Romans

June 27, 2017

Carlisle, where I stayed a couple of weeks back, is the western end of Hadrian’s Wall and the Newcastle area is the eastern.  As I was getting on the train to the appropriately named town of Wallsend I saw a local with a Green Bay Packers cap & sweatshirt so I pleasantly called him a […]

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Welcome to Newcastle-upon Tyne

June 26, 2017

Only 2 1/2 hours by train and I have a whole new city to explore. My hotel is on the Quayside so after dropping off my kit I headed out to the waterfront where on Sundays they have what we in the States would call a flea market going on. This part of the city […]

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John Ryland Library

June 25, 2017

This neo-gothic style building was build as a memorial for John Rylands who had become Manchester’s first multi-millionaire through success in the cotton weaving industry by his wife and opened in 1900. In order to keep the quality of the books as good as possible in the less than clean Manchester air of the time […]

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Manchester, England Wrap up

June 25, 2017

I just noticed that I have now published over 300 posts of my various trips.  It will be fun looking back some dark winter’s days and who knows, maybe someone else has read a few/   Founded by people from The Isle of Mann and Chester, England. Or maybe from the name Mancunium  a stronghold […]

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Manchester Armed Forces Day

June 24, 2017

Whilst wandering around Manchester I came across the local honoring of the troops.  There was a stage set up for performances and by some luck, I happened upon an 11 year old who was to sing a tribute to her friends and others who perished during the terror attack at the Manchester Arena a few […]

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Manchester Museum at UMAN

June 24, 2017

I figure if the football team in ManU the Uni must be UMan This small 30’/10m 3 ton, distant relative of Tyrannosaurs was found in NW North America Posonous frogs and iguana Golden pheasant and the vicious looking Harpy eagle European porcupine and pangolin and armored ant eater For someone familiar with New Bedford;s Whaling […]

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Manchester Art Gallery

June 23, 2017

The first exhibit was photos of the Manchester area in the 60’s and 70’s. I focused on the kids with the last one my favorite. Such joy!   F.R. Pickersgill Samson  Betrayed.  And this original Banksy is on plywood William Etty’s Sirens and Ulysess And Charles Bently’s Mon St Michael Marshall Ney Supporting the rear […]

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Peoples History Museum

June 22, 2017

I made zero plans of what to see or do prior to arriving in MCR but Lilly and Carlos’s suggestions gave me more than enough to do.  Glad the were both so knowledgable and favorable about this city. This museum wasn’t far from my hotel so by altering my route to the city, I got […]

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Manchester Museum of Science and Industry

June 22, 2017

This was another fun one.  Manchester has given the world some major stuff including John Kay’s flying shuttle in 1737, changing  weaving  from  home to company operation.  That lead  Manchester to control the cotton industry for 100 years and to help move it and coal, the 1st canal in Britain.  Or that John Dalton introduced […]

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Castlefield

June 22, 2017

After the Science and  Industry Museum I went for a wander and found my self in the Castlefield section of Manchester. Complete with the remains of Roman forts, parks and canals.

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