@AidanEywitness blog with words and photos

This is a review of My Guide to Manchester, the complete guide to the city, written by tour guide and author Jonathan Schofield, published in early 2015 by Manchester Books. Jonathan Schofield is probably the best known tour guide in Manchester and he has written extensively about the local area and region. I’ve known Jonathan […]

In June 2007 Tony Wilson interviewed Adele Loch Arlene McCarthy and me at the Cornerhouse Manchester. It was on a BBC Radio Manchester programme called Talk of the Town. Businesswoman Adele Lock founded the Gentry grooming company in Manchester. Arlene McCarthy was at the time Labour Euro MP for the North West. She stood down […]

I love the effect of dusk light, when street lights, buildings are cast into shadow and appear silhouetted against the sky. In the urban landscape of northern England, many of these buildings remind us of the past. Modern elements such as cars and fashions are excluded. We can only imagine what is in the black […]

ARCHIVE IMAGE   180° panorama of Castlefield bridges and canals. the 19th century railway viaducts carry railway lines – including Metrolink – into and out of Manchester. On the right is the Millennium footbridge. Castlefield was one of the first areas in Manchester to be restored. It still looks much the same toay as it […]

In 2006 I interviewed film and music historian C P Lee at his home in Manchester. On the occasion of his retirement on 30 January 2015 I am re-publishing the interview. Why is Manchester so pre-eminent as a city of music? Is it the weather, the geography or maybe something in the water? CP Lee provides […]

I often travel between Manchester and Liverpool to run my photo walks, visit friends or just explore the city. So what’s the cheapest way to do the journey? And what’s the quickest way? There are lots of options: road, rail, canal, footpath. And is it possible to fly? Read on to find out more. Liverpool […]