This post box was one of the few things left standing after the IRA bombing that destroyed much of the City centre in 1996. It now has a plaque marking its miraculous survival.
The Arndale shopping centre, also destroyed in the bomb blast, now rebuilt.
A statue over the doorway to one of the City's designer shops..JPG)
The entrance to Manchester's colourful China Town. .JPG)
One of the canals running through the City. Although there are lots of new buildings going up there are still plenty of derelict ones.Tomorrow will be my last day of Manchester photos. If you look closely at the Arndale photo above you can make out the reflection of the Manchester Wheel. More on that tomorrow!
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9 comments:
Oh, Marley, please don't quit making these series! They are great. If you start your own London 'hoods series I'll become a season ticket holder! 8D
Love the post box and the Chinatown gate.
very nice collection of photos! I agree with fenix, i like this post office box - very different than ours in the states... the chinatown entrance reminds me of china town in new york. i see the wheel, and look forward to seeing tomorrow's post!
Hi marley, nice photos of Manchester. What is your favourite place in the city?
I'm sure the Royal Mail is pleased to know their letterboxes are so solid -:)
Looks like Chinatown is quite a large community ...
I have a photo somewhere of that post box amongst all the wreckage - not sure where the original is - I used a version of it as the cover of my 1999 collection Limbo Time.
This is a nice, informative, post. I enjoyed reading it and looking at the pictures. It is interesting the postal box is red. Our's are blue.
Abraham Lincoln, Brookville, Ohio
I love your Manchester series. There is so much to see there. It must have been fun to explore the city!
I love your Manchester series...I certainly enjoyed posting San Francisco and I don't live there either! I did not recognize your mailbox as a mailbox...amazing how we get used to what we know in our own country.
Cool photos from Manchester.
My favorite is the last one, of the canal. IT looks deserted yet so enticing.
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