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431. When the Blues train rolled into Chorlton
South Manchester Reporter, Thursday 9 November 2006THEY look like snapshots from the Mississippi Delta at the height of the Blues explosion - click here to see video of local music history .
432. Images of Manchester
South Manchester Reporter, Monday 20 February 2006WELCOME to our photo gallery, an exclusive collection of pictures depicting South Manchester and the surrounding areas.
433. December 28 2006
South Manchester Reporter, Thursday 28 December 2006STANDING at my photographic exhibition in Habitat, watching customers during their pre-Christmas shopping bonanza in their quest for that emergency feather bauble, has proved a fascinating anthropological experience.
434. December 7 2006
South Manchester Reporter, Thursday 7 December 2006SOMETIMES, a sense of magic shrouds a place. It may not appear so magical when first visited, our senses numbed by the very presentness of what we're experiencing.
435. November 2 2006
South Manchester Reporter, Thursday 2 November 2006UP UNTIL this week, my favourite eavesdropping at Didsbury Post Office had been the elderly foreign woman who had asked the price of sending a package abroad, and who, on hearing the reply, had asked if there was a cheaper way. "Well, you can send it by sea-mail - that would be £8.54." "Very good, very good," said the woman. "And is there anything slower than a boat?"
436. November 23 2006
South Manchester Reporter, Thursday 23 November 2006THERE is something quite fascinating about market research. Genuine market research. Not the telephone calls from people saying they're not trying to sell you anything and can they just ask, if you were to have new windows, would you choose to have the front or the back of your house done first? I receive such calls on average about once a week.
437. September 28 2006
South Manchester Reporter, Thursday 28 September 2006SINCE 1996, I have been writing Rough Guide travel books. Travelling through different countries, trying to distil the essence of a town or a village in a sentence or two, then moving on to new cities and hamlets has enabled me to enjoy some of the most exhilarating and stimulating times in my life.
438. October 19 2006
South Manchester Reporter, Thursday 19 October 2006WE NO longer have a toddler or a pre-schooler. We now have a fully-fledged schoolboy son. And never has the weather been such a topic of conversation in our home.