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This is the Conversation Forum for Manchester, England, UK << Buses? my Bury family >> Subject: Lamenting the Corn Exchange Posted Jun 16, 2005 by AgProv   Posting 1 "Manchester's mostly` back to normal now, Corporation Street is busy to cross again..." One consequence of the Manchester bomb was the death of the Corn Exchange as most of us knew it. This was a busy and thriving indoor market where anyone was welcome, you could buy second-hand books, records, clothes, Tarot cards, et c, meet friends, slurp coffee, enjoy the day. Like Affleck's or the Coliseum, only bigger. Then the people who owned the place saw the bomb as the chance to throw out all the scruffs and go upmarket. All the old traders were excluded, and the building was turned into a Yuppie nightmare of expensive shops and boutiques and things. We went there once, but it kind of killed our memories of what it was; I think we ended up heckling the yuppies. It felt like our memories and our desire (to see the place return the way it was) had been trashed as if they didn't matter. Still, the joke's on them as I hear the new Corn Exchange isn't thriving as well as they'd hoped.... Does anyone else have good feelnigs for the old C.E.? Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Lamenting the Corn Exchange Posted Sep 29, 2006 by giley2006 This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 A friend of mine used to have a stall in there. I liked walking round the stalls looking at some of the unusual/quaint/wierd stuff they had in there. I agree that the place isn't the same anymore. Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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