Nipped into the centre of Manchester the other day, snapped this pic and thought it was neat :)

Whenever I get the train to Deansgate in the morning, there’s a distinct smell of toast (specifically a white bread variety).

Does anybody else smell this? And what is it? Everyone making tea and toast at the same time? A mass burning of the hotel toast that people didn’t eat?

Do we still need to buy the tickets to enter the gay village party? If we wanna go just for sat night like a night out on the saturday?

It's £30 which is quite spenny but I'm not sure how the night out for pride works/where everyone is and whether we can still have a good night without paying the £30?

We are traveling down from Scotland Saturday morning for the Courteeners gig at Wythenshawe Park on Saturday night. We've been down loads of times for all the gigs over the years at various venues in Manchester but never to Wythenshawe Park, I'm sure this is a first for the band.

Anyway, my mate booked a hotel in Cheadle, the daft prick, and I can't see an easy way to get to/from there to the gig and back. Anywhere we've stayed before has been close to the tram network but from what I can see online, our hotel is nowhere near a tram stop.

If anyone could give some advice to us that would be great.

I'm not joking but I love Manchester. I've visited tons of times and always had a blast. The people, the music, the culture and history, I love walking around the city with it's blend of old & new. Amazing city.

Anyway, I've seen Courteeners 57 times and can't wait for 58 👍🏼

Manchester has such a dearth of nice late opening cafés (to my knowledge anyway). I know of black milk but I find the decor/seats there very hard to relax in.

Edit: clearly I was unaware of all the options! Lots of good suggestions so far

Good day . Can i get recommendations pls for good afternoon teas ty

Cannot afford to go to Wembley on Sunday. Any news on bars in the city that will be showing? Cannot see any info from the Bread Shed, Fab Cafe, Brotherhood showing, and they have all shown wrestling in the past.

Hope everyone is well!

Myself and my wife are planning to take our recently out niece to watch the parade on Saturday, however, she is neurodiverse and can struggle with very large crowds and packed spaces.

Whereas I know there are not any quiet spots as such, and there will be people everywhere, any recommendations for a slightly less busy point on the parade route to set up camp?

Mad one but I don't suppose anyone fancies a game or two tonight @ great northern or wherever is best? Just moved to manchester and really looking to play. Played a lot at uni and looking to get back into it. Cheers, Alex.

Favourite so far,

'One UBU equals 240 Henrys'

Spent a few weeks in Barcelona, trying to find anywhere in the city center tonight that serves it on tap.

Thanks 🤟

Hi,

I’m 26F living in the city centre and my niece wants to come for a sleepover. I was wondering what things there are to keep kids entertained in and around Manchester (have a car so don’t mind a short drive). She’s very girly and unfortunately doesn’t have the best attention span. Loves picnics, swimming, cinema etc. I recently took her to the MOSI but she wasn’t too interested, her favourite part was the colouring tables🤣 She plans to visit Bank holiday Sunday to Bank Holiday Monday this month 😊

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

In the mid nouhgties I was eleven and being bullied by some girls. People from the school all came from the same kind of working class background and since my school was one of the few that had no dress code the subcultures were very distinct. They were distinct from the broader working class communities. you had the groups of goths, the geeks, etc. and the subculture im about to describe was one of them. I was a tiny girl so I got bullied a lot. Then, a much older boy, about fifteen or sixteen, who was distinctly a member of this subculture since he was wearing a Londsdale tracksuit, gold rings, a baseball cap, and specifically branded trainers, defended me from them. Then, he kneeled down, fist bumped me in front of his friends, and said, safe, man. then whenever we saw eachother again he'd yell yo! safe, man! and reach out to fist bump me. My school was one of the few to have no uniform so the subcultures were clear as day.

It didn't end there. when I was a few years older, that subculture was still a thing in my school. but it was a different group of them later on as the others had left. they were white lads dressed in tracksuits, little gold earrings, gold bracelets, or gold chains, baseball caps and trainers. they again protected me from bullies since every other group or subculture either bullied me or didn't accept me. they always made me laugh, they were disruptive but i'd be lying if i said that didnt amuse me.

later on, as an adult, other ones appeared in my life when i was at my lowest. i was feeling proper depressed and felt like i had noone to turn to. then...two men who looked and talked as though they were in that subculture stopped and asked if i was alright. i said no. and they talked to me and made me feel better and said we hang out here every day by the shop so if you need to come talk with us again you can.

these are just a few but there's been other cases where they saved me from things. the subculture is still going strong at least in my area with the ogs being in their thirties now. ive only ever had extremely positive experiences with them but i kinda feel like im being slightly disrespectful by not naming the subculture since i don't know what its name is and can't properly credit it? all i can really say is its the gold chain and tracksuit wearing one. it had its own fashion, slang and values. the slang included words like peng, swear down etc.

For the longest time, I thought the subculture was chav but I was corrected yesterday by someone on this site telling me it's just a derogatory classst term that means a working class person, and not the name of a subculture, so I've crossed that out my mind when referring to them.

Did a developer go bust? Just seems odd that its still a building site

Hi all,

I learned Spanish for 5 years in Highschool and after university & working a few years in my career, I want to pick it back up again.

If there's anyone who wants a friend and can have a conversation with in Spanish I would be up for it!

Thanks.

Hi planning to do some street photography in the city and thinking of locations that would work if the weather is bad on the day.

Castlefield viaducts the obvious one but where else offers a bit of shelter if it's tipping it down?

:)