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Few days age I was crossing 3:30am , it was pitch dark, a lady was standing in the middle of the road, she is not moved or waved her hands. It was not like a human act . She stood and not even walking or asking for help. I got scared and googled it. And seen this video. It was scary though.
I knew all about this and lived near the church on Church Lane. There's actually wonderful history about the Wild West show coming to Manchester and leaving an enduring legacy. They stayed in and around Manchester and Salford for a long time not just performing at the arena in Salford but at Belle Vue as well later. Not just indigenous Americans but Canadians too stayed in Manchester. They formed a close bond with the local people forming strong friendships and trade links across the Atlantic many years later to the point where in 1969 Bob Stoker (chairman of Furness Withy Shipping) commissioned a cultural tie - a totem pole built by the Namgis to the people of Salford to signify their long history. For a long time this stood outside the now defunct Furness House on Trafford Road (The old Manchester Liners building) sadly due to the ravages of time it rotted at the base, was repaired and relocated to Levington near Ipswich then came back home to Salford a few years ago. Last heard they were looking for a new site to locate it around the new development on the grounds of Furness House maybe somebody has more info on this? Has it been relocated yet? I'm living in the Philippines now so not sure.
I played in Sale Water Park when it was being built, it was great fun as a kid in the 70's, lived on Brunswick Street so spent many happy days playing in that area
Dunham Massey Mill used to be a corn mill, but was converted to a sawmill a few hundred years ago. It has recently been restored and I ran a few tours there for a while. I also star on the video they use to show disabled visitors the lower part of the mill which is not accessible to them.
@@Wickedacorn It is. I have sent to your website a 'comment' that contains URLs to Nether Alderley Mill in my blog. I tried posting them here but I think YiuTube deleted it.
Your absolutely right about incels rushing in to bring up the white feathers whenever a suffragette gets mentioned. I made a video about pankhurst and these dudes are in the comment section talking about feathers and fascism straight away. At least it led me here lol Great video!
The noted writer of radio and TV Peter Tinniswood was also a boy of Sale. In the very late end of the 1980s he took a BBC film crew with him around his old childhood haunts, including the old Odeon cinema on Washway Road and his school on Moss Lane, Sale Boys’s Grammar. I think it’s on RU-vid somewhere.
I watched a Pears Morgan show with 2 women argueing that City and United should take ships away from there club badges.! How embarrasing for those women in that show that they didnt know about this statue and the history of manchester..!!!!!!!!!!!!
I walk my dogs round the Davyhulme Nature Reserve in Flixton and have wandered up to the aqueduct but is so sad as so much is fenced off. There is also the Hulme Ferry which is a small free ferry across the Ship Canal that Peel have to provide due to an ancient act of parliament. Also in Flixton there is the Irlam Locks crossing that joins Flixton to Irlam that I just found out about. The locks are huge and industrial but just sat there looking impressive fenced off and virtually invisible. Such a shame as hugely significant to cultural heritage and all could be made into entertaining educational attractions perfect for a day out. And where are all the boats? Loved your video. Thanks for making it and sharing.
As a former Salian I used to go past the Brooklands Hotel on a regular basis to visit my grandparents who lived in South Grove near by. My grandfather used to go with my uncle to the Brooklands Tap next to the hotel. And the Little B was a regular meeting place with my friends until I left Sale when I got married. I found this video very interesting
In the winter of 1940 a farm at Over Alderley received a direct hit from a bomb, sadly killing the entire family who lived there. You wouldn't be expecting to be bombed in such a sparsely populated area, so presumably it was a 'hung up' bomb jettisoned from a German bomber returning to base from taking part in the Manchester Blitz. Vince
@@Wickedacorn Sadly National Trust has closed it from mid August this season until next year. They cite lack of NT staff as they have lost staff at Quarry Bank and cannot spare anyone to be at Nether Alderley (we volunteers run it, miller and guide - I do both roles - but there has to be an NT staff member on site as well). Vince
...Peduncle?...Moving swiftly on..Actually, my loose grasp of Latin tells me it may refer to being foot-shaped?...Dunno, CBA looking..lol. Re your bomb crater disappointment, I know of a tidbit that is rapidly in danger of falling down the memory hole, mainly because few know...the V1 bomb in Northenden mystery...The site of impact was lost to memory until some excellent detective work. Let me know if you want more details. Thanks for this video, never heard of the park till now. Cheers Paul for all you do.
@@Wickedacorn No problem. The site is near Sharston tip and is now a pond at the back of a golf course, (ironically). The location was lost until somebody took into account of the building of the motorway and, I think, the redirection of the Mersey. It's a great story with witness accounts. It apparently ran out of fuel and did a U turn over Wythenshawe park before hitting the deck in Northenden. BTW, there is archive maps showing where every bomb dropped and what type.
Heaton Park Manchester was a R.A.F transit camp WW2 and during WW2 it was bombed and made a big hole in the grass and stood next to it was a policeman looking very upset. I often wounded where the hole could be. may it was filled in. I found the photo on the Manchester council archive web page.
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