Calling Manchester folk

[Uncleskinny]

Howdo. Me & Spouse and kids (13 and 10) want to spend a day out in Manchester. Obviously I've done all the Smiths stuff and Phill's book and so on, but I'm looking for stuff that would be of interest in particular to kids of the age above - all suggestions welcomed. Central Manchester is better.

Ta,

Peter

 

[girlunafraid]

Urbis says Grim.

http://www.urbis.org.uk/

or the football museum at Preston?

 

[Brel]

Yes, the kids should like Urbis. If they don't let them hang out with the Emo kids outside (there thousands of them at weekends).

Also at the University (the real one), on Oxford Road, is The Manchester Museum. It has the old mummies and egyptian stuff. (5/10 minute bus ride).

At Castlefield there is the Science & Industry Museum and the Air & Space Museum.

And the best news is, they are all FREE! (I think?)

 

[JoyDiv007]

Yes, the kids should like Urbis. If they don't let them hang out with the Emo kids outside (there thousands of them at weekends).

There were a ton of them when I was there too. Not sure why though.

 

[Jukebox Jury]

Weatherspoons pub on Piccadilly allows kids in if you have a meal.
Cheap beer and cheap grub......
I will be at the bar, with my head on the bar....

Or educate them football wise, kids for a fiver at Manchester City FC. It's just like watching Brazil...

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[Jukebox Jury]

There were a ton of them when I was there too. Not sure why though.

Because the Chavs have cornered the Arndale and Piccadilly gardens, so the Emo's go there

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[JoyDiv007]

Because the Chavs have cornered the Arndale and Piccadilly gardens, so the Emo's go there

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The what??????

 

[Jukebox Jury]

The what??????

The Chavs, hoodies, Council House Asbo Victims, call em what you like...

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[vivabob]

The Chavs, hoodies, Council House Asbo Victims, call em what you like...

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the scottish pronunciation is NEDS

 

[JoyDiv007]

Ok I get it now.

 

[Uncleskinny]

Well we went today, and had a jolly time. Recommendations used - straight to Urbis (nice Hacienda exhibition, my daughter was chuffed to bits about the upcoming Manga exhibition), then a quick phone call to Phill to confirm the whereabouts of Afflecks Palace, sadly shut on a Sunday. Thence to Portland Street for a Chinese feed-up, then on to Oxford road for the museums - yes, the mummies were very creepy.

Ta for the recommendations,

Peter

 

[Jukebox Jury]

then a quick phone call to Phill to confirm the whereabouts of Afflecks Palace, sadly shut on a Sunday.
Ta for the recommendations,
Peter

Peter,
The invoice is in the post

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