb041067/render32fz.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/jrb041067/birminghampanoramaproposed3.jpg

Please, lets not get in to a tit for tat argument. They both look superb, or will, hopefully? :)

Bio with all due respect Birmingham CC is nowhere near the size of Manchester's.

Shouldnt that be "Manchester's CC is nowhere near as big as Birmingham's"?

NO and most brummies I've known agree. I was really surprised how small Birmingham was when I first went there.

Define 'City Centre'.
Not being arsey roly just surprised! Its not substaintally bigger but i would certainly say it has more 'presence'.

Done.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/jrb041067/render32fz.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/jrb041067/birminghampanoramaproposed3.jpg

Please, lets not get in to a tit for tat argument. They both look superb, or will, hopefully? :)

In 10 years time we shall have 2 cities in England that are not totally eclipsed by London ....... Birmingham & Manchester. The projects under way, and ones about to come on stream are going to create 2 world class cities!

I define the City Centre as the Central area of Manchester. Most people[not you]make the mistake of thinking Manchester is just Piccadilly, Market St, Deansgate because most of the retail is located around there, but what about Oxford St/Rd going all the way past the Uni up to the Whitworth Gallery,+ Upper Brook St.Then there's the NQ, the Village, the Umist campus. All in all that's massive compared to Birmingham. I know Brum quite well now since I went out with someone from there and also had to travel there with my job weekly and I just don't see how anyone could say it's bigger than Manchester City Centre. I'd say Brum centre is about the same size as Leeds centre...roughly.

I define the City Centre as the Central area of Manchester. Most people[not you]make the mistake of thinking Manchester is just Piccadilly, Market St, Deansgate because most of the retail is located around there, but what about Oxford St/Rd going all the way past the Uni up to the Whitworth Gallery,+ Upper Brook St.Then there's the NQ, the Village, the Umist campus. All in all that's massive compared to Birmingham. I know Brum quite well now since I went out with someone from there and also had to travel there with my job weekly and I just don't see how anyone could say it's bigger than Manchester City Centre. I'd say Brum centre is about the same size as Leeds centre...roughly.

It depends what you define as Birmingham's "city centre". Brummies refer to it as "town", and isn't just the central core which takes in the central shopping areas of New Street, Corporation Street, High Street, the Bullring, etc, plus the Financial areas of Colmore Row, Edmund Street, Newhall Street, Cornwall Street, etc; but also Birmingham's central area takes in the Jewellery Quarter, the Chinese Quarter, the Gun Quarter and the Convention Quarter. When you take in alll these parts of Birmingham's city centre, then it IS larger in area than Manchester city centre.

I know of no defined areas on the fringes of Manchester city centre, such as the Jewellery Quarter, that can be added to Manchester city centre to make it larger.

We'll have to agree to disagree. But I've read a few times on the brum forums that our centre is bigger/more spread out than theirs[their words]. I suppose it is hard to define correctly but just on feel alone Manchester is bigger and a lot more vibrant IMO.

I know what you mean. Manchester definately feels bigger in the centre somehow. Birmingham's "Quarters" seem like different communities encircling the city centre.

Both great cities ..... both unique!

If we were more organised and a little less glued to our laptops we should do exchange visits where our friends from other cities host a day where they show us round and it might put an end to some of the more pathetic 'dick swinging' (not saying that is going on now - i would just like to be better informed on these things myself)
We would also perhaps learn something god forbid!

If we were more organised and a little less glued to our laptops we should do exchange visits where our friends from other cities host a day where they show us round and it might put an end to some of the more pathetic 'dick swinging' (not saying that is going on now - i would just like to be better informed on these things myself)
We would also perhaps learn something god forbid!

I think it stems from some kind of primitive territorial instinct to warn other tribes off their patch I think! I originate from Birmingham, but think manchester & Birmingham are streets ahead of every other provincial city.

Done.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/jrb041067/render32fz.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/jrb041067/birminghampanoramaproposed3.jpg

Please, lets not get in to a tit for tat argument. They both look superb, or will, hopefully? :)

Thanks :) :cheers:

Hopefully, both will look fab.

(And no, no tit for tat from me)

We'll have to agree to disagree. But I've read a few times on the brum forums that our centre is bigger/more spread out than theirs[their words]. I suppose it is hard to define correctly but just on feel alone Manchester is bigger and a lot more vibrant IMO.

Mcr's certainly was bigger - I am not so sure now though - Brum CC fills virtually everything inside the Middleway (the ringroad) with a spur off down the A454 Hagley Road. I *think* Mcr is still larger, but not by that much. Historically Brum CC was everything inside the Queensway, but the boundary has expanded by a mile west, 0.5mi south, 1 mile north and 0.5m east.

Manchester does win in terms of vibrancy though :)

Mcr's certainly was bigger - I am not so sure now though - Brum CC fills virtually everything inside the Middleway (the ringroad) with a spur off down the A454 Hagley Road. I *think* Mcr is still larger, but not by that much. Historically Brum CC was everything inside the Queensway, but the boundary has expanded by a mile west, 0.5mi south, 1 mile north and 0.5m east.

Manchester does win in terms of vibrancy though :)

Just to let you know Bio,(no tit for tat promise) Manchester city centre is also spreading in every direction.

Green Quarter/Red Bank towards Cheetham Hill, Greengate/Chapel warf/Chapel Street towards the Crescent, Ancoats/New Islington towards East Manchester, Piccadilly/London road area towards the Macunian Way Flyover, Oxford Road/Central Spine, towards Moss Side/Hulme/Princess Parkway, Castlefield/Chester Road towards Pomona/St Georges Island/Salford, Middlewood Locks, connecting Salford and Manchester, Pomona connecting Manchester and Salford/Salford Quays.

I'm sure someone will correct me.

One more direction Manchester (and Birmingham) is spreading. Upwards :)

One more direction Manchester (and Birmingham) is spreading. Upwards :)

I forgot to mention that. :)

rite first of all... im a manc but live in brum at the mo...

birmingham city centre seems smaller asin teh imidiate centre including shops restraunts cafes etc but alot of this is due to the fact that loads of em are cramed in the bull ring. density in manchester is alot more central with the uni having a big impact. but birmingham does seem significantly more spread out.

manchester is very nucleated.. get on the hyde road an u hit that shit hole ardwick an gorton imediately an its dead. birmingham extends more like spokes of a wheel down roads such as the bristol road an significantly hagley road around Five ways.

its intresting to see the similarites between diferent areas of the city
colmore row=saint anns square
new st station being central ant token moor st an snow hill = manchesters dominant picadilly an crap victoria.
the Jewelry Quarter = the Northern Quarter
Brindley place = spinningfeilds
Digbeth = Ancoats (though the custard factory is the shit)
im sure theres more but people familiar with these areas will c what i mean

Oooops! Didn't mean to start this type of debate. Fuck it, Manchester and Birmingham are both excellent.....comparisons not necessary :)

If we were more organised and a little less glued to our laptops we should do exchange visits where our friends from other cities host a day where they show us round and it might put an end to some of the more pathetic 'dick swinging' (not saying that is going on now - i would just like to be better informed on these things myself)
We would also perhaps learn something god forbid!

Bloody good idea there Longy, we could have little exchange missions between Manc/Leeds/Brum/L'pool/Glasgow and wherever else. Either that, or we could just meet in a big field in the middle in Staffordshire and battle it out. Invite Monkey up from London for a good pasting too :runaway:

Sorry to keep this going but I'm like a dog with a bone sometimes if I feel I'm right

Manchester City Centre
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/manchester-aerial-m9999.jpg

Birmingham City Centre
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/bm41.jpg

From these I reckon Manchester is far more dense and far more spread out if that makes sense. Both pics are from www.webbaviation.com and both are "City Centre Wide" shot, also bear in mind on the Manchester pic our centre goes even further out to the left in the pic up Oxford Rd sides and past the Uni. I've not bothered to highlight a lot of the industrial areas that are in both pics as I doubt many will class those as City Centre.

Feel free to alter them if I've missed bits out.

'Dog with a bone' - nice imagine!
Anyway there is a facility on Google earth which means you can measure distances and the like. No idea how to use it but may be a little job for someone.
I am now willing to accept Mcr CC is bigger - i wasnt arguing the toss just keen to be better informed.

I wasn't trying to prove you wrong Longford I was just trying to make my point that Birmingham CC is nowhere near as big as Manchester CC, these pics confirm that I reckon? You weren't the only doubter.

and here's MASSIVE Leeds..*cough*

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/leeds.jpg

City Centre Manchester. Webbaviation 2006 pics.(updated) Superb.

CJC, GN, and Beetham all together.:)

Note the Middlewood Locks site bottom left.

http://www.webbaviation.co.uk/gallery/v/manchester2006/?g2_page=1

http://www.webbaviation.co.uk/gallery/d/6182-1/aa02275b.jpg

'Dog with a bone' - nice imagine!
Anyway there is a facility on Google earth which means you can measure distances and the like. No idea how to use it but may be a little job for someone.
I am now willing to accept Mcr CC is bigger - i wasnt arguing the toss just keen to be better informed.

The only problem with this, is the maps of manchester on da google earth are pretty historic in terms of present development :(

You just have to look at Ordnance Survey maps or even an A-Z to suss out comparative sizes; it's the kind of fun activity I do in my spare time.

Note the Middlewood Locks site bottom left.

Big urban park opportunity, sandwiched between central Manc/Salford and the Quays/Pomona now squandered! :bash:

An urban park.........?
In Manchester.............?
Are you drunk...................?

Just for a change, no! What gets me is that 20 years ago, land surrounding central Manchester was worth next to nothing.....you couldn't have given it away.

Do you realise that Leeds photo is take from the very middle of the centre- in other words it misses off 2/3 of the centre.

Sorry to be pedantic RolyBling but on the red area of Birminham you have missed half of Broad Street and most of Hurst Street/ Gay Quater which are defo part of the city centre. Manchester Shopping district is bigger than Birmingham because Birmingham's is very compact, but people always think that is the whole city centre and forget the entertainment areas such as five ways, Broad street and Hurst Street/ Acaradian/ China Town/ Mailbox.

little ting i dun

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i45/zeppsk/myrender.jpg

oldie

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i45/zeppsk/render1.jpg

Sorry to be pedantic RolyBling but on the red area of Birminham you have missed half of Broad Street and most of Hurst Street/ Gay Quater which are defo part of the city centre. Manchester Shopping district is bigger than Birmingham because Birmingham's is very compact, but people always think that is the whole city centre and forget the entertainment areas such as five ways, Broad street and Hurst Street/ Acaradian/ China Town/ Mailbox.

Well like I said, alter it at your lesuire. I didn't know Birmingham had a gay "quarter"?

gay quarter, jewellery quarter, chinese quarter, gun quarter, convention quarter.

now i'm no carol vorderman but if you can have five quarters then maths has changed since i was a nipper :eek2:

side issue: a guy i used to work with was a brummie and he reckons the fact that birmingham has lagged behind manchester in the culture/entertainment stakes is that many of the founding fathers of birmingham's council were quakers. he reckons their legacy lived on for generations in terms of a slightly puritanical view of licensing clubs & bars etc. i've only ever had one night out in birmingham (up broad street) and it was very good although i'm so rock n' roll i was back in the hotel tucked up in bed by midnight :rock:

now i'm no carol vorderman but if you can have five quarters then maths has changed since i was a nipper :eek2:

side issue: a guy i used to work with was a brummie and he reckons the fact that birmingham has lagged behind manchester in the culture/entertainment stakes is that many of the founding fathers of birmingham's council were quakers. he reckons their legacy lived on for generations in terms of a slightly puritanical view of licensing clubs & bars etc. i've only ever had one night out in birmingham (up broad street) and it was very good although i'm so rock n' roll i was back in the hotel tucked up in bed by midnight :rock:

I aint no Richard Whiteley but i think the entomology of that meaning of quarter is different than quarter as in 1/4. Think quarter as in chapter or group.

As far as Brum and popular culture goes - i was a pioneer in the Acid House scene and virtually invented the genre myself singlehandedly and it was noticable to me that for many years Birmingham lacked a decent house scene, long after many other cities caught up with Manchester.

I wouldn't worry about it honolulu bob, in my class at school, nine fifths of us couldn't understand fractions and the other 110% were shit at French.

Oh look, The Longford's from Chicago!

Oh look, The Longford's from Chicago!

Anybody who knows the truth about Acid House knows that it started in 1979 at Smileys on Eccles New Road (which even had a huge smiley face on the outside) when someone spilled a pint over a copy of I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper. A nine year old Longford retrieved this record from the bin out the back and noticed the way the sticky beer had altered the sound and acid house was born.
Frankie Knuckles and Marshall Jefferson were on the Number 33 one day on their way to Barrys Menswear to get some Farah's and it stopped outside my flat and overheard the unusual sounds eminating.
The immediately booked The Silver Screen on a Tuesday night and House music found its spiritual home.

i've heard from an extremely unreliable source (my imagination) that the gun quarter is merely the marketing men's new moniker for handsworth

harrrruuummmmmmph :cheers:

Anybody who knows the truth about Acid House knows that it started in 1979 at Smileys on Eccles New Road (which even had a huge smiley face on the outside) when someone spilled a pint over a copy of I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper. A nine year old Longford retrieved this record from the bin out the back and noticed the way the sticky beer had altered the sound and acid house was born.


:lol: Did you inspire punk as well?

:lol: Did you inspire punk as well?

No - i was too busy trying to keep Disco music from the clutches of the commercial mainstream (and too busy playing 'kerby' and building tracker bikes aswell)

This thread's in the wrong key!

- See what i did there? :sleepy:

Anyway, here's another picture from flickr,

http://static.flickr.com/55/148411936_2d8d4e18fb_o.jpg

Taken by Oirectine again. What a guy!

side issue: a guy i used to work with was a brummie and he reckons the fact that birmingham has lagged behind manchester in the culture/entertainment stakes is that many of the founding fathers of birmingham's council were quakers. he reckons their legacy lived on for generations in terms of a slightly puritanical view of licensing clubs & bars etc. i've only ever had one night out in birmingham (up broad street) and it was very good although i'm so rock n' roll i was back in the hotel tucked up in bed by midnight :rock:

Don't know about that. According to my research there are 50% more strip clubs in Birmingham than there are in Manchester. I also recall the outcry that followed Peter Stringfellows attempts to open a new club here a few years back.

http://www.ukstripclubs.com/england/

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/30/30109_stringfellow_faces_showdown_over_showgirls.html

As my research shows, clearly our friends in the West Midlands have better things to do with their time than sit in darkened rooms alphabetising their record collections. In fact, I'd suggest that the only reason Longy had the time to bring into being the acid house generation was the lack of strip joints in his home town to distract him.

This thread's in the wrong key!

- See what i did there? :sleepy:

Anyway, here's another picture from flickr,

http://static.flickr.com/55/148411936_2d8d4e18fb_o.jpg

Taken by Oirectine again. What a guy!

Oh wow! :D

http://i3.tinypic.com/xpr8tu.jpg http://static.flickr.com/55/148411936_2d8d4e18fb_o.jpg

Notice how insignificant the chimney is on the top picture but how big it is in the second. Just think what the photo would look like with 'fresh' built.

Wow. :cheers:

Add Chapel Wharf and 1HS to that Gav :)

..

This thread's in the wrong key!

- See what i did there? :sleepy:

Anyway, here's another picture from flickr,

http://static.flickr.com/55/148411936_2d8d4e18fb_o.jpg

Taken by Oirectine again. What a guy!

What a great photo

http://i3.tinypic.com/xpr8tu.jpg

I like this. Did you do it Gavin?

Its a bit Sin City isnt it? Although ive not seen the movie in question!

Was that done on sketch up?

Its a bit Sin City isnt it? Although ive not seen the movie in question!

It's a royal good romp that movie longrourke.

gay quarter, jewellery quarter, chinese quarter, gun quarter, convention quarter.

now i'm no carol vorderman but if you can have five quarters then maths has changed since i was a nipper :eek2:

side issue: a guy i used to work with was a brummie and he reckons the fact that birmingham has lagged behind manchester in the culture/entertainment stakes is that many of the founding fathers of birmingham's council were quakers. he reckons their legacy lived on for generations in terms of a slightly puritanical view of licensing clubs & bars etc. i've only ever had one night out in birmingham (up broad street) and it was very good although i'm so rock n' roll i was back in the hotel tucked up in bed by midnight :rock:
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Quote: Awayo:-

In this context the English word "quarter" is an Anglicisation of the French "quartier", meaning a place where people are billeted, often in a military context. This has entered the Engish language in words and expressions such as headquarters and officers' quarters. There can be as many of them as you like - after all nobody expects as military HQ to be split into four parts.

Again, in French, "quartier", as in the English "quarter", the words can refer to any district where people live. The nearest translations of the French word "quartier" is neighbourhood or district. The French word for quarter is "quart", not "quartier".

So there's no need for folks to get worked up about Liverpool possessing more than four quarters. Like Paris with its 400(!) official quartiers, not including some, e.g., the Latin Quarter, that overlap with other "official quarters", Liverpool can invent in infinite number of previously nonexistant quarters, if it so chooses!
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Sorry to be pedantic RolyBling but on the red area of Birminham you have missed half of Broad Street and most of Hurst Street/ Gay Quater which are defo part of the city centre. Manchester Shopping district is bigger than Birmingham because Birmingham's is very compact, but people always think that is the whole city centre and forget the entertainment areas such as five ways, Broad street and Hurst Street/ Acaradian/ China Town/ Mailbox.

I agree, Nick I lived in Birmingham for over six years.....

and forget the entertainment areas such as five ways, Broad street and Hurst Street/ Acaradian/ China Town/ Mailbox.

But they are only a 5/10/15 minute walk at best. :) :cheers:

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I don't care how many quarters Birmingham has the city centre is smaller than Manchester's which ever way you dice it up.

birmingham city centre's problem is that it's in birmingham, which is an inherent problem as far as i (and a significant number of others) am concerned

on the subject of strip clubs, whilst not being without their undeniable merits they are, alas, less of an indicator of the overall worth of a city centre, more an indicator of a higher than average ratio of virgins to the general population of the city. read into that what you will mr pietari my friend :)

Strip clubs . How many times has Stringy Stringfellow tried to get a pole dancing club in Manc? 2 , 3 times ? Keeps getting knocked back for some reason .

Let's just leave it alone shall we!!! I'm doing a self-appointed mod thing here. Opinions are ok, slagging off isn't cricket! I love Birmingham, I lived there from 1981 to 1986 in my teens.

Brum and Manchester can rightly claim to be the UKs most significant business cities, regional centres, economic poles of whatsit, international do-dahs and all that malarky, outside of London which has more malarky than anywhere else, so that's nice. End of :)

Strip clubs . How many times has Stringy Stringfellow tried to get a pole dancing club in Manc? 2 , 3 times ? Keeps getting knocked back for some reason .

That's odd, no idea why that is, other than that kind of high visibility sleazy joint doesn't sit easily with what Sir Howard is trying to achieve......?

birmingham city centre's problem is that it's in birmingham, which is an inherent problem as far as i (and a significant number of others) am concerned

There's no need to be nasty is there!? And I suppose this significant number of people do not live in Manchester and do not post on this forum and are by no means biased in the slightest...?! I know people who say exactly the same about Manchester!!! You lot are far too horrible to each other!

As Jongeman said, Manchester and Birmingham are amazing places and they piss all over every other UK city ('cept for London.) Unfortunately neither has sufficient height to piss on the other! I for one can't wait to see how they both look in years to come, and whether the likes of Leeds, Liverpool, Glasgow etc have it in them to give you a run for your money!

That said, my moneys on Sheffield though! ;) :nocrook:

Let's just leave it alone shall we!!! I'm doing a self-appointed mod thing here. Opinions are ok, slagging off isn't cricket!

It wasn't me Miss it was him. I was just stating a fact. :)

It wasn't me Miss it was him. I was just stating a fact.

We know it was him roly and not you! Stating what you see as fact is always OK IMO.

What isn't ok is saying what he said, not in here. Of course anybody can say what they want in here, but I think that in the Manc forum, there's an unwritten rule that we don't resort to abuse about other cities.........I'd like to think.

Now I'm starting to sound like a puritanical tosspot, so that's all I'm saying :ohno:

there's an unwritten rule that we don't resort to abuse about other cities.........I'd like to think.
:

.....except London! Thats alright!
................oh - and Leeds!
:poke:

Manchester is shite.

^^ It can be in parts, but has potential.

Nope. Its all shite.

i thought i'd post this, i had an interview on the 14th floor of some building behind the plaza:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/golddigga19/85c1c8e1.jpg

http://www.webbaviation.co.uk/gallery/d/3430-1/old-trafford-mg8647.jpg

http://www.webbaviation.co.uk/gallery/d/3426-2/moss-side-mg8645.jpg

http://www.webbaviation.co.uk/gallery/d/3428-1/moss-side-mg8646a.jpg

http://www.webbaviation.co.uk/gallery/d/3472-1/trafford-centre-mg1835.jpg

http://www.webbaviation.co.uk/gallery/d/3476-1/trafford-park-aerial-m1829.jpg

http://www.webbaviation.co.uk/gallery/d/3478-1/trafford-park-aerial-m1876.jpg

http://www.webbaviation.co.uk/gallery/d/4242-1/east-manchester-mg0026.jpg

http://www.webbaviation.co.uk/gallery/d/4244-1/east-manchester-mg0032a.jpg

http://www.webbaviation.co.uk/gallery/d/6645-1/aa02140b.jpg

That last picture looks like its from Sim City.

That's a nice place Man Med. Where is it? I'm guessing Leeds :D

Look at all the unused land around Princess Parkway. I think it's for future expansion of Manchester Science Park (Technopark)

Look at all the unused land around Princess Parkway. I think it's for future expansion of Manchester Science Park (Technopark)

Yeah - if it wasnt for the fucking trustafarian tree huggers moaning that there isnt any green space left in Hulme.
Its a fucking city you twats - move to fucking Somerset. Put a multi storey car park on it or a big shiny tower i say.

I mean they've got a nice new park there what more do they want? That's the problem with unemployment, it gives them too much time to think about trees and otters and stuff.

Yeah - if it wasnt for the fucking trustafarian tree huggers moaning that there isnt any green space left in Hulme.
Its a fucking city you twats - move to fucking Somerset. Put a multi storey car park on it or a big shiny tower i say.

How many fucking fuckings can you get into one fucking post Longfucking! :)

More than that i can assure you!
Just mention salford planners, elected members and listed cinemas and i can use the f word as a noun, a verb, a pronoun, a conjunction and an adjective!

i couldn't fucking agree more longford, if you want endangered natterjack toads and ill-advised sandals then fuck off and live in the eden project

Are we suggesting that we enslave all unemployed tree huggers and Salford Planners into workgangs to construct big shiny towers and force them to murder newts and crane flies?

Not a bad idea.

I'll draw up the paper work now!

I wouldnt mind so much but
a) there is no fucking wildlife round there except some crack addicted foxes and
b) its not like its ancient woodland - there was a fucking beautiful huge concrete post war housing scheme there before!

er..no

You wouldn't say that if you had to live in them. Medlock Court hmmm very des res. Royce Cresent hmm the height of luxury city dwelling NOT.

I take it you turn your sarcasm radar off at weekends blingster!

C**T :)

OK you got me with that one

But I know you like those concrete post war thingies you speak of so wasn't sure

My point is that the tree huggers want to hold on to something that is just a gap where something used to be (something widely hated i might add) and where something else good should go in its place.
The human race is defined by how we shape and control our environment not by how the environment shapes and controls us.
Its a bit of fucking scrubland in the middle of a housing estate for fucks sake not the Great Barrier Reef!
....... and yes - from an architectural history point of view i love the Crescents. From a 'having to live in them' point of view...........eurghhhh!

Oh I know and I'm with you all the way on that one. I'm sick of going past that plot and seeing fuck all happening all because some swampy wannabe's want to save a fucking tree. Can't they just move the tree? Put it in the middle of a nice new landscaped garden of a swanky new apartment block or something?

I totally agree Longstory

Can I be the first to applaud the last ten or so posts? Ok then

Dont get me wrong - trees are good.

"Trees are good
Trees are good
You know that trees are good
Wooooah"

Think of the tune to Ebennezer Goode and it makes more sense!

Anyway - trees are good, i love em but like you say in the courtyard of a swanky oofice or apartment block it will look a damn sight better than in abit of rat infested scrubland.
The way these people relate to trees and nature is a totally twisted concept for most westerners anyway. Its just paying lip service to some pseudo mystical bollocks and shows a certain arrogance that humans are some how in control of this planet. Nature will fuck us all off if we get too big for our boots and then the tree huggers will be fighting for my place on the first space ship out of here!

Fucking animal rights protesters eh? Eh?

They'll be too busy boiling some lentils to even notice wont they? Ha..they care so much about the environment but the gases those fuckin beans and lentils and pulses give off, their grotty little squats must stink to high heaven, not to mention what all those pulsey trouser burps must do to the O-Zone layer.

I think Jerv is being sarcastic..animal rights...lets not go there.

Correct. I heard such a good slap down of them by a guy who had shares in GSK on radio 5 the other day. Animal rights protesters really are the new "not in my name" brigade. Get a job.

Disclaimer: Andysimos 8 pints on friday was my lunchtime warmup

Am i the only sober person here?
JJB has already gone to bed after too many Babyshams!

Why who else is drunk?

Theres jerv and jjb and someone else was apologising earlier on for being drunk and ranting.
Not criticising - just seems to be a lot of drinking on a school night.

I think I'm on the slippery slope. Oh dear. When I worked in railway bridge design, It was a completely booze free environment, liable to spot checks at any time. Thank fuck for the common market

I've just had a bottle of red wine but I swilled it down with sum tulum peyniri and walnut meze, home made of course and a potato, tomato, black olive and garlic stew. Oh and some lovely Turkish bread. Tip, live near a Turkish grocer, eat like a king for cheap.

Do I sound drunk.

Well I've had 3 cans of Stella over a period of about 4 hours so I'm serfectly pober

I've just had a bottle of red wine but I swilled it down with sum tulum peyniri and walnut meze, home made of course and a potato, tomato, black olive and garlic stew. Oh and some lovely Turkish bread. Tip, live near a Turkish grocer, eat like a king for cheap.

Do I sound drunk.

No but you sound like a man who loves his food shall we say

burrp :)

Tip, live near a Turkish grocer, eat like a king for cheap.


A Turkish king maybe!
:horse:

Well, i think they should build on the grassy bits, because it's all dead grass and rubbish everywhere anyway.

However, all developers need to do is keep the trees that line the road alive, then we don't have a problem!

Language Timothy! Just had to wash my hard C drive out with anti-bacterial tea tree bile after reading the past few posts.
I chopped a few 30 odd foot trees down in my garden last week ('landscaping' I tend to call it), bit of a tidying up exercise for a grander plan. A neighbour bobbed her bean curd face round and bent/vent her sodden viscera off into my other half's unimpressed face:
"People don't understand nature...the poor birds habitat has been destroyed in one fail swoop, they're now prone to attack by predators...if we 'tidied' up the amazon then we'd all be doomed...ad nauseum...".
Well. I like to think I do my bit (christ, I occasionally shop at Unicorn) but she atangonised me (via the missus - I wasn't there to defend) to the point of me wanting to invest in a chainsaw and 'short back and sides' the whole 'kin street.
Wouldn't so much mind but there were overgrown privet hedges that had overgrown - her garden is a 'car crash', though she would refer to is as natural and wild (i.e. can't be assed to carry out any work on the sods).

In summary: hummous trousers.

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So much land for the developing.

Nice viewpoint, good to see somet new.. Gonna be a very dense place to be over the years, CJC owning the place for now mind.

here's a few taken from the hills above bury yesterday, what a beautiful day it was :cool:

*note to self* - ask santa for a zoom lens this christmas


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ooops, sorry 'bout the size of those :eek2:

Thanks for those bud :) Smashing.

Does anyone remember that stunning skyline pic , i think it was one of Aiden's from Exchange Quay , it was pre-Beetham.

Love to see one from there in a couple of months , the difference would be great.

From tonight
Salford Beautiful Salford!
Reminds me of Missile Command!
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Nice one Longtrousers.... you are really good at skys! :)

I seem to remember you liked this one aswell.
Must be the vapour trails!
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I really need to dust off photoshop and learn those tehnqs, nice pics longy.

I really need to dust off photoshop and learn those tehnqs, nice pics longy.

Photoshop?????????

How dare you!!!!!! :)

It seems that the art of photography is no longer trusted.
I promise you, apart from resizing and decreasing the file size thats all that i used it for. In fact the gasholder one is a scan of a print (availble for sale at a reasonable rate for SSC forummers!)

Longy, I often take it as a compliment when someone thinks I have photoshopped what I know is an original image :p So, great pictures then.

Thank you Mr Reid.

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Cracking pic BG ,would love to see this from Beetham to Piccadilly though ( night and day shot )

Where's it from ?

Cracking pic BG ,would love to see this from Beetham to Piccadilly though ( night and day shot )

Where's it from ?

Manchester Business School building mate - 10th floor!

JB. (more to come when I've got time :) )

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I'm being a right numpty here and i should know this but where is this and where did you take it from?
is it lower broughton way?

that looks like Hulme..no its Old Trafford, Stretford Rd I think

Great pics btw jerb, I love that last one.

I'm being a right numpty here and i should know this but where is this and where did you take it from?
is it lower broughton way?

Its the essence factory, where they make rasberry for your ice cream. Duckworths

Must have been taken from near GMP headquarters

^^ you're right Isaac its Chester Road isn't it..gold star that man!

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Look at all that LAND!!

Great Pics jrb.

Look at all that LAND!!

There are plans for Pomona Island somewhere. In fact there have been plans for it ever since the days of The Central Mcr and Trafford Park Dev Corps, but still nothing built - such as waste. Defo one of Manchester's best riverside locations, if developed properly. I think the land is still owned by the Manchester Ship Canal co.

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I really really like this picture, because it seems to embody all that is nothern and yet shows hope for how finally our cities are beginning to look the bizz..

I just love the contrast between the new towers going up in the background to the old nothern streets on the right, the georgous red brick building showing our rich heritage and historic buildings, not to mention the odd brick chimney and mill making appearances... Hell, I even like the ghastly blocks on this, because it shows the various backgrounds and lifestyles going on.. really does make the city look like a big place, plus its got the nice weather and some nice big trees, lol .. cracking shot

Of course!
I used to live just near there aswell!
I take it was taken from Compass (?) House - dont know what its called - that big office block near the garage?
Beautiful building (and i dont mean the flats in the background)

Of course!
I used to live just near there aswell!
I take it was taken from Compass (?) House - dont know what its called - that big office block near the garage?
Beautiful building (and i dont mean the flats in the background)

It's taken from the car park next to West Point - jrbs car park tour!

And Ferge - how are they ghastly? Compared to some of the council blocks in Manc those looks like the Sagrada La Familia! :eek2:

It's taken from the car park next to West Point - jrbs car park tour!

And Ferge - how are they ghastly? Compared to some of the council blocks in Manc those looks like the Sagrada La Familia! :eek2:

Correct Caw. :)

Ok ok, so 'ghastly' a bit of an exhaggeration... but just saying that usually the skyline or city shots usually are spoillt by some of the blocks on the edges of the shot for looking grimey or just... shit, but these ones look, on a sunny day and next to some trees, rather nice and welcoming on a skyline shot..

Oh right the car park next to West Point, I was right the first time then with Stretford Rd.

Imagine Mediacity behind that. :)

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See second skyline picture below. This time including the CIS and CJC.(only just though)

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Now imagine the same shot in 5-10 years time if all the proposals get built. :colgate:

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Beetham still looks like a render on that picture anyway, lol... are we sure they actually built it.. besides, I'd rather imagine a 60storey tower beside Beetham than media city at the quays :D

Beetham still looks like a render on that picture anyway, lol... are we sure they actually built it.. besides, I'd rather imagine a 60storey tower beside Beetham than media city at the quays :D

They will probably build a tower there with or without the BBC Ferge.

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Great pic jrb,,imagine this with Albany and Eastgate :)

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Great pic jrb,,imagine this with Albany and Eastgate :)

And with Pomona developed.

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^ Wow, great vantage point. How easy is it to get up there jrb?

Just realised , that's St George's Island to the left of the Town Hall,,really bulks that part of the skyline out ,,cheers jerb .

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Thats the best one, what a view

Doesn't really qualify as a skyline pic but I'll throw it in 'ere

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spot the nice building - yuk

sorry, I just liked the view up Portland St

no avin a pop bling bloke, I would have taken the same pic n posted it..just a shame bout the buildings init.

They could have rebuilt Sunley in the time it's taking them to do it up.

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Interesting view, you rarely see the CIS in a skyline shot from that angle.

Hey - cracking shots there longfourtallsinoneshot.
It would be great if the Beetham lights were set to pulse mode like in Tokyo. There must be a box near them where you can set the type of pattern - my fairy lights have this option.

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Groovy to the max. Should be used as the official Manchester nightsky photo! Excellent.

Cracking shots there Longy, very nice!

Lovely photo :)

yup nice pics mate

Thats one of the best pics I've seen this year of Manchester. Shame if it was taken again, most of the new 100+ buildings wouldnt be on it. Eastgate etc would be to the left and most of the others to the right. Then again Central Spine would be in it, in the far distance.

They are our very own three graces arent they (or four if you count the arndale!!!!)?
andy - i did some cropping in that pic for more impact on your tiny screens and i'm sure in four years time (and a slightly wider lens) i could get em all in!

ooooo, that's lovely. Did you get panoramic photos longford>? Would love to see the whole view incl piccadilly/salford etc.

CIS just letting us know that it aint all that small after 40 years of having the reigns of the city.. Still the biggest mutha of her side of town. Its brilliant to look at that, with them all looking so tall, and think that theres already a load of 'noticeably' tall buildings missing from that shot (as beautiful as it is).. We have a kick ass skyline, moo har!

CIS just letting us know that it aint all that small after 40 years of having the reigns of the city.. Still the biggest mutha of her side of town. Its brilliant to look at that, with them all looking so tall, and think that theres already a load of 'noticeably' tall buildings missing from that shot (as beautiful as it is).. We have a kick ass skyline, moo har!

You have a very average, very square stumpy skyline, with only one tower of any decent height.

I partly agree...we shouldn't go shouting the odds just yet...we need Eastgate and all the others to have a truly 'kick ass' skyline!

You have a very average, very square stumpy skyline

The question is, can I get a cream to remove it?


... Oh wait, am I taking that too personally?

Yeh so it can be improved, a lot.. its a nice picture of a 'segment' of the talls of Manc, the buildings missed off aren't all square for starters..

You have a very average, very square stumpy skyline, with only one tower of any decent height.

Still, 2nd best in the uk though ;)

Still then 2nd best in the UK though

^^^ :hahaha:

^^^ :hahaha:

What are you laughing at numpty? :scouserd:

You have a very average, very square stumpy skyline, with only one tower of any decent height.
But there are lots of slopey roofed towers like the Edge and GN etc missing off that shot. I think Manchesters taller skyline is looking just as impressive as Birminghams shorter but denser skyline these days....anyway Mancs density is catching up on Birmingham rather fast.Both cities are no Chicago though.

You have a very average, very square stumpy skyline, with only one tower of any decent height.
Say what, Troll?

http://www.startrek-online.net/images/jon/jon2/SSC/birmingham11.jpg

Well done mate, classic. Birmingham is Salford, I would have never thought it.

:( and all because I showed my love of my nearest and dearest city

What are you laughing at numpty? :scouserd:

You!

Say what, Troll?

http://www.startrek-online.net/images/jon/jon2/SSC/birmingham11.jpg

Classic!! :lol:

Salford's skyline isn't that far off Birmingham's. And we're not including Salford Quays here!

Classic!! :lol:

Salford's skyline isn't that far off Birmingham's. And we're not including Salford Quays here!

If you added Salford Quays It would look better. :)

I'm outa here! :runaway:

*Bump*

This is Just the West Side of the City Centre!

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This not easy for me.(honest) :ohno:

Unfortunately or fortunately Aiden get access to places we can only dream of, so credit to him for another great skyline pic.

Note: No pic posted. I wonder why? Me bitter? Never! :)

http://www.aidan.co.uk/hyperblog/index.php

I think Longy's are better than that

Say what, Troll?

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Well done, got to put these trolls in their place.

I think Longy's are better than that

Easy tiger!

I am sadly limited by my technology, limited funds and two ankle biters.
Aidan does it for a living, his kit is a bit better than mine and he is always 'on the job' so to speak and sometimes good photos are all about timing.

Aidan does what he does very well and i try to do what i do as best i can.
Thats all.

You!

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It's gone nuts in here this evening.
I'm off to visit murakami.... :(

great pics longbottom,,click on his 2nd pic for screen saver, its looks even better :)

im pissed off to bed xx

cheers longfield.. these aint so bad fron Aidan..

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Easy tiger!

I am sadly limited by my technology, limited funds and two ankle biters.
Aidan does it for a living, his kit is a bit better than mine and he is always 'on the job' so to speak and sometimes good photos are all about timing.

Aidan does what he does very well and i try to do what i do as best i can.
Thats all.
Well you do alright with that limited technology etc. It wasn't a swipe at Aidan by any means, he's really good.

After the storm of last night left us without electricity for 15 hours I decided to get out there. Better than sitting in the house with nothing to do...

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As it happens, when the man from the electricity board turned up he just had to flick the switch in the box on the front of the house. Bugger!!

Love this pic High-Fi , you can see the "finger's on CJC .

Any chance you could take it a bit closer , with the whole skyline on next time ?

cheers matey .

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Thanks highriser - but you've confused me? You want closer but with more of the skyline? Don't think it's posible with this BFO lens of mine? Anyway, here's the "missing" bit from the CIS to the COMS. Steaming after the storm. Look at all those flats!

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Not the most exciting picture.

Just hold on one minute.

Fast forward five years.

Add Eastgate top left, BDP's new office bottom left, Issa Quay, (being constructed) Sarah Tower straight ahead, and Crown far right.

What a difference five years will make. :)

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True.

That cheeky Beetham gets everywhere. Just peeping through from the far end of town.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/images/2006/07/06/storm_west_450_450x250.jpg


Wow!


By a guy called Iain West, during last weekends storm!

I *really* like those pics that Hi-Fi took from after the storm. They are all fantastic. Definatly my favourite set of manc skyline pics. It shows the city in a light that we rarely see. They really stand out from the others. Not that I don't like the others but I find these very interesting to look at.

I lurve the way on 422 that the the city dissipates in layers into the fog. Top stuff!

Worth Watermarking.

Not the most exciting picture.

Just hold on one minute.

Fast forward five years.

Add Eastgate top left, BDP's new office bottom left, Issa Quay, (being constructed) Sarah Tower straight ahead, and Crown far right.

What a difference five years will make. :)


Five years could be a bit optimistic for Sarah tower the way things are going but i like your vision.

Amazing pic of the lighting. Was anything struck?

Five years could be a bit optimistic for Sarah tower the way things are going but i like your vision.

It wouldn't surprise me if we find that Eastgate tower overtakes Sarah tower, despite Sarah starting a good year (or more) before Eastgate does.

I *really* like those pics that Hi-Fi took from after the storm. They are all fantastic.

Cheers macc :)

The latest and probably one of the best skyline pics taken so far? Imagine all the other proposals in the picture. :drool:

Don't worry Aiden, I haven't posted your picture. :runaway:

http://www.aidan.co.uk/megaphoto/ManPanSgi6629/index.html

No problem, JRB, I see you've posted a link to my new Megaphoto Cityscape viewer with 'up close and personal' views of the Beetham Tower in its final stages of construction. Less than an hour after I made it live, that's great!

That megaphoto works really well, Aiden. I've never seen that done before. Was it your idea?

It wasn't immediately obvious that you can zoom in on beetham, though. I only noticed second time around. Maybe a change of font colour on 'Click on the Beetham Tower to zoom in closer.' on page level1/678.

I also noticed a small typo on on level3/01: 'rooftop blad is'..in steadt of blade.

Good stuff.

No problem, JRB, I see you've posted a link to my new Megaphoto Cityscape viewer with 'up close and personal' views of the Beetham Tower in its final stages of construction. Less than an hour after I made it live, that's great!

Aiden. Will you be featuring anymore skyline pictures on your blog, either from the Balloon trip or Dandara's St Georges Island development? Look forward to them.

Never noticed that mural before.

I also noticed a small typo on on level3/01: 'rooftop blad is'..in steadt of blade.

I noticed a small typo when explaining about the small typo :)

I noticed a small typo when explaining about the small typo :)

Note to self: Read before posting! [me-> :bash: <-my inner being]

At least he won't think I'm being pedantic or get offended (bless his cotton socks).

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:eek2: :eek2: :eek2: Looks like its just missing Arndale tower,I wonder if Beetham got hit.

Salford Quays from Hope Hospital today..

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Vine st last month..

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lovin both of them, thank you man med

Yeh, superb stuff :)

Vine st last month..

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Cool pic :cool:

Is Manchester City Centre topography fairly flat or are there noticeable ridges/hills?

I don't recall anything major when I've visited (some gently sloping roads etc), but I haven't explored all of the city centre...

Cool pic :cool:

Is Manchester City Centre topography fairly flat or are there noticeable ridges/hills?

I don't recall anything major when I've visited (some gently sloping roads etc), but I haven't explored all of the city centre...

Apart from the odd road like Jutland Street, the city centre is very flat. There is a very mild gradient up Market Street from Deansgate to Piccadilly, but it's hardly noticeable. From the times I've been in Birmingham, I'd say there are steeper areas there, though both Mcr and B'hm are quite flat compared to say Sheffield.

The city centre is about as flat as anywhere I’ve ever been, yeah some slopes towards the rivers mainly but nothing you would dare call a hill.

Does start to rise quite heavily to the north of town, not far beyond Strangeways you are up quite noticeably above town. Other directions stay pretty level though.

Apart from the odd road like Jutland Street, the city centre is very flat. There is a very mild gradient up Market Street from Deansgate to Piccadilly, but it's hardly noticeable. From the times I've been in Birmingham, I'd say there are steeper areas there, though both Mcr and B'hm are quite flat compared to say Sheffield.

:lol: everywhere in Sheffield is uphill!

Brum has one significant ridge that follows Broad St and falls away to the Jewellery Quarter and Bullring.

I asked because I noticed many of Manchester's buildings seem in proportion to one another (heightwise) on your skyline pics :)

My first tentative steps into Pano territory.
Does anyone know any free stitch progs that dont leave a watermark?
This was done and Calico and is very good apart from the very obvious watermarks stamped all over it.

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Longbottle- you're a brave lad venturing out there with expensive equipment.

A Canon D60 with a battery grip between the eyes can really hurt - especially if you follow it up with a good going over with a tripod.
It was actually very peaceful round there but i know what you mean!

where's that from then?

where's that from then?
http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=53.499196,-2.229146&spn=0.001474,0.003219

Nice feature Longcartographer

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=53.492335,-2.131348&spn=0.002215,0.004415

Only mr Longford could describe a photo as ‘tentative’ and ‘very good’ in one short post – I think we should make a more to beatify him immediately, not sure it matters that he’s not dead and possibly not even religious but we’ll get him through.

Only mr Longford could describe a photo as ‘tentative’ and ‘very good’ in one short post – I think we should make a more to beatify him immediately, not sure it matters that he’s not dead and possibly not even religious but we’ll get him through.

I meant the stitching program was very good not the picture but reading back it does seem a little conceited doesnt it........?
Put it down to Longford Infallibility and i shall forgive you my son.

I meant the stitching program was very good not the picture but reading back it does seem a little conceited doesnt it........?
Put it down to Longford Infallibility and i shall forgive you my son.

yeah, I got that I suppose but still found it ace!
and yes, it is very good anyhow

where's that from then?

I would guess near the Metrolink depot on Queens Road, Cheetham.

sorry its so big - lazy,
taken through window at hope hosp

http://www.myfilehut.com/userfiles/153141/hopepaNNooo.jpg

St Georges commi blocks eh.

Great photo Man Med.

My mam and dad were married in that church (St Lukes) in front of Beetham, and the one just to the left of it (All Souls) was the one that chucked my grandfather out for marrying an Anglican and not sending his kids to a RC school - he ended up going to the Hidden Gem instead.

He he.. weastey - Im getting married there in september m8 I live in Seedley.

the other is where Frank Gallagher shamelessley tied the not..

My mam and dad were married in that church (St Lukes)

So were mine!
Small world eh? (wouldnt want to paint it though!)