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Aidan O'Rourke Manchester Photographer

About the book 'Around the M60 Manchester's Orbital Motorway'

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Barton Bridge and Trafford CentreM60 book: Crime 

Lake  Daisy Nook Country ParkM60 book: 

M60 (former M62) motorway bridge Clifton
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Barton Airfield and M60 Barton BridgeManchester Northenden River Mersey weir and salmon ladderManchester Trafford Centre seen from M60 motorway
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photo featuring the Trafford Centre domeManchester Didsbury Parsonage stone door with snowManchester 

Palatine Rd Northenden
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book launch party Press Release: Lady Mancunia with authM60 book: 

Trafford Centre and container depotM60 

book: Sale Water Park at sunset
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book: Artwork 'Lady Mancunia Spirit of Manchester'M60 book: 

Lady Mancunia Spirit of ManchesterAround the M60 

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M60 Manchester's Orbital Motorway front coverManchester M60 motorway Worsley coat of armsManchester 

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Manchester M60 motorway tower and pylon (bw)Manchester M60 Medlock Bridge at duskPear Mill seen from M60 motorway at dusk
Stockport River Mersey M60 and council flats Manchester M60 motorway Sale motorway traffic speed camerasM60 (former M62) Metrolink rail & road bridges Besses o'th' Barn Prestwich
Stockport railway viaduct seen from Hollywood ParkStockport M60 Blue Pyramid and M60Stockport railway viaduct and M60 at dusk seen from A6 bridge
Stockport M60 Blue Pyramid at duskRoxy Cinema Hollinwood at night 25 July 2003The M60 former M62 motorway near Clifton
Barton Bridge M60 motorway seen from the westStockport M60 (former M63) motorway and Blue Pyramid dusk rainM60 motorway looking north from footbridge at Brinnington
Stockport Brinnington allotments and M60 motorwayEmpty M60 motorway Ashton 16 July 2000 prior to openingWide view of the M60 motorway under construction at Ashton
Manchester M60 Cheadle at dusk on Christmas DayStockport Blue Pyramid and M60 motorway seen from railway viaductManchester Orbital Motorway M60 view north towards Ashton
Stockport Railway Viaduct and M60 motorway.Manchester M60 motorway train bus and truckM60 Book: Blue Pyramid and M60 motorway
Salford M602 roundabout preserved church steepleManchester M60 motorway during snowfallManchester M60 motorway Simister Trucks
Manchester Orbital Motorway M60 south view near AshtonM60 book: Sale Dovecote, reconstructed in Walkden Gardens, SM60 book:
M60 book: M60 motorway railway bridgeM60 Book: Stone head Abney Hall Cheadle Stockport MBCStockport M60 motorway and railway viaduct
Written by Aidan O'Rourke
2004-10-25


Around the M60, Manchester's orbital motorway is an illustrated softback coffee table book co-authored by Peter Portland, Matthew Hyde and Aidan O'Rourke.

This large format full colour paperback book explores the theme of the M60 motorway and its effect on the development of the Manchester area. There are thought-provoking essays on a selection of locations around the motorway, including Stockport railway viaduct, the Trafford Centre, the Bridgewater Canal, Worsley, the mills of Oldham and many more.

The book features of my 70 photos, as well as some fascinating archive images including aerial shots of the Manchester Ship Canal, the construction of the Barton high level bridge in 1957, the path of the motorway through Stockport in 1983 and 1958, Agatha Christie at Abney Hall around 1912, Agecroft Hall and the power station that replaced it,

On the right is a selection of my M60 photos, some of which appear in the book.

The M60 book is a great read - I can say that because most of it was written by my colleagues Peter Portland and Matthew Hyde. My introductory chapter and description of the M60 at Stockport is semi-autobiographical. I also did the chapter on Daisy Nook and wrote it in the style already established by the other two authors.

M60 book cover.  Click to see screenshots of pages from the book

Motorway enthusiasts will appreciate the final section giving key facts on the construction of the various motorways which in late 2000 were joined up to become the M60.

The M60 book was launched in October 2004.

Price is 25 pounds, plus p&p £2 UK £3 Europe £5 rest of world.

Please contact me to order.

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