Manchester new and old
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Manchester new and old by Oliver Dixon as part of the Geograph project.
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Manchester new and old
Image: © Oliver Dixon Taken: 11 Aug 2018
New Cathedral Street with its swank new shops. At the far end it is just possible to make out the half-timbered Old Wellington Pub (founded 1552) and Sinclair's Oyster Bar which were both relocated from their original site at the Shambles after the Manchester bombing of 1996 - see also Image
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Image Location
Latitude
53.483957
Longitude
-2.244689