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Thousands of people poured into Manchester City Centre on 24th August 2024 for the annual Pride celebrations.
The streets were filled full of colour as the Manchester Pride parade set off from Deansgate. Taking on a 'Buzzin to be Queer Theme' inspired by the hardworking Manchester bee, 17,000 took part in the parade - the biggest ever number of participants according to Pride bosses.
Held each year, the parade takes place from Deansgate towards the Gay Village and sees thousands of people line the streets to take in the positive vibes of the event and to show unity with the LGBTQ+ community.
As usual, this year’s parade saw drag artists, community groups and allies take part, with the likes of Danny Beard, Tia Kofi, Su Pollard, DJ Paulette, Russell T Davies and Charity Shop Sue amongst some of the famous faces taking part.
Amongst the corporations, community groups and clubs taking part in this year’s parade were the Manchester Runners, George House Trust, Aer Lingus, Moxy Manchester, African Rainbow Family, The Proud Trust, Village Manchester Football Club and Heart radio station.
Speaking about the parade, Mark Fletcher, CEO of Manchester Pride, told the Manchester Evening News: “I am overwhelmed by the turnout of the Parade this year - it is the longest parade we have ever had, and that’s an achievement considering what we’ve had in the past. It’s free for all the community groups and LGBTQ+ organisations to take part, and we always encourage them to take part as much as possible. One of the things I always say is how proud I am of our allies who take part in the parade too.”
Adding about the theme to this year’s parade, Mark said: “We wanted to take the worker bee, which represents Manchester, and adopt that almost in a way that charts the progress of how far we’ve come in terms of LGBTQ+ equality as well as the need to ‘buzz’ the progress on a little bit too. That’s why we created the Progress Bee - we’ve used that symbol as a degree of ownership and identity. It’s part of the fabric of what Manchester stands for, and the support that we’ve had and that so many pioneers have stepped out and pushed the movement forward.
“We wanted to chart it as a hive of progress recognising all of those that have gone before us and those who take the bee on today and march for continued progress.”
Oxford Road, Manchester
My last outing with Eddie and Steve and to an area I’ve never visited. Once you pass under the bridge for Oxford Road Station it’s like passing through the Twilight Zone… a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination.
There are many areas of Manchester that are rough to say the least but here in university land the area in surprisingly new with modern architecture mixing in with the old. There is a laid-back vibe to the place, not surprisingly… it’s full of students. It’s clean, the odd bit of graffiti I spotted is even spelt right!
There’s a good insight into the University and its history on Wikipedia, but I’ll just attach the link rather than paste the lot in.
Aerial view of Manchester Washington, an unincorporated community in Kitsap County approximately 10 miles from downtown Seattle that one can barely make out in the upper left of image. Taken DJI Mini drone just above Pomeroy Park, the waters of the Puget Sound with West Seattle straight ahead. #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @omsystem.cameras #excellent_america #omsystem @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @tamracphoto @tiffencompany #usaprimeshot #tamractales @kehcamera @mpbcom @visitwashingtonstate @djiglobal #djimini
A rare visit to Manchester for me today. I'm much happier in the hills but it was still worth going for a change of scenery and subject matter.
More aspects of the new buildings in the old industrial area of Castlefield, Manchester built around the canal and railway systems. Taken on an evening photo shoot with South Manchester Camera Club.
The Rochdale Canal through central Manchester. This is part of the Cheshire Ring Canals, with a link to the Ashton Canal a few hundred yards / metres behind the camera and a meeting with the Bridgewater Canal around a mile ahead. The photo was taken from a walkway built across the basin.
Very close to Piccadilly in Manchester, I have many times walked over the top of this stretch of canal and never knew it was there.
The first real proposals for the Rochdale Canal were in 1776, but it was not until 1804 that the works were completed, linking the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield in Manchester to the Calder Navigation at Sowerby Bridge. After falling traffic the canal became increasingly derelict and a last through passage was probably in 1937.
However, it was not until 1965 that an application was made to formally close the canal, after which objections by the Inland Waterways Association instead led to a revival, and the complete waterway was reopened in 2002.
Manchester Metrolink (branded locally as Metrolink) is a tram/light rail system in Greater Manchester, England. The network is operated by a fleet of Bombardier M5000s, has 99 stops along 65 miles (105 km) of standard-gauge track, making it the most extensive light rail system in the United Kingdom.
The network consists of eight lines which radiate from Manchester city centre. It consists of a mixture of on-street track shared with other traffic; reserved track sections, segregated from other traffic, and converted former railway lines. I took this photo at Saint Peter's Square tram stop.
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1V62 Manchester Piccadilly to Cardiff Central. Class 82 DVT (Driving Van Trailer) in Transport for Wales livery departs Piccadilly with a service to Cardiff Central. A Driving Van Trailer (DVT) is a British purpose-built control car railway vehicle that allows the driver to operate with a locomotive in push-pull formation from the opposite end of a train. A key benefit of operating trains with DVTs is the requirement for fewer locomotives; for example, a second locomotive would otherwise have to join at the other end of the train after arrival at terminal stations to lead the train's onward journey.
Low-angled evening sunlight filters through the expansive, iron-and-glass roof canopy of Manchester Piccadilly station, casting a warm golden glow across the empty tracks and stone platforms below. The intricate steel framework, painted in structural silver and accented by sky-blue protective panels, stretches endlessly down the length of the train shed. On the left, an ornate red-brick wall featuring arched, multi-pane windows and white decorative pilasters adds a classic architectural elegance to the functional space. A modern passenger train sits idling under the vast structure, while a few lone commuters make their way along the elevated footway, captured in a quiet, contemplative moment within a bustling transport hub.
Architectural & Historical Reflection
The station’s soaring canopy displays the distinct structural language of Victorian "crystal architecture"—drawing a clear design line to the grand glasshouses and botanical conservatories popularized during the 19th-century Industrial Age. By utilizing prefabricated cast iron, riveted steel trusses, and sweeping glass spans, engineers transformed industrial spaces into cathedral-like halls designed to maximize natural overhead light while protecting passengers from the elements.
In the height of the steam age, this airy conservatory aesthetic would have stood in stark, dramatic contrast to the station’s intense daily atmosphere. Rather than the clean, golden tranquility captured here, the vast roof vault would have trapped swirling billows of thick black smoke and white steam spewed from coal-fired locomotives.
The air would have carried the sharp scent of hot oil, burning coal, and wet soot, echoing with the rhythmic clatter of piston rods, screaming steam whistles, and the reverberating shouts of porters and passengers. Sunlight would have struggled through soot-darkened glass panes, cutting dramatic crepuscular rays—or "god rays"—through the haze, illuminating an era driven by sheer thermodynamic power and heavy machinery.