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Ravenoak Avenue, MANCHESTER, M19 3LW

The houses are lit by late winter sun.

This view looking from ' Tallyrand ' shows part of a huge acreage of public allotments. The block of flats centre left is Cundiff Court, a social housing development. The famous architect Norman Foster designer of many impressive buildings worldwide e.g. London's Gherkin, grew up in streets nearby, in fact his birthplace in Reddish is not far behind the camera position.

Sign painted on the wall of the former railway bridge at the Highfield Road entrance to the country park. Highfield Country Park is situated to the east of Levenshulme. It is a 70 acre area of open land that stretches to the east of Broom Avenue across to the back of Houldsworth Golf Course and over to the junction of Longford Road and Nelstrop Road. The land was used to extract clay for the manufacture of bricks for the building industry; the clay pit and brick works existed until the 1950s when it was being operated by the Jackson Brick Company. Other businesses that have occupied the site included the UCP tripe factory, Levenshulme Dye and Bleach works, and, originally, High Field Farm. In the 1970s, by which time it was little more than a landfill site, the area was designated as a country park by Manchester City Council. During the period 2004-5 the park was transformed from a dreary, vandalised wasteland into a country park with a picnic area and mapped out country walks. (http://www2.btcv.org.uk/manchester.pdf "Case Study: Highfield Country Park, Manchester" (PDF). BTCV Grass Roots) In November 2007, Highfield Country Park was declared a protected habitat for many animal and plant species. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highfield_Country_Park Wikipedia

Footpath at the end of Highfield Road. Highfield Country Park is situated to the east of Levenshulme. It is a 70 acre area of open land that stretches to the east of Broom Avenue across to the back of Houldsworth Golf Course and over to the junction of Longford Road and Nelstrop Road. The land was used to extract clay for the manufacture of bricks for the building industry; the clay pit and brick works existed until the 1950s when it was being operated by the Jackson Brick Company. Other businesses that have occupied the site included the UCP tripe factory, Levenshulme Dye and Bleach works, and, originally, High Field Farm. In the 1970s, by which time it was little more than a landfill site, the area was designated as a country park by Manchester City Council. During the period 2004-5 the park was transformed from a dreary, vandalised wasteland into a country park with a picnic area and mapped out country walks. (http://www2.btcv.org.uk/manchester.pdf "Case Study: Highfield Country Park, Manchester" (PDF). BTCV Grass Roots) In November 2007, Highfield Country Park was declared a protected habitat for many animal and plant species. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highfield_Country_Park Wikipedia

The beer garden at this Sam Smith's public house.

One of the rooms in this Sam Smith's public house.

Approaching Broom Lane bridge. On the left is a National Cycle Network Milepost Image

The main bar in this Sam Smith's public house.

One of three rooms in this Sam Smith's public house.

The Blue Bell Inn on Barlow Road.