Had a full day in the centre of Manchester yesterday, seeing some parts that are quite new to me. We found ourselves in Media City in the late morning, an area encompassing facilities for the BBC and ITV adjacent to the Lowry Centre. Definitely happening. And we enjoyed a great nosh-up in a swanky restaurant in Castlefield with John & Jeanette and Ray & Diane, re-living fond memories of the time we spent showing then around Singapore, prior to their adventure in New Zealand in early 2018. Again the area around the restaurant suggested a city flush with prosperity.
But the hours we spent around the Arndale Centre and Dale Street served as a reminder of those parts of Manchester showing more than a few signs of wear and tear. According to Jeanette it's best to avoid Piccadilly, haunted as it by the casualties of the modern world. It's difficult to wrap one's head around the human suffering that must be involved in having no fixed abode in this city, especially on a bitterly cold day like yesterday.
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