Tag: Salford Quays

Dirty old town?

Being here, on the boundary between the cities of Manchester and its ‘lesser’ neighbour, Salford, made me think of the folk song, Dirty Old Town. I met my love by the gas works wallDreamed a dream by the old canalKissed my girl by the factory wall Folk song: Dirty Old Town James Henry Miller, the writer of the song, is better known to us … Read More Dirty old town?

A return to Manchester

For over two decades, the centre of Manchester was only a short journey from our offices in the rapidly changing landscape of Salford Quays – then a barren set of post-industrial docks whose only offering to the 1990’s was a floating wine bar, soon to be burned to a hulk of floating black wood because it’s owner wouldn’t pay protection money to the neighbouring … Read More A return to Manchester