And God said
she was done
on the 6th day, she created Manchester
(And yes, of course God is a woman)
Only a woman would know to mix
such a heady combination
Outside the doors to Affleck's Palace
where the Saturday crowd
gather
From punks to goths
hippie-chiccas and boys with hips
to die for
Most of them wearing lip-gloss
smiles; all in and the veggie burgers
are always hot!
And God said to the barra' boys
on Tib street
to sell their wares cheap on a sunny day
(it doesn't always rain in Manchester)
But when the sun shines
and all the "Happy Mondays" people come out
to play
with every tom, dick, harry or "The Smiths"
Finding an "Oasis" in the backstreets
of this vibrant city
God was pleased with her lot
for on the 6th day
when Manchester was made
All the people smiled
and sang out
Like Matthew, Mark,Luke, John and of course "James"
"Sit down, oh sit down"
For those that have been touched
by the madness of it all
Can chant to the beat
of the city
Author notes
More musings of my City.. Manchester
the sides in the inverted commas are all famous bands to come out of Manchester
Affleck's Palace is five stories high and contains over 50 stalls.. of local traders and all manner of unusual pretty things..
Plus the anthem of "James" .... "Sit Down"
Sorta sums this City which breathes Fire and Life..
Written August 13th, 2005
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Outside the doors to Affleck's Palace
where the Saturday crowd
gather
Gill you have wrote about my school days and makes me feel like im stood in the bustling Haven we call home!
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I'm just meandering through your 'Manchester Musings' list. I will be back to comment properly shortly...I just wanted to let you know that I was here, and I liked.
I used to live in Didsbury and I work in Salford Quays. It's lovely to read familiar names and streets and things.
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thank you...
i hope you find the others of some enjoyment then
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Mad for it!!
Excellent!!And coming from this fantastic city i can relate to this in many ways.I actually went to school with some of the happy mondays band
This poem is a great glimpse of what manchester can be about,music,culture ,style and originality,what a great great write I was a season ticket holder at maine road for 15 yrs also
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hahahhaha....
and you're a city fan too.. most excellent..
now you are in my good books
I loved the Mondays....
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You missed one of the greatest! And one of my bloody favourites The Stone Roses, I'm gutted.
But I yeh keep writing bout the good city, don't forget the best team
we both know who I mean
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hehehheh
I have a feeling that I'm alot older than you hun... but yeah.. it's good to be a Manc...
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i think this was cool.im from manchester and i eat veggie burgers!theyre so nice and my favourite bands are oasis and the smiths,i love afflex but some of the kids round there are a bit dodgy,you know try and be different but end up looking the same,black hair,black clothes,black make-up-guys and girls.same as anywhere i suppose,anyway its nice to hear from a fellow manc esp someone whose into the same stuff as me.keep spreading the word.
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thankie...
glad you found this...
I have a whole of Manchester Musings to cast your eye upon if you'd like.. in a collection of the same name
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lovely reminder..i was born in prestwich and moved back there just at the genesis of the whole Madchester thing. what a great 3 years. Sorted R kid
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Wow, is that what Manchester is like? I would love to go to England someday & Manchester is somewhere I want to go ... Do people really eat veggie burgers
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excellent~
Sounds like a colorful and electic place
I have never been there but this poem makes me want to check it out......
Beautiful wonderful and oh so eclectic
Love n hugs
Your sis
Susan~~~
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Oh i agree, Black country Brummie is probably the worst, my sister went out with a scouser for a week, i had to hang around liek a gooseberry to be an interpreter, he was a real looker but spoke in an alien tongue.. that love never did blossom, he,he
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yes ma'am.. lololo
but it's better than brummy and not half as bad as Scouse.. so I'll live with it.. heheheh
thankie Barbs.. the cricket was fab ..
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Luvvely one duck
Southerners aren't Jessies! We are refoined.. I was in manchester Monday, I was one of the lucky ones who got into Trafford Park.. I have done quite a bit of work up there (of teh construction kind , i hasten to add) and you are also becoming very refoined and up and coming, although you will always be stuck with that awful accent!
Barb -
what are you on about dog tracks? do you think i shouldnt go to manchester or something? i dont know what you mean
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yeah.. and the old PIPS.. ROTTERS, JILLY'S ..ahem.. lolololol Fagins.. ..
hmm
Castlefield and the air and space place.. which cool
The Lass O'Gowrie..
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And of course Chester has a very fine Zoo, which Manc doesn't, unless you count Belle Vue, with its piss-sodden porcupines and elephants that smelled of plasticine, which closed down. At least Clairey has a dog-track, and maybe a collection of T-shirt shoppes to remind her of Belle Vue Zoo and the Hacienda and most of Failsworth and other things which no longer are.
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Never been to Manchester, but I've been to Chester, which I figured just wasn't man enough to be Manchester, or wide enough to be Chesterfield. Chester was lovely though, and I never would have though Manchester was, but now you've made me want to visit.
You've painted a lively picture of what is, apparently, a lively town. When can I come?
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yepp
and yepp
and my friend used to work at the Fab Cafe.. he was very camp and loved it..
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hmmmmm I think he is more of the vicar in a tutu or the boy with a thorn in his side than this charming man actually, perhaps he is the disco dancer or bigmouth but definately not the headmaster or mr shankly i suppose -
anyway Affleck's Palace is one of my favourite places, i brought my favourite louder than bombs t shirt from there, the condom shop is also very interesting
have you been to the fab cafe club? near the palace hotel?
my favourite
the poem made me very excited and happy even if i am a fookin jess
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yeah.. well.. there was one budgie and a parrot last time I passed..
and yeah those southern jessies don't know nowt.. lololol
ahhh I should say.. You are that *Charming Man* hehhehe thankie sir for a lovely critique..
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Yay, I knew I'd seen that sign before. Do they still sell budgies on Tib Street? It used to be 500 different colours of budgies at one end and hookers at the other. Last time I went there, there was just an iguana and some guitar shops.
Of course I know it doesn't ALWAYS rain in Manchester, but that rather spoils the myth for your average Southern Smiths fan. Those angsty teens planning to study there should rest assured that it still pisses down, mostly
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Honey, I couldn't get past the boys with hips to die for. Although if you really ant boys with hips to doe for you should come to Madrid, which is where I've moved to!
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I love Oxford too.. and tell Nik, my friend used to dance at the Crazy Horse.. so I used to go to Paris alot in my twenties.. hehehhe
oohh the fun we had.. she did a few tittie stints at the Moulin too.. she now lives in Lyon
and your daughter is right to come clubbin' here.. the scene is wild and amazing.. heheh ((( have been known to strut my stuff in the Village now and again.. ))) heheheheh -
No wonder she had to have a lie- in after she made Manchester. Nik already said my daughter goes clubbing there. I never ake it to the midle- get caught in the centrifugal force of the ring road. Funny how we connect to certain cities, how we seem to belong to them and they to us. The Leeds loiners speak with nostalgic of shopping trips as children and trams, Londoners- well they are Londoners. Nik loves Paris, me? Oxford.
I love the bit about God telling the barra boys to sell their wears cheap on sunny days- and it is okay to wear lip gloss then? Can't applaud, hun, Nik already did and they won't let us both on the same comp, so a bunch of and a 
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You make me want to visit. I enjoyed this immensely. Like a poets travelogue. I could never be induced to make such a trip by prose alone. So, now I s'pose I'll need to start saving up my pennies for the journey.
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You'll do lass
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Well ol' girl this is quite smashing! Sorry, I had to tease you back I love every bit of this piece. Now I know that chiccas is spanish and is a word, but the dictionary doesn't know it Are we surprised...uh...how about nope!
Wonderful write you get one of my stingy applause!
I enjoyed every bit of this read and enjoyed every bit of our earlier banter.
~Dee
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Just the penis part made me snort and giggle..
therefore you can now be an honourary Manc.. hehehe
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Though I know Manchester not (Never being to England) you paint quite a vivid picture of the place I have always wanted to visit England(Because as most yanks,I have roots there)and yes God must be a woman,why else would I have such a small penis(I think I caught her on a bad day)
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its because God created it on the 6th day..
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glad you fit somewhere.. heheh
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I smiled when I saw the James reference, I'm a big fan. This poem is describing a place that sounds rather intriguing to me, I like a mix of people-genres! Boys with hips to die for, hehe. I fall into many categories. I am sometimes a hippy-chica, sometimes a goth, and occasionally a punk. But no matter what mood I'm in, James is always a part of me. I am very impressed with your work here, so I am going to applaud you! Wonderful work, most definitely. I am indeed glad I clicked!
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Haha Yes, is very good. I have not been to the middle of Manchester , but Stef's daughter goes often- or she did do- she talks of moving to live there. You make it sound so very different from the images we get, but I guess that is the same for most places. Stef said when he first heard he must move to Yorkshire for Hampshire he think he must fit his car with snow chains lol, and that all was dark satanic mills and coal mines. How different than that it is with such beautiful countryside. Anyway, I ramble I hope you kep all these poems togetehr. I am sure that there must be some organisation that would pay you good money to be the Mancunian Bardess.
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its cool to rock at 43.. lolololol
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Gill I absolutely love this poem, colorful descriptives. You rock sister Gill!!! Love the picture you added and the authors note as well.
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Yes, and of course James.
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good for you girl!!
sounds splendiferous.. am so pleased for you Sonia..
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I havn't deserted lol...just been dead busy writing some of the best poetry I have for years,publishing, and being all loved up
. I'll be back when I've done what I need to do XXX This left me smiling Gill, in a big way, thanks.
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thought you might dig this one lass.. even though you have deserted us now!!
You can mooch here anytime luv..
thankyou for the fabulous critique..
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Oh god I LOVE Afflecks Palace. Bought a pair of jeans there a few years ago which I still have and wear, they used to sell all the alternative gear, and reading this I presume they still do ( which I'm into even at my old age! ).
Sat here with a huge grin on my face Gill because I havn't been home in a year ( since I moved up here ) and am suddenly feeling rather guilty and homesick. Though I am incredibly happy here, nowt like the manc folk
Brilliant piece. It captures the essence of the city and part of what it has to offer. A really vibrant place.And look at some of the legendary bands its produced! ( even though I think Liam Gallagher is an arsehole ).
Bookmarking this. I'd sit here all night reminiscing but I have to go and get Alan. I'll be back later for another mooch.
Thanks for the memories. Grinning like a cheshire pussy, though they are all stuck up there lol...
Sonia XX
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awesome
Heh, I love this....brilliant tribute to a lively city The last stanza especially has a great rhythm to it.
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