Enjoying retirement
In The Red Rose County
Trafford town hall (I think when we lived here it was Stretford town hall) is opposite Old Trafford and still a fine building. Lancs were playing Northants (or Northamptonshire as they prefer to be known!), and we wanted to see what the new facilities were like - a Member's restaurant and padded seating apparently as part of the new hotel. Both were tried out. Some teething problems but by and large an excellent addition to things. Lancashire did well in the morning getting a few wickets but then Gay held on for his century. We left jst after tea, and as we had to wait for our train found Brown's bar and brasserie in the centre of Manchester, a typical conversion of an old bank. Here is Pevsner....."The banking hall is amongst the most opulent of any of the date surviving in Manchester, and for that matter, in London." A spectacular change of use.
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