27 February 2013

Lemn Sissay's Poetry in Shudehill, Manchester (UK)

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Shudehill Bus Station, where there's another example of Lemn Sissay's public poetry, this one titled 'Catching numbers'...

Tameside Central Library, Ashton-under-Lyne

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  I've not yet found anything out about this semi-transparent reading man, but it's attractive and blends in well with the ...

Hannah Mitchell in Ashton-under-Lyne

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43 Elizabeth Street, Ashton-under-Lyne.   'HANNAH MARIA MITCHELL 1871 – 1956   A working class woman who became a loca...

John Collier / Tim Bobbin in Rochdale (Greater Manchester)

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A self-portrait of John Collier, aka Tim Bobbin (1708–86).     The grave of Tim Bobbin stands in St Chad's graveyard in Ro...
26 February 2013

The Lancashire Dialect Writers' Memorial, Rochdale

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The superb Lancashire Dialect Writers' Memorial in Bradfield Park, Rochdale, Greater Manchester has been the unfortunate subject of ...

Ben Brierley in Failsworth and Harpurhey

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466 Oldham Road, Failsworth. 'BEN BRIERLEY 1825–1896 Lancashire Author & Poet Was born in this house 26th June ...
24 February 2013

John Critchley Prince in Harpurhey, Manchester

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A rock in Queen's Park, Harpurhey: '"How Beautiful is nature! And how Kind, In every season, every mood and dress...
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Francis Thompson in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester

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This plaque remembering Francis Thompson is at 226 Stamford Street near Brook Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, above a former jeweller's s...