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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/mikemcniven/">Mike McNiven</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikemcniven/55338399803/" title="Metroline YX74OFH"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55338399803_a3d8c09aca_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Metroline YX74OFH" /></a></p> <p>Metroline Manchester (Wythenshawe depot) YX74OFH DEM478 seen coming into Wythenshawe Interchange on service 248 to Manchester Airport</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/ceaserfineartphotography/">Sid Ceaser Photography</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ceaserfineartphotography/55337159296/" title="Leather &amp; Lace Ball • Currier Museum of Art • June 2026"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55337159296_df969aeb04_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="Leather &amp; Lace Ball • Currier Museum of Art • June 2026" /></a></p> <p>The Currier Museum of Art celebrates a summer of photography with &quot;Danny Lyon: The Bikeriders&quot; a celebration of motorcycle culture and brotherhood. <br /> <br /> As part of the Bikeriders exhibition, the Currier Museum held the &quot;Leather &amp; Lace&quot; dance party/ball. As part of the celebration, the Currier invited me to photograph attendees in the lobby, and we provided printed photographs the could take home of themselves and their friends at no charge.<br /> <br /> I think it went off rather stupendously.<br /> <br /> Here is a small gallery showcasing a small number of attendees.<br /> <br /> Thanks to everyone photographed for being exceptionally down to earth, friendly, and open to anything.<br /> <br /> The second event, &quot;Bike Night at the Currier&quot; presented by Manchester Harley-Davidson takes place on Thursday, July 9 from 5 to 8 PM.<br /> <br /> I'll be there, and I hope you will as well.<br /> <br /> <br /> Thanks to Levi for the assistance, and to Nicole and Kate from the Currier for thinking to include me. &lt;3<br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.ceaserphotography.com" rel="noreferrer nofollow">website</a> • <a href="http://www.ceaserphotography.com/blog" rel="noreferrer nofollow">blog</a> • <a href="http://instagram.com/sidceaser" rel="noreferrer nofollow">instagram</a> • <a href="http://www.sidceaserfineart.com" rel="noreferrer nofollow">fine art</a> • <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sidceaserphotography" rel="noreferrer nofollow">facebook</a> • <a href="https://www.threads.com/@sidceaser" rel="noreferrer nofollow">threads</a> • <a href="http://www.youtube.com/sidceaser" rel="noreferrer nofollow">youtube</a> • <a href="http://www.portableportrait.com" rel="noreferrer nofollow">workshops</a> • <a href="http://www.davidseah.com/podcast" rel="noreferrer nofollow">podcast</a> •</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/megara_rp/">Kris Davies (megara_rp)</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/megara_rp/55335880582/" title="Northern 323 212 @Bolton"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55335880582_363f79fae6_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Northern 323 212 @Bolton" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.t80ms.uk/index.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.t80ms.uk/index.html</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/192387570@N06/">Tanglimara</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/192387570@N06/55336825578/" title="Jawbone Cottage, Davyhulme Road, Davyhulme"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55336825578_e1cc85934d_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Jawbone Cottage, Davyhulme Road, Davyhulme" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/186395052@N04/">punkneil25</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/186395052@N04/55336707283/" title="Queens Road Depot 125th Anniversary Open Day 2026"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55336707283_d1bff309f0_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Queens Road Depot 125th Anniversary Open Day 2026" /></a></p> <p>Seen inside the transport museum are GMPTE Mancunian Daimler Fleetline/Park Royal 2236 RNA 236J and GMPTE Leyland Fleetline/Northern Counties 8141 GNF 16V.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/192387570@N06/">Tanglimara</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/192387570@N06/55336457786/" title="Sole Podiatry, 3 Railway Rd, Urmston, Manchester M41 0XL"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55336457786_a49430fea1_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Sole Podiatry, 3 Railway Rd, Urmston, Manchester M41 0XL" /></a></p> <p>Podiatry and chiropody. HCPC registered. Member of the College of Podiatry.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/solepoduk" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.facebook.com/solepoduk</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/dullhunk/">dullhunk</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dullhunk/55336299151/" title="Another University building demolished 💣 All Saints Building Manchester Metropolitan University #Sustainability"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55336299151_fc70be0714_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Another University building demolished 💣 All Saints Building Manchester Metropolitan University #Sustainability" /></a></p> <p><i>“Manchester Metropolitan University #MMU has established its status as the UK’s most #sustainable university, achieving 1st place in the 2025/26 People &amp; Planet University League. This marks a record fourth time the University has topped the national ranking, reaffirming its position as a sector leader in #environmental and #ethical performance.”</i><br /> <br /> Where do massive new building projects like this in the Higher Education fit with Universities questionable claims about sustainability? <a href="https://www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/story/manchester-met-named-uks-most-sustainable-university-record-fourth-0" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/story/manchester-met-n...</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/183010570@N02/">Hullian111</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/183010570@N02/55335061837/" title="Metroline Manchester ADE543 - SK74 BLZ"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55335061837_6f69191dc6_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Metroline Manchester ADE543 - SK74 BLZ" /></a></p> <p>At long last! On my first trip down to Manchester at the start of last year, while I got my shots in of a few of Stagecoach's new Enviro400EVs, I missed out on Metroline Manchester's by a couple of months by virtue of them not being ready for service yet. Happily, though, that record has since been set straight on this most recent trip into Piccadilly Gardens, and I can confirm that Metroline's Enviro400EVs are... more or less identical compared to Stagecoach's. Truly exciting stuff.<br /> <br /> Finally another type captured in service, Metroline Manchester's ADE543, a 2024 ADL Enviro400EV, is seen heading through Piccadilly Gardens bus station on a 38 to the Logistics North complex via Swinton.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/183010570@N02/">Hullian111</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/183010570@N02/55336407670/" title="Metroline Manchester BDE221 - LF69 UYV"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55336407670_6052ee1e03_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Metroline Manchester BDE221 - LF69 UYV" /></a></p> <p>If you recall, part of Metroline's acquisition of Sharston depot from Stagecoach Manchester when Tranche 3 came around included the depot's full fleet of 32 BYD ADL Enviro400EVs delivered in late 2019/early 2020, likely dumped on Metroline by virtue of being relatively non-standard. Since then, all have lost their Stagecoach identities for either Bee Network uniform yellow or, in BDE221's case, a strangely ubiquitous advertising campaign for British Supplements. Who are they? God only knows, but it isn't my thing by the sounds of it.<br /> <br /> One of many of this type to carry an all-over advertisement for British Supplements, Metroline Manchester's BDE221, a 2019 BYD ADL Enviro400EV new to Stagecoach Manchester as their 14028, later becoming 84028 amid a reorganisation of electric vehicle fleet numbers, is seen stood between services at Piccadilly Gardens bus station.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/36844288@N00/">mikeyashworth</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/36844288@N00/55336260135/" title="Souvenir of the official opening of the Extension at the Kearsley Power Station : Lancashire Electric Power Company : 1936 : pages 18 &amp; 19 : LEP electric locomotive"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55336260135_6d490dc3f1_m.jpg" width="240" height="156" alt="Souvenir of the official opening of the Extension at the Kearsley Power Station : Lancashire Electric Power Company : 1936 : pages 18 &amp; 19 : LEP electric locomotive" /></a></p> <p>A booklet giving details of the extension to the Kearsley Generating Station of the Lancashire Electric Power Company that was formally inaugurated by the Rt. Hon. The Earl of Derby on 21 December 1936. It gives details of the history of the company and its generating stations that were situated at Radcliffe, Padiham and Kearsley.<br /> <br /> The LEP Co. was formed in 1900 with generation and supply powers to a large area of Lancashire south of the River Ribble. Its first station was opened at Radcliffe, on the River Irwell, on 9 October 1905. The company was required to develop a large system of distribution mains and cables to serve its area of supply. During WW1, to help cope with the demand for electricity from industry, the LEP entered into a coordination scheme with two of the municipal undertakings that had at first opposed the company's powers; Manchester and Salford. These inter-connections across Lancashire pre-dated the schemes that were developed with Government backing from the 1920s onwards that were to make bulk supply of electricity a more effective arrangement and to the development of the National Grid. The company's second generating station, at Padiham, opened in 1926 and this was followed in 1929 by the first stages of the station at Kearsley, again on the Irwell and just north of Salford's Agecroft station. These can be seen in the maps included in the booklet.<br /> <br /> The booklet gives details of the extension at Kearsley that were undertaken to the requirements of the Central Electricity Board that was helping to undertake a standardisation across the British electricity industry and promoting better efficiency in the generation field. As part of the CEB's schemes all three of the LEP's stations were &quot;selected&quot; and they frequently held records for thermal efficiency. It gives details of the equipment including the new turbo-generators by the British Thomson-Houston Co. Ltd and the associated works.<br /> <br /> The LEP would be Nationalised in 1948, the three generating stations passing to the British Electricity Authority, latterly the CEGB, and the distribution and supply network to the North Western Electricity Board. Radcliffe was closed in 1959, Padiham &quot;A&quot; in 1969 although the Padiham &quot;B&quot; station opened in 1959 survived until 1993, and Kearsley was decommissioned in 1981.<br /> <br /> The station had its own internal electric railway for handing coal and ash. The photos show this system including Locomotive No. 2 and LEP coal wagon No. 195; the latter would have been used to supply coal from local collieries. The system ran on 550v DC and eventually had four locomotives several of which are preserved.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/36844288@N00/">mikeyashworth</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/36844288@N00/55334914517/" title="Souvenir of the official opening of the Extension at the Kearsley Power Station : Lancashire Electric Power Company : 1936 : pages 2 &amp; 3"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55334914517_621e7d505a_m.jpg" width="240" height="157" alt="Souvenir of the official opening of the Extension at the Kearsley Power Station : Lancashire Electric Power Company : 1936 : pages 2 &amp; 3" /></a></p> <p>A booklet giving details of the extension to the Kearsley Generating Station of the Lancashire Electric Power Company that was formally inaugurated by the Rt. Hon. The Earl of Derby on 21 December 1936. It gives details of the history of the company and its generating stations that were situated at Radcliffe, Padiham and Kearsley.<br /> <br /> The LEP Co. was formed in 1900 with generation and supply powers to a large area of Lancashire south of the River Ribble. Its first station was opened at Radcliffe, on the River Irwell, on 9 October 1905. The company was required to develop a large system of distribution mains and cables to serve its area of supply. During WW1, to help cope with the demand for electricity from industry, the LEP entered into a coordination scheme with two of the municipal undertakings that had at first opposed the company's powers; Manchester and Salford. These inter-connections across Lancashire pre-dated the schemes that were developed with Government backing from the 1920s onwards that were to make bulk supply of electricity a more effective arrangement and to the development of the National Grid. The company's second generating station, at Padiham, opened in 1926 and this was followed in 1929 by the first stages of the station at Kearsley, again on the Irwell and just north of Salford's Agecroft station. These can be seen in the maps included in the booklet.<br /> <br /> The booklet gives details of the extension at Kearsley that were undertaken to the requirements of the Central Electricity Board that was helping to undertake a standardisation across the British electricity industry and promoting better efficiency in the generation field. As part of the CEB's schemes all three of the LEP's stations were &quot;selected&quot; and they frequently held records for thermal efficiency. It gives details of the equipment including the new turbo-generators by the British Thomson-Houston Co. Ltd and the associated works.<br /> <br /> The LEP would be Nationalised in 1948, the three generating stations passing to the British Electricity Authority, latterly the CEGB, and the distribution and supply network to the North Western Electricity Board. Radcliffe was closed in 1959, Padiham &quot;A&quot; in 1969 although the Padiham &quot;B&quot; station opened in 1959 survived until 1993, and Kearsley was decommissioned in 1981.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/ken_davis_archive/">Ken_Davis_Archive</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ken_davis_archive/55335847813/" title="Manchester - Castlefield - Middle Warehouse - 2003"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55335847813_ddc0d4a882_m.jpg" width="240" height="166" alt="Manchester - Castlefield - Middle Warehouse - 2003" /></a></p> <p>These photographs from 2003 show the way this run down area has been improved beyond all recognition and is now a vibrant residential area.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/204151471@N06/">thom_stone</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/204151471@N06/55335221640/" title="Manchester is…"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55335221640_f774013e70_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Manchester is…" /></a></p> <p>Fujifilm X20</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/139194555@N05/">rossendale2016</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/139194555@N05/55334054544/" title="This is Manchester today - HOMELESS, HUNGRY, COLD, AND SLEEPING ON THE STREETS"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55334054544_ca2de147d9_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="This is Manchester today - HOMELESS, HUNGRY, COLD, AND SLEEPING ON THE STREETS" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/100105811@N05/">oldcarliol42</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/100105811@N05/55333714081/" title="Irises HSS"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55333714081_02ffd8e5ef_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Irises HSS" /></a></p> <p>Seen during our visit to RHS Bridgewater Garden, Worsley, near Manchester on 27 May and subjected to an element of Sunday Sliding HSS.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/tambercat/">Tamber P</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/tambercat/55333551210/" title="1280-IMG_8186"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55333551210_cd7d75d427_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="1280-IMG_8186" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/tambercat/">Tamber P</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/tambercat/55333554355/" title="1280-IMG_8340"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55333554355_bfdc80fe36_m.jpg" width="240" height="199" alt="1280-IMG_8340" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/tambercat/">Tamber P</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/tambercat/55333126296/" title="1280-IMG_8182"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55333126296_a85250b19d_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="1280-IMG_8182" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/tambercat/">Tamber P</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/tambercat/55333553855/" title="1280-IMG_8327"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55333553855_21e78e4998_m.jpg" width="148" height="240" alt="1280-IMG_8327" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/tambercat/">Tamber P</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/tambercat/55333132476/" title="1280-IMG_8470"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55333132476_2579f59620_m.jpg" width="130" height="240" alt="1280-IMG_8470" /></a></p>

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