© Joseph McGarraghy
Tuesday, 20 February 2007
Monday, 19 February 2007
Love is ...
... a view of the distant Pennine Chain from The Temple, Heaton Park, Manchester.
(c) Joseph McGarraghy
Friday, 16 February 2007
ManchesterTram Ride, captions:
1. We are on the 'tram' from Bury to Manchester. Having departed from Bowker Vale Station our next stop is Crumpsall. Then on to Woodlands Road ....
2. Having left Woodlands Road Station, we are heading for the tram depot at Queens Road. Where we often have a change of driver. Then on to the City ....
3. The Collyhurst Tunnel, 426-yard (390m), leads us to the historic area of Victoria Railway Station, Manchester.
4. Here we pull into what remains of Victoria Station. Once very busy with steam trains, joined to Exchange Station by the famous, for its length, Platform 11.
5. Now we leave Victoria Station and enter the streets of the City. We climb the steep Balloon Street, stopping at the new Shude Hill Station.
6. Along High Street to where one of the first tram stops stood, since demolished. Then on to the newer platform on Market Street ...
7. Piccadilly Gardens can be seen ahead. The tram will continue to Piccadilly Station (formerly London Road Station). Connections for trams to Altrincham or Eccles can be made at Piccadilly Gardens.
Filmed in 2005
Kodak LS755 compact camera
© Joseph McGarraghy
2. Having left Woodlands Road Station, we are heading for the tram depot at Queens Road. Where we often have a change of driver. Then on to the City ....
3. The Collyhurst Tunnel, 426-yard (390m), leads us to the historic area of Victoria Railway Station, Manchester.
4. Here we pull into what remains of Victoria Station. Once very busy with steam trains, joined to Exchange Station by the famous, for its length, Platform 11.
5. Now we leave Victoria Station and enter the streets of the City. We climb the steep Balloon Street, stopping at the new Shude Hill Station.
6. Along High Street to where one of the first tram stops stood, since demolished. Then on to the newer platform on Market Street ...
7. Piccadilly Gardens can be seen ahead. The tram will continue to Piccadilly Station (formerly London Road Station). Connections for trams to Altrincham or Eccles can be made at Piccadilly Gardens.
Filmed in 2005
Kodak LS755 compact camera
© Joseph McGarraghy
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