The underground Manchester & Salford Junction Canal: From its open-air source, through to its submerged section where the water resolutely refuses to go away – what a story. About M-Two, Dave McLaughlin remembers: “There was loads of bouncers always on the door and the queue was huge. The dance floor was brilliant and the music was really good in there as well. They had like R’n’B and Hip Hop.” Manchester Airport, formerly Manchester (Ringway) Airport, is the busiest airport outside London by a considerable margin with over double the passengers of its nearest non-London rival, Edinburgh Airport. With over 200 destinations, the Airport serves the most destinations of any airport in the United Kingdom and is viewed as the international flight hub for the whole of Northern England, North Wales and parts of the Midlands. [7] In 2008 the airport handled 21.2 million passengers but was badly affected by the Global Financial Crisis. The Airport gradually recovered and had become the fastest growing major airport in the United Kingdom by 2014 with 20.7 million passengers. Open now until January 1st, 2024, attractions include teacups, a caterpillar rollercoaster and funhouse. There is also the thrilling Snow Jets ride or the Starflyer, as well as a brand new attraction VOID – calling all you dare devils! One of these proposed projects was an underground railway between the city’s two principal stations, Piccadilly and Victoria, a link that would aim to merge the city’s rather disjointed transport system into one unified network.

Similar rumoured tunnels lead to New Bridge Street next to Victoria Station and even as far as Moston College over 2 miles away. Castlefield acted as the main centre of the city in those days, with Deansgate the major thoroughfare from Chester and then up to the settlements in Wigan and York. To think that over the years this road ended up being built on over and over isn’t too far out of the realm of believability – especially considering what the Victorians did down near the Cathedral… Rumoured Cathedral Tunnels The average amount of time people spend commuting with public transit in Manchester, for example to and from work, on a weekday is 89 min. 31% of public transit riders, ride for more than 2 hours every day. The average amount of time people wait at a stop or station for public transit is 18 min, while 28.% of riders wait for over 20 minutes on average every day. The average distance people usually ride in a single trip with public transit is 7.2 km, while 12% travel for over 12 km in a single direction. [45] See also edit Brothers would steal their sister’s hair straighteners, making them pong of sweaty hair, but still deny using them. S isters would steal each other’s clothes and replace them the next day, with more than a hint of cigarettes and booze, sprayed over with cheap Exclamation from the local Superdrug. Louise Patton The only one to have been confirmed though is a short tunnel linking the Cathedral to Chetham’s Well – which was found around 1842 and naturally would have acted as a great convenience between the Cathedral, the well and Chetham’s Library. Guardian Underground Telephone Exchange

The Deansgate Tunnel

Saying yes and embracing as the announcement goes out over the tannoy and fans watching from the stands start to clap and cheer, the two pose for a few photos stood on the centre circle before heading off to, well, spend the rest of their lives together. The same set played week-in, week-out as you started the night with The Charlatans and ended it jumping and shaking your head around to Faithless. Fifth Ave held epic foam parties that would get very messy. Louise remembers how the ‘bank holiday foam parties were brilliant’. Fifth Avenue / Facebook M-Two

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The Ring o’ Bells Pub

Laura Jayne, who worked for some of the club nights and liked to rave the night away at others, recalls: “I loved all the Electro house nights: Studio One 11 at Venus, Ampersands, Sankey’s but most especially Area 51’s Circoloco night. Laura Jayne / textmi.com According to the overview, each tour will: “Explore in ravishing detail, with all the relevant pictures, the places you’d love to get down to but can’t anymore, thanks to meticulous and eye-opening research Manchester’s leading historian.

Heward, Emily (22 June 2018). "Manchester's water taxi service runs aground after two years". Manchester Evening News. Nowadays the tunnels are still intact and are used extensively by the likes of BT, Nynex and probably a load of broadband companies. If you can manage to get yourself down there it will be the best place to pretend to be a Bond villain, but you’ll probably either get arrested or die first, so just grow a third nipple or buy a fluffy white cat instead.

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The city also has an inner ring road. Part of this is the A57/ A57(M) (known as The Mancunian Way), which runs south of the city centre, linking the western M602 (which spurs from the M60) to the eastern M60 and M67. Ali Saeedian fondly remembers outrageous club nights in Manchester’s Gay Village before the pandemic. He says: “Nights such as ‘Cha Cha Boudoir’ that elevated the standards of club performances to new levels where nothing was impossible and a spectacular show was put on no matter what, and in turn launched countless drag careers in Manchester. Many of the passageways connect the Cathedral to pubs; and in the case of a rumoured tunnel from the cellar of the Castle & Falcon Pub, Keith Warrender’s Underground Manchester explains how a heavy door was discovered in 1975 which contained cob-webbed skeletons and a passage which led to the cathedral. You’ll be able to enjoy all the glittering lights and sights as you soar above the ground at a staggering 55 metres high. Take in the incredible views and a little piece of magic this Christmas. Trafford Centre Letters to Santa at Selfridges

So, instead of worrying about what people felt, and just doing what people expected me to do, you know? There were a couple of bereavements that were pivotal.” In 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, several hundred bus drivers in Manchester working for Go North West went on strike for two months. In 2012, Cube Gallery on Portland Street was home to an exhibition called Infra_MANC, which was curated by Richard Brook from the Manchester School of Architecture and Martin Dodge from Manchester University’s Geography department. Volunteers will expertly wrap your gifts in return for a donation. Find them on lower Regent Crescent, outside JD Sports. Chemical Engineer / Wikimedia Ladbaby book signing at WH SmithJoy says she was meant to ‘run away’ from battle rapping and ‘only do it once’, but she’s done it several times now and plans to do more. Northern Heart Films / Youtube Former student Louise Patton remembers the ’15-hours of drinking’ nights being ‘the most memorable’ where student boozers wore themed T-shirts – pretty impressive memory skills after all that alcohol! Victoria Arches, used as a WW2 air-raid shelter (Image: Keith Warrender) Read More Related Articles