Construction BOOM in Manchester
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I’m still interested in the development of Manchester
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I’m still interested in the development of Manchester
They've been sitting on my hard drive for a very long time, but now I am able to share them in the way I like best. I started doing articles as a way to display my photos but I want to create more than just a slide show. There are three key elements: photos, voiceover and music
Liverpool photo archive in order to see how liverpool has changed.
Documenting change in cities is an important theme of mine. I did the 'Now' photos in the book 'Liverpool Then and Now. Here it is on the shelf in the
We still know that we're a german city? who was it that said those words, referring to manchester? it was tony wilson who interviewed me and two other guests on radio manchester in 2007.
We're going to hear an excerpt from that interview, in which. Tony talks about his own German ancestry. Yes, in Manchester there is a strong German influence but that influence has been hidden due to ignorance and prejudice
The north east of here, in fact you can see it when you look down from the plane on its final approach.
It is of course, Stockport, where I grew up and today it's my home base. It was inspired by an amazing short film I saw on featuring Helsinki. Go to to find out more
It was originally supposed to be a slide show for my black and white images, but it turned into something more: It turned into an exploration of the transition from monochrome to colour and also from the still image to the moving image. It's a theme I need to develop further. All the photos and articleclips are take from my Manchester and Salford archive, plus a few taken at the weekend
At first sight, Berlin and Manchester don’t seem to have much in common. Berlin a bright colourful
Now we'll travel into Liverpool city centre to our starting point. The standard Photo Walk starts at 10:30am or 2pm
I love architecture, old and new and these libraries are each remarkable in their own way. Can you identify them? So let's travel now into the city centre to our first library. Our first library was established in 1653
Know what you think.
Before we enter, I have two important pieces of information: First, there's been a name change. It was: The Museum of Science and Industry now it's: The Science and Industry Museum and the second thing is: in mid-2021, the museum is being renovated. There's a multi-million pound restoration project in progress, so many parts of the museum are closed, including the Grade 1 listed Liverpool Road station, the world's oldest surviving terminal railway station
Read more: Railway station and bridge have been compromised by the construction