The Mancunian Way

Been a very packed week from Yum Yum Restaurants, Sex in the city, Dancing the night away, Drinking, Gambling(lol) & taking photographs.

And what a place to start the Lowry, which is set in a magnificent waterside location at the heart of the redeveloped Salford Quays in Greater Manchester.





The lowry is an architectural flagship with a unique & dynamic identity, rising from the regenerated docklands, it is a welcoming building designed to reflect the surrounding landscapes & flourishing waterways of the Manchester ship canal in it's glass & metallic surfaces.

The Lowry also has the biggest public collection of paintings & drawing by the man himself, L.S.Lowry. Some of his pictures on show did surprise me since they don't conform to the stereotypical view of Lowry's work, it's a "must see" & breathtaking destination.





Other photo's include the Lowry bridge that links the Lowry Centre & the Imperial War Museum, The urbis, The Wheel Of Manchester,"Who needs the London eye when you have this", & Chester, Oyez,Oyez,Oyez.

MATCH STALK MEN AND MATCHSTALK CATS AND DOGS

He painted Salford's smokey tops
On cardboard boxes from the shops
And parts of ancoats where I used to play
I'm sure he once walked down our street
Cause he painted kids who had nowt on their feet
The clothes we wore had all see better days
Now they said his works of art were dull
No room all round the walls are full
But Lowry didn't care much anyway
They said he just paints cats and dogs
And matchstalk men in boots and clogs
And Lowry said that's just the way they'll stay

And he painted matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
He painted kids on the corner of the street that were sparking clogs
Now he takes his brush and he waits outside them factory gates
To paint his matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs

Now canvas and brushes were wearing thin
When London started calling him
To come on down and wear the old flat cap
They said tell us all about your ways
And all about them Salford days
Is it true you're just an ordinary chap

And he painted matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
He painted kids on the corner of the street that were sparking clogs
Now he takes his brush and he waits outside them factory gates
To paint his matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs

Now Lowry's hang upon the wall
Beside the greatest of them all
And even the Mona Lisa takes a bow
This tired old man with hair like snow
Told northern folk its time to go
The fever came and the good lord mopped his brow

And he left us matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
He left us kids on the corner of the street that were sparking clogs
Now he takes his brush and he waits outside them pearly gates
To paint his matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs.