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They Plan To Bring Em Down This Weekend
what a shame to scrap these landmarks there are groups working hard to save them but they just don't want to listen
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they are not an eyesore they are landmarks and yes people do go to see them
if you watch the video you can see the old dock gates and some of workers that made the docks and listen to some good music
all the pubs and old streets . the factories all gone just the two cranes to show people that it was a proper busy working docks
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if you watch the video you can see the old dock gates and some of workers that made the docks and listen to some good music
all the pubs and old streets . the factories all gone just the two cranes to show people that it was a proper busy working docks
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They need to get rid of things like this - it makes the area look like a dockyard.
These days, the term 'dockyard' is used as a romantic label, but developers want it to be severtal miles away from actually looking like its label.
Similarly - how many housing developments to do you see referred to as 'Mews' properties. when there is nothing like a Mews anywhere in sight?
For the record, a Mews is an area, usually converted stables, where falcons used to be kept - the name comes from the noise these birds make which is similar to a cat mewing.
So - if you see the term 'Mews' being used - ask the Developers where the original Mews stood, and if they can't answer, sue them under the Trades Description Act!
Anyway - back to the original point - the term 'docks' is romancing, and should not include any or all references to what docks actually are - hence the need for the cranes to go.
For heaven's sake, the BBC has built an HQ here - how can they possibly keep passing it off as 'Manchester' when there is all this evidence or northern working-class oiks cluttering up the place?
These days, the term 'dockyard' is used as a romantic label, but developers want it to be severtal miles away from actually looking like its label.
Similarly - how many housing developments to do you see referred to as 'Mews' properties. when there is nothing like a Mews anywhere in sight?
For the record, a Mews is an area, usually converted stables, where falcons used to be kept - the name comes from the noise these birds make which is similar to a cat mewing.
So - if you see the term 'Mews' being used - ask the Developers where the original Mews stood, and if they can't answer, sue them under the Trades Description Act!
Anyway - back to the original point - the term 'docks' is romancing, and should not include any or all references to what docks actually are - hence the need for the cranes to go.
For heaven's sake, the BBC has built an HQ here - how can they possibly keep passing it off as 'Manchester' when there is all this evidence or northern working-class oiks cluttering up the place?
andy-hughes > For heaven's sake, the BBC has built an HQ here - how can they possibly keep passing it off as 'Manchester' when there is all this evidence or northern working-class oiks cluttering up the place? <
sorry andy never thought of that with them winning awards for their building -)
> From a distance, MediaCityUK looks like one of those sprawling faceless office blocks, shunted alongside bleak city squares, that were common in eastern Europe 50 years ago <
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sorry andy never thought of that with them winning awards for their building -)
> From a distance, MediaCityUK looks like one of those sprawling faceless office blocks, shunted alongside bleak city squares, that were common in eastern Europe 50 years ago <
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Pssst...Salford Quays is in Salford, not Manchester ;)
It's a shame they can't keep them, they are such a prominent sight in the area, especially as right near a main entrance to the Quays though they are a bit tatty so could have done with some proper maintenance if being kept.
I liked the reminder of the old docks as the area has changed so drastically. I used to live in the Quays and they never bothered me, they aren't that near any of the residential flat/houses, closer to office accommodation and the old Dock Office.
I think it adds character, especially with many modern tower of glass and metal buildings like the NV Buildings and office accommodation (and BBC and other other media companies), even the Imperial War Museum is a modern structure. I quite like the black anchor model up over the bridge into Trafford, albeit they aren't original structures.
It's a shame they can't keep them, they are such a prominent sight in the area, especially as right near a main entrance to the Quays though they are a bit tatty so could have done with some proper maintenance if being kept.
I liked the reminder of the old docks as the area has changed so drastically. I used to live in the Quays and they never bothered me, they aren't that near any of the residential flat/houses, closer to office accommodation and the old Dock Office.
I think it adds character, especially with many modern tower of glass and metal buildings like the NV Buildings and office accommodation (and BBC and other other media companies), even the Imperial War Museum is a modern structure. I quite like the black anchor model up over the bridge into Trafford, albeit they aren't original structures.
Eve - "Pssst...Salford Quays is in Salford, not Manchester ;)"
My regular references to 'Manchester' are ironic I assure you - I am fully aware that Salford is not only not part of Manchester, I know it is a city in its own right.
I keep calling it 'Manchester' because that is what the BBC will have done to try and persuade the Hamstead luvvies to shift north - even with the massive relocation expenses the BBC doled out from licence payers' money, you'd never have got them north of Watford without passing their new home off as a sort of 'northern' version of London.
My regular references to 'Manchester' are ironic I assure you - I am fully aware that Salford is not only not part of Manchester, I know it is a city in its own right.
I keep calling it 'Manchester' because that is what the BBC will have done to try and persuade the Hamstead luvvies to shift north - even with the massive relocation expenses the BBC doled out from licence payers' money, you'd never have got them north of Watford without passing their new home off as a sort of 'northern' version of London.
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It's similar to the case of the headgear of Clipstone Colliery. They were saved from demolition by a vote in the local district, the majority of the people voting to save them actually coming from outside the area while the locals would have been quite happy just to have had the wheels set up at the entrance to the town. People are still arguing about who should is responsible for the up keep and maintenance while trees grow through the roof of the buildings and acres of land is going undeveloped because nobody knows whats going to happen,I mean who wants something like this sat at the bottom of the garden
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