Pilgrimmage to Manchester

Get down to Bar Fringe (the old Polar Bar)on Swan Street ,and try out some good real ales.Then cut down Oldham Road to Dry 201 and Night & Day!! P.s Anyone got any requests for "neworderdisco",New Order or NON New Order related??

bansheeman wrote:

lucy anna wrote: I'm concerned about the original poster- perhaps he got lost in the moon under water- let everyone know what you thought of your trip to the rainy city!

well ive got lost in moon under water,what's that upstairs bit all about?? dont worry about david,he's obviously long gone

isn't the moon under the water the biggest pub in england or something like that?

i always like to pop in for a pint there when i go to madchester,

John Montague wrote: Get down to Bar Fringe (the old Polar Bar)on Swan Street ,and try out some good real ales.Then cut down Oldham Road to Dry 201 and Night & Day!! P.s Anyone got any requests for "neworderdisco",New Order or NON New Order related??

mr disco or dream attack

the original post-er may have gone off, but i'll use the recomendations.

bansheeman wrote:

John Montague wrote: Get down to Bar Fringe (the old Polar Bar)on Swan Street ,and try out some good real ales.Then cut down Oldham Road to Dry 201 and Night & Day!! P.s Anyone got any requests for "neworderdisco",New Order or NON New Order related??

mr disco or dream attack

Your wish is my command.A bit partial to Mr Disco and Round & Round myself. How about non NO related stuff? What's everyone listening to when they're not playing WFTSC?

Yes, yes, yes... well spotted about the cricket link. Tried not to mention it after we unluckily lost the second Test. Anyway, good luck to Engerland. But honestly folks, I was always going to Manchester anyway to pay homage to the great ones. It just turned out to be bloody convenient that the cricket was on around the same time- a masterpiece of scheduling, I say. Basically, I just wanted to thank everyone who replied with so much useful and interesting information about following the JD/NO trail in the holy city. I told some people back in Oz (including mum), that I have decided to go to Manchester instead of the other option of Paris and they think I'm bleeding crackers!!! They obviously don't have, er, love technique.

To Lucy Anna, thanks for your enthusiastic responses and FYI, I'm staying at a hotel called the Piccadilly Plaza, Portland Street this Sat'dee night with some Ostrayan mates who live in London. Í'll probably stay another night in Manchester but I'm buggered if I know where yet. There's not much room at the inn due to the cricket. To Ronald Kirsch, yes I did work for the ABC many moons ago mate. Geez your memory is good! And to Salford Blue, I'd love to see a City game, as they've always been my 'second team' and now they're my Premier League fancy with my beloved Leeds United down a peg (although mark my words, the men from Elland Road will be back!). A Salford lad just happens to be a bit of a hero of mine in Adrian Morley, chief destroyer in the (once) mighty Sydney Roosters rugby league side's forward pack. Cheers to the lot of you and maybe I'll bump into some of you in the town this weekend. DR

i knew you'd be back! careful round portland st, there are some dodgy pubs round there. if you're going to oldham st for the obligatory drink at dry i would also recommend night and day (next door) then onto tib st area for centro, cord and lots of annoyingly trendy bars round there, where i shall be getting sauced myself on saturday night. well i hope you have a good time, and maybe even see you about

I too shall be getting similarly twatted in that area tomorrow night. Hopefully a few other onliners will be around as well.

What a useful travel guide. Shall save this thread for use at the end of September when I venture to Manchester for the Re:Order gig.

And to Salford Blue, I'd love to see a City game, as they've always been my 'second team' and now they're my Premier League fancy with my beloved Leeds United down a peg (although mark my words, the men from Elland Road will be back!). A Salford lad just happens to be a bit of a hero of mine in Adrian Morley, chief destroyer in the (once) mighty Sydney Roosters rugby league side's forward pack. Cheers to the lot of you and maybe I'll bump into some of you in the town this weekend. DR

Have a good time in our grubby little town, but be wary on Saturday night because it will be busy, what with the cricket and the city game. If you find yourself in a pub full of football fans, and the police start to mill around, get out of there quick, coz they tend to ask questions after cracking your head with a big stick!

Lunatic Fridge wrote: What a useful travel guide. Shall save this thread for use at the end of September when I venture to Manchester for the Re:Order gig.

public service nooling, i feel all warm inside. we should keep this thread on the front page as long as possible. don't know why it has degenerated into talking only about pubs, but i would just like to add that i don't think dry is a very good place to go on a football night, i have seen some very bad fights in there, riot police and everything. and no i didn't start it. i used to work in a shop opposite, and it could get a bit scary sometimes!

Lunatic Fridge wrote: What a useful travel guide. Shall save this thread for use at the end of September when I venture to Manchester for the Re:Order gig.

ooh ooh!! When and where are Re-Order playing? I've not had the pleasure yet.

monty wrote:

Lunatic Fridge wrote: What a useful travel guide. Shall save this thread for use at the end of September when I venture to Manchester for the Re:Order gig.

ooh ooh!! When and where are Re-Order playing? I've not had the pleasure yet.

Sept 24. Witchwood in Ashton-under-Lyne. Check www.thieveslikeus.co.uk

Sept 24. Witchwood in Ashton-under-Lyne

I'll be there for that one :moon:

Bloody hell !Blackburn Youth !!!! I was at that gig and them boys were a right rum bunch i can tell you. I remember seeing Tony Wilson there with a girl hanging off either of his arms. I also agree with Afflecks Palace is a must to visit for Factory Memorabillia.

Don't waste yer time, Manchester is shite, and that's official.

Dont forget to give us the lowdown on how your visit went Mr Rowlands. Sorry it pissed down all day saturday for you, but hey what do you expect, it wouldnt be Manchester without a bit of doom and gloom.

Oh and the Morley fella that you mentioned drinks in the Rugby Union (ahem) club across the road from where I live!

Jake Dudek wrote: Bloody hell !Blackburn Youth !!!! I was at that gig and them boys were a right rum bunch i can tell you. I remember seeing Tony Wilson there with a girl hanging off either of his arms. I also agree with Afflecks Palace is a must to visit for Factory Memorabillia.

Not any more its not.

Uncle Liam wrote:

Jake Dudek wrote: Bloody hell !Blackburn Youth !!!! I was at that gig and them boys were a right rum bunch i can tell you. I remember seeing Tony Wilson there with a girl hanging off either of his arms. I also agree with Afflecks Palace is a must to visit for Factory Memorabillia.

Not any more its not.

That's right! The shop that used to be upstairs that did an assortment of Madchester records and cool T-shirts has gone now.At least Vinyl Revival, up Tib Street and turn right at lights,does the business.Back catalogues of Wake,Stockholm Monsters,NO,JD,James, the whole bloody lot!!