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I've long since wondered what is going on with this building, and thanks to a good friend of mine, I now know. It's being demolished!

Manchester is a great example of beautiful architectural design, but this isn't one of them - it's one of the many buildings that popped up in the 60's when this design was considered "fashionable".

I've been passed it quite a few times over the years, and noticed how all the shops in it have been disappearing as time is going on. Whilst I am happy to see this building being replaced, unfortunately it seems to be encompassing the old Odeon Cinema just along Oxford Road which should be preserved and regenerated in to another cinema, perhaps the CornerHouse should consider obtaining it? Bit late I think for that now which is a shame.

The new building looks very nice and seems from the picture to be in keeping with the rest of St Peter's Square with the columns mirroring the library across the way.

What do you think of 60's buildings like this? Should they all be replaced with more "viewer friendly" architecture?

Thank you to Tom for the information and I hope you can visit his blog also.

Manchester is a city well known for its nightlife and places to eat out, but where do you think is the BEST place to eat out in the whole of the city?

Do you like a Chinese meal, an Indian, or some English home cooking? Let me know your opinions. Every place that you recommend will be mentioned on this site and if we get enough suggestions we will try and name Manchester's favourite restaurant.

Let us know your recommendations. The more obscure the better!

well someone online has had a go at me for saying homophobia is like racism, I quote "THAT IS COMPLETE CRAP! WHAT THE HELL DOES THE COLOR OF SOMONE'S SKIN HAV ANYTHING TO DO WITH...TO EVEN THINK TO PUT IT INTO COMPARSION IS A JOKE!"

First of all, it's rude to SHOUT.

Secondly no one chooses the colour of their skin so why make judgments and decisions based on it? Wouldn't that be racist? Are you implying that sexuality is a personal choice? If you are then you really need to open your eyes to the real world. Do you think all those people bullied and discriminated over the years because of who they are attracted to chose to be that way? Sexuality is NOT A CHOICE [yes that was shouting!]

It amazes me that in this day and age people still have ignorant and uneducated of opinions. Parents must be so proud....

Time for a bit of nostalgia, where were you this week 20 years ago? I took a look at the top 40 from this week in 1991 and memories came flooding back! [thanks everyhit.com!]

1 Jason Donovan Any Dream Will Do

2 Bryan Adams (Everything I Do) I Do It For You

3 Erasure Chorus

4 Kenny Thomas Thinking About Your Love

5 Color Me Badd I Wanna Sex You Up

6 Bette Midler From A Distance

7 Paula Abdul Rush Rush

8 Incognito Always There

9 Salt-N-Pepa Do You Want Me

10 Guns N' Roses You Could Be Mine

11 Cola Boy 7 Ways To Love

12 Lenny Kravitz It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over

13 Divinyls I Touch Myself

14 Omar There's Nothing Like This

15 Rod Stewart Motown Song

16 Heavy D & The Boyz Now That We've Found Love

17 Amy Grant Baby Baby

18 Anthrax Bring The Noise

19 Cubic22 Night In Motion

20 Driza Bone Real Love

21 Natalie Cole Unforgettable

22 Beverley Craven Promise Me

23 Carter The USM Sheriff Fatman

24 C&C Music Factory Things That Make You Go Hmmm...

25 Sonia Only Fools (Never Fall In Love)

26 Cher The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)

27 LaTour People Are Still Having Sex

28 Alice Cooper Hey Stoopid

29 Bros Are You Mine?

30 Billy Bragg Sexuality

31 Kim Appleby Mama

32 REM Shiny Happy People

33 Extreme Get The Funk Out

34 Whitney Houston My Name Is Not Susan

35 Vanilla Ice Rollin' In My 5.0

36 Rebel MC Tribal Base

37 Jesus Loves You Generations Of Love

38 OMD Pandora's Box

39 Quadrophonia Wave Of The Future

40 Queensryche Best I Can

So how many of these tracks did you buy? I was a mad music buyer back then and I can honestly say I own about 25 of these song on record lol! [Nothing's changed much!] Also look at the song at #2, next week 20 years ago started a span of SIXTEEN weeks at the top!

So what were your memories of that time? I remember a week in Butlins and being very obsessed with Kylie and Doctor Who and my parents worrying that at nearly 16 I wasn't showing the slightest interest in girls... how times have changed!

"Girl, 13, crushed to death by a falling branch as she sat on park bench on the day her teachers went out on strike"

This a GENUINE headline from today's Daily Mail. There are SO many things wrong with this whole article that it would take a full 10,000 word essay to express myself fully on it. What it does highlight to me though is that there are no newspapers at all in this country that can give you a balanced, unbiased report on any news event.

Joe often asks me why I buy more than one newspaper every day, but I've always found it interesting to read a story from two different perspectives in order to form my own opinion...

Most media outlets in the UK however now have a habit of telling their readers what their opinions are, its so easy to manipulate someone into thinking a certain way. One of my favourite headlines recently came from The Star who declared "British children forced fed Muslim food." When you read further in to the story all it is does is reprot that some schools are offering children halal meat, that was all there was in terms of facts but by time the average Star readers get past the headline there are probably so outraged already they are ready to sign up to the English Defence League!

I'm not just singling out The Star or The Mail, practically all the papers do it. The average headline in The Mirror is "Government -BOOO, Labour , Yay!" and the Sun does the same in reverse. The Express has 50% of its stories slanted towards a Princess Diana perspective while the other 50% is a swipe at Madelaine MCCann's parents.

Anyway that's my rant for today. My advice to you when reading the news is one thing, "TRUST NO ONE"