FA Cup

Sigh of relief as both Manchester teams are through to the next round of the FA Cup which will be played weekend 16/17 February.

City will face at home Leeds United the surprise winners over Tottenham - a tricky game for City I think.

United also at home face the struggling premiership Reading - surely an easy fixture or perhaps not?

Roll on the games.....

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Cold..

Looks cold ....

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Snow is here ...

Snow has arrived as promised - not that happy with it - will certainly  be glad when the weather is milder.

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Snow on the way...

We have been promised severe snow falls across the whole of the UK with blizzard conditions as a cold front moves in from Russia.This adverse weather is likely to last about two weeks.

Lucky lucky us !!!!

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Chopin

As you wonder down Deansgate Manchester doing your shoppin' you can see a statue of Chopin.

Please forgive the play on words.

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Deansgate

Fancy looking building on Deansgate Manchester.

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Lift up your eyes..

Lift up your eyes in the Exchange Theatre St.Ann's Square and eventually you'll see light.

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Christmas

Yes Christmas will soon be here ...

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St. Ann's Passage

St.Ann's Passage leading towards King Street which also has a Christmas market this year.

Many years ago - 40 plus - we bought a ring from Hancock & Son - I guess we would not be able to afford to shop there now.

Opposite Hancock was a cafe - long gone..

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Christmas Market - St. Ann's Square

You'll find the Christmas markets all around Manchester - certainly spreading in size as the years go by.

This is St. Ann's Square.

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Manchester Christmas Markets

The Christmas markets have now taken to the streets of Manchester - even in November they are proving very popular and attracting many visitors.

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65 ...

That's me on the right - now officially an old age pensioner / I suppose it's all downhill now ??

Another milestone in life's rich tapestry.

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Winter is on the way

This photo of our beech hedge was taken a few weeks ago when we still had some sunny days / now the weather has turned colder and very wet. 

Winter is certainly on the way.

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Total Knee Replacement

Well I'm now home after a total knee replacement done at Fairfield Hospital Bury.

Hopefully this will mean that soon I will be able to get out and about again with my camera taking photographs of Manchester and surrounds and then carry on Blogging.

Contributions to my Blog have been somewhat sparse this year due to lack of mobility.

Here's to the future.

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AAA Screening

If you are a man in his 65th year and live in England you'll be invited to attend free of charge an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening at your local NHS health centre.

Not often you get invited somewhere free of charge so I went.

This is a quick and easy scan to ascertain if there is weakness in the aorta - I was in and out of the medical centre in about 10 minutes.

All very efficient and I would recommend having the scan done when it comes to your turn.

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