890: DAFFODILS Tandle Hill Country Park April 1999

Tandle Hill Country Park is located on a hilly, wooded area overlooking Oldham. A field of daffodils has been planted to raise money for a cancer charity. We are looking through the daffodils to the town of Oldham in the distance (Other keywords: flowers, Oldham, parks)

891: HOMES FOR SALE OR RENT in city centre Manchester (available in the next few years) Apr1999 & Dec1997

More and more 19th century warehouses and 20th century office buildingsin city centre Manchester are being converted for use as apartments.

Here we see a small and surprising selection: The National Buildings, Parsonage Gardens - left hand building dates from 1905, and the right hand extension was added 60 years later. Top centre is the Sunley Tower, part of Piccadilly Plaza, opened in 1965. Sunley tower is currently occupied by the Government Office for the North West, and others. The tower has been suggested for possible conversion into apartments.

Top right, old mill buildings Cambridge Street, south of Whitworth St. The chimney has been saved, though it won't be emitting any smoke!

Bottom left: the former Hacienda building, to be converted into flats. This is what the Manchester Civic Society suggested when it was first proposed to demolish the right hand section of the builidng. The penthouse apartment in the rotunda, top left, is expected to be put on sale for around £300,000.

Bottom right: I've included some traditional style English semis, here occupying a commanding position above Manchester New Road, Alkrington. Many people would still much rather live in one of these than in a converted mill building in the city centre.

892: The Cage, Lyme Park near Disley Cheshire (Metropolitan Borough of Stockport) Sunday 11Apr1999

The Cage is an old hunting lodge which lay empty and closed up for many years. In 1999 it was reopened to the public. Beyond the tower to the left is the Manchester conurbation. On a clear day you can see Lancashire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Shropshire. Opening times in April 1999: 12-4pm check with Lyme Park for more exact details.

Keywords: National Trust, stately homes, Pride and Prejudice, Pemberley

893: Metrolink tram crossing London Rd and entering Piccadilly Station. 8.35pm Monday 12Apr1999

I've used a one second exposure to take this photo - that's why the tram has a motion blur. On the right is the old Fire Station. Above the brick wall top left is Piccadilly railway station.

Other keywords: public transport, night

894: Ashton Canal Bridge, Store Street, city centre Manchester 8.30pm Monday 12Apr1999

This is where the Ashton Canal crosses Store Street, the street which passes under Piccadilly Station Approach and goes up to Great Ancoats Street. There is a "lost" river underneath this street. This bridge was drawn by LS Lowry.

Other keywords: canals, Ashton canal, night

895: Salford Cathedral (Roman Catholic) 1997

Salford Cathedral stands on Chapel Street, about one mile from Manchester city centre.

Other keywords: churches, religion

896: Fairfield Street Manchester with Star and Garter pub 13Apr1999

This is Fairfield Street taken from underneath the bridge on which Piccadilly Station platform 13 and 14 are built. The Star and Garter pub is on the right. Status Quo played here on 8Apr1999. Further along the street is the main line from Piccadilly to Stockport and London. To the right is the former Mayfield Station, closed in the early 50's and used as a parcel depot for many years.

Other keywords: stations, railways, pubs, signs.

897: Lyme Hall and daffodils 11Apr1999

Hundreds of daffodils are blooming on the edge of the lake, on the other side of which the majestic Lyme Hall, "Pemberley" in BBC's Pride & Prejudice.

Other keywords: Stockport, National Trust, stately homes, water

898: First roof section being added to the new swimming pool complex, Oxford Road 7pm Monday 12Apr1999

The first of the roof supports for the Commonwealth Games swimming pool complex are being lifted into place here.

Other keywords: 2002, sports, construction

899: Airbus Industrie Super Transporter at Manchester Airport Tuesday 13Apr1999

The Super Transporter is a converted Airbus which carries wings manufactured in Chester and other aircraft parts to the Aerospatiale factory at Toulouse in France. With its swollen back and stabliser tailfins, it looks like a machine from Thunderbirds. This aircraft replaced the "Super Guppy" a converted 1950's Stratocruiser.