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Featured book: Manchester Then and Now

2015-02-10 By Aidan O'Rourke

Manchester Then and Now book cover

Manchester Then and Now book cover

 
Manchester Then and Now is a book written by Jonathan Schofield presenting archive images of Manchester placed side by side with contemporary scenes – captured by yours truly Aidan O’Rourke! The book was published in May 2010 by Batsford (144 pages, £12.99).

Manchester Then and Now features archive and contemporary photographs placed side by side, along with descriptions written by Jonathan Schofield.

Albert Square and Manchester town hall - image for Manchester Then and Now

The archive images were chosen by Jonathan mostly from the collection of the Local Studies Unit at Manchester Central Library, a favourite browsing haunt of mine. I was commissioned to take contemporary images of the same scenes today. I tried to match the camera angle as closely as possible to the viewpoint used in the archive image.

Sackville Gardens and Sackville St building -  image for Manchester Then and Now

As well as being Manchester’s most high profile tour guide, Jonathan Schofield is an experienced journalist, writer and after-dinner speaker. He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of Manchester, and is full of facts, figures and quirky anecdotes.

Motifs include many of Manchester’s most famous buildings and streets: The Town Hall and Albert Square, Cross Street, with the former Manchester Evening News building, Manchester University Sackville Building, the River Irwell and Sackville Park, Manchester Airport and most spectacularly, a view from the CIS building overlooking Victoria Station and Boddingtons Brewery chimney.

Cross St Manchester  -  image for Manchester Then and Now

The book was published on 10 May 2010 by Batsford, price £12.99.

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Aidan O'RourkeCoach and Content Creator Aidan O’Rourke based in north west England and is often in Ireland and Germany. He works with individuals and groups, helping them to learn and improve. His two main subject areas are Photography and Languages. He has produced all kinds of media to help his students – infosheets, tasksheets, worksheets, e-books,  audio files and YouTube videos as well as photography, illustration and lots more.

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