Haimsey
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Where is there to shop?
Are there any shopping centres like meadowhall and the bullring 
Whats parking like in manchester?
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mark_d
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i havnt been for over a year but the actual centre is ace for shopping 
stay away from the trafford centre though cos thats just crap in my opinion
oh, and its the arndale centre iirc to go to
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Cybermonkey
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Shopping in Manchester?
TBH you will need something like this to get home...
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simonjh
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parking is fookin dear. as for shopping, go for the triangle near marks and sparks, or the arndale/market street
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mark_d
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 @ cyber
its true though 
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Kathryn W
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middle of manchester itself is good, althouigh the trafford centre is just high street shops, its not worth going unless you wanna shop late...
Shopping centre at salford is supposed to be good though 
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Robin
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trafford centre is gay, like Mark said
Arndale is alright, better now its been rebuilt and modernised
parking is the same as any big town/city, busy.
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Haimsey
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i was going to see about getting the train, since parking would be alot, but no cheap return tickets go from derby 
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mark_d
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you thought about the bus? iirc alot of the townsa round manchester go directly to the centre and at the most will be £5 return
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simonjh
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quote:
Originally posted by Kathryn W
middle of manchester itself is good, althouigh the trafford centre is just high street shops, its not worth going unless you wanna shop late...
Shopping centre at salford is supposed to be good though
have you ever been to salford? its scally central lol
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Cosmo
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what sort of shops tdo you mean? Designer stuff, or just your general guys stuff?
If its desinger....there is a shop on Deansgate (up near the No.1 Apartments) called Intro which is good. Also further down Deansgate you've got House of Fraser which has an annex bit downstairs full of good guys stuff. Further down Deansgate again (second road on your right after House of Fraser, Bridge Street) there are two good shops. One of which is owned by that big fella Beckham was pictured with just before the WC.
Other than those 4, there is Urban Outfitters just past the main entrance to the Arndale centre. You also got some other guys shops round there but the Arndale centre is mainly full of chavvy cheap shops.
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Cosmo
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You can park for around a fiver for 4-5 hours at Bridge Street Carpark, its right next to Salford Central train station, and is 4 or 5min walk from all those shops I mentioned just up bridge street.
No all Salford is bad. The central bit is, but the area by the Lowry hotel is really nice now. And the area by Lowry Outlet centee (the shopping centre mentioned) isnt too bad either. But thats way outt he centre and not worth the trip.
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simonjh
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
No all Salford is bad. The central bit is, but the area by the Lowry hotel is really nice now. And the area by Lowry Outlet centee (the shopping centre mentioned) isnt too bad either. But thats way outt he centre and not worth the trip.
yeah the lowry itself is nice, but even that is near a huge council estate
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Haimsey
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ah right, thatnks for the help
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by simonjh
yeah the lowry itself is nice, but even that is near a huge council estate
Its not really that near. All those buildings round there have been bought up now and is one of the next phases of development (alot has started already with the big Springfields development, 5mil being spent on the Salford Central station and a load of new apartments popping up.)
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simonjh
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i meant down alongside that short motorway that runs from the uni into is it eccles?. ill admit salford has a few nice spots but i still hate living here lol
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by simonjh
i meant down alongside that short motorway that runs from the uni into is it eccles?. ill admit salford has a few nice spots but i still hate living here lol
A580 (think thats it, know the road anyway!)
I live right next door to the Lowry, so know around that bit of Salford really well. Have the benefit of getting letters sent to me from the council of planning applications so get to know whats going to get done round there!
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simonjh
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oh cool, i live inbetween prestwich and broughton so it doesnt really compare to living near the lowry haha
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trafford centre is alright, plenty of choice shop wise and eating out wise. if you go at a busy time then it will be heaving. just wear comfy shoes.
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Robbo
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Which was bombed, Arndale or Trafford?
We are p at the Trafford Cte next week, like iu tthere, stay for a few nights as seeing the england game as well an wanna go into town on one day
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Pop
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arndale got bombed
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Robbo
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ta
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Nath
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quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
Which was bombed, Arndale or Trafford?
We are p at the Trafford Cte next week, like iu tthere, stay for a few nights as seeing the england game as well an wanna go into town on one day
Whats the deal with the spelling Robbo??
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Robbo
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oops, i type really quickly and miss keys off
meant to type up :S
dude are u guys going to the match?
[Edited on 07-08-2006 by Robbo]
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Nath
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Not Greece no, haven't decided on the others yet due to holiday plans. Might not make anything til after September.
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