ST. PETER SQUARE
by Andrew_Liu
When i stayed in Manchester I often stayed at St. Peter Square in lunch time after reading in every morning, in warmly August sunshine. One day I found a small museum about a event happened on this square nearby. In the same August, 1819, about 60 thousand workers gathered here to against a government law. Suddenly a team of policemen charged in. many worker died or injured. This event was named “Peterloo”. A monument stand here to point out it.
From this I thought that a well considered society environment often need to pay expensive price.
see the Manchester Storm...
by SusanneBeck
see the Manchester Storm Ice-hockey team play at the MEN arena. Ice hockey games are nothing like you'd expect so if you're not really into sport, don't give up on seeing a game. The atmosphere is amazing. There's nothing like it! It costs about £10 or £6 for concessions, and tickets are available via the MEN arena Manchester 24 Hour Ticket Hotline 0161 930 8000.
Packing List
by iceblue
Anything goes really! You must be warned us northerners do like our rain.......not through choice but thats all the weather man gives to us!
Be sure to bring an umberella!!
We have had some really good weather over the last few weeks, summer can be quite unperdictable, August is usually the best month and February the worst! Almost everything can be purchase at the chemist which are open 9-5 Monday to Saturday and some on Sunday's If you've got camping equipment bring it and take a trip to the Lake District!
As a student, I love the John...
by Paul_Cheak
As a student, I love the John Rylands Library. Its massive and if you've got lots of time on your hands and love reading, that's the place to hang out. Other great places include the University Museum (Small but FREE Admission), Arndale Centre, Trafford Centre (Take a bus from Piccadilly Gardens) and Castlefield.
Shopping capital of the North
by jayhawk2000
NEWSFLASH: June 2005 has seen the introduction of regular late night shopping, with most shops in the Arndale and on Market Street now open till 7 or 8pm six nights a week!
Manchester has many shops to entice you:
the boutiques of King Street and St Ann's Square;
Marks & Spencer, Selfridges, Zara, Heals and Harvey Nicholls (which has the most astounding view over Manchester's medieval quarter);
the Arndale (Europe's largest shopping centre when it was built in the 80's and now undergoing a massive expansion with the world's biggest Next opening October 2005);
the Triangle (quality shops and boutiques housed in the renovated Corn Exchange);
the Printworks (with Hard Rock Cafe, several pubs and clubs, IMAX and luxury cinema);
Afflecks Palace (shopping centre for funky junkies, skaters and goth kids in the ultra-hip Northern Quarter);
high quality independent music shops like Piccadilly Records, Vox Pop and the Vinyl Exchange lining Oldham Road in the Northern Quarter;
Primark and Debenhams are the two huge department stores at the top end of Market Street before it opens out onto Piccadilly Gardens;
Kendals on Deansgate belongs to the House of Fraser (the Harrods group);
and to the far west on the motorway ring road is the Trafford Centre, the massive and luxurious new shopping centre. You can buy a combined tram/shuttle bus ticket from the tram's ticketing machines. Take the Altrincham tram to Stretford, where a bus will be waiting in the car park to take you on the 10-minute ride to the Trafford Centre. You could spend a whole day here shopping, eating and catching a movie if the weather was bad.
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Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, UK.
Sir Alex Ferguson
St Lawrence Church, Denton
