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| SNOW IN AND AROUND MANCHESTER January 2004 |
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ON THE M60 (formerly M62) at Junction 12 near Eccles, traffic moves at speed along the motorway despite the wet conditions. The snow has turned to rain. Town/area:
Eccles |
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HOLCOMBE HILL ABOVE RAMSBOTTOM is partially covered in snow. The 150 year old monument to Sir Robert Peel stands out on the hill top. Town/area:
Ramsbottom |
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PENDLE HILL, covered in a thin layer of snow, looks cold and forbidding under a grey sky - Not the place to go wandering at this time of year. Pendle Hill is 25 miles (40 km) north of Manchester Town/area:
Clitheroe, Pendle Hill |
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THE MANCHESTER CITYSCAPE is seen here above snow covered fields near Mount Pleasant Nangreaves, above Bury. Manchester city centre is 10 miles (16km) to the south. Town/area:
Viewpoint is Nangreaves |
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AT SIMISTER ISLAND where the M60, M66 and M62 meet, there is snow on the grass verges, but the carriageways are clear. We are looking north towards Bury. Town/area:
Simister. |
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THE TATTON ARMS and parish church at Northenden make a painterly scene, marred only by the yellow sign on the front of the pub. Overhead, traffic thunders by on the M60 (formerly M63) viaduct which here crosses the River Mersey. Town/area:
Northenden. |
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SALE PRIORY once stood in these woods by Dane Road**. The M60 (formerly M63) motorway is just over a grassy bank to the right. Town/area:
Sale. |
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