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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater Manchester » Manchester September 7th 2004

Date: 07.09.2004 Destination: Manchester, England Day: 4 The intended plan was to go to Liverpool straight from London. But in order to save money, we took Megabus (just 2pound) to Manchester then continue to Liverpool. But, another reason was Manchester United baby! The trip to Manchester was a comfortable one. We reached Manchester Central around noon and straight to Old Trafford via Metrolink. What with all the Bull statues around Manchester? The Manchester United stadium is situated somewhere outskirt of the Central but there are still score of people around and inside the stadium. From the information i get, the match ticket for Manchester United are just for members and non-members need to pay at least 100pound to secure a place! So, visiting the stadium is the only way to get near the action. We bought ... read more
Inside Old Trafford

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater Manchester » Manchester January 5th 1991

Geo: 53.5757, -2.15876Went over for a friends 21st party (via ferry to Wales & then stopping in the nightmare that is Crew station)- main thing I remember is the friends 2 ex-pat uncle's discussing the merits of the West Of Ireland with the memorable line "Shligo for feedin' Mayo for the breedin'". Great shopping town I remember getting 'Red or Dead' shoes. Didn't go to the Cornation St studio, Man U grounds (naturally enough we wouldn't be interested) or The Haçienda but that'd be hard is it was defunct at that point! So what did we do... wandered around St Peters Sq, went shopping in the many many shops (which is actually the main thing to do there), mooched around Deansgate Locks etc., seemed to get mini-cabs to pubs a lot I also remember. Hooked up ... read more




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