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pumamobile

 Watch out for this beast hitting the streets of Manchester from tomorrow until the 29th of September*. I hear they are giving free Puma trainers and other goodies too… whoop, sounds purrrr-fect to me! *11am-6pm on 27th at Manchester University (next to The Student Union/Manchester Academy Building) and 28th/29th Bloom Street NCP

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put yourself in my plaice

 Fosters Fish & Chips is an Alderley Edge institution. Famous for firing up their fryers for their footballing clientele’s fish suppers for the past 15 years. This week saw the opening of their new Didsbury shop situated on Wilmslow Road. As per Alderley Edge the new ‘plaice’ has both eat in and take away options. The menu has all your traditional fish and chip shop fare and the portions are sure you satisfy the hungriest of patrons – hence just the 1/2 cod for me. And if you like chips you’ll be please to know at Fosters they come with your meal for free when you eat in… so if you want…

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shop till you drop

 Manchester is a shopaholics dream! There is a huge variety of shops, department stores and markets to explore catering to your every shopping need. There are two large shopping centers in and around Manchester the Trafford Centre and the Arndale Centre. Both are home to a huge range of high street and department stores as well as cafes and restaurants, there is enough under one roof to keep you busy for hours. Remember when shopping in high street stores they often run discounts and provide voucher codes to use in store to save some money on your purchases. However, high street shopping may not be what you are interested in and…

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a rainy city service announcement

 Evening all, A little note of warning. rainycitytales is entering into a brave new world and welcoming its first ever guest post – as of tomorrow. As any regular readers might know it has been a busy old few months – as explained here. Therefore I thought time to share the blog burden love after all most things are worth trying once. Over and out, rainycitytales Image c/o mooitw licensed under Creative Commons.

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resolutions

 It takes some doing but projecting somewhere into the future one hopes they’ll will be an end to all this (@kate_is_busy – are we glamming up for the occasion like these ladies? I think I could rock this look!) Yet that’s going to leave rather a lot of time on my hands and you’ve got to have something to aim for. So in a world post MA these are my resolutions… 1) I promise to reverse the muscle wastage that has occurred from the hours spent glued to a screen by going back to the gym. 2) I promise to no longer neglect rainycitytales and treat it to some serious…

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stroky beard

 Beard and tashe lovers rejoice. Here comes a celebration of Manchester’s finest facial fuzz. All in aid of a great cause Lifeshare, who work with the homeless and disadvantaged in Manchester and Salford. Beards of Manchester is looking for the best specimens in the city to come forward for charity. To feature in a 2011 calendar that will be launched on October 21st at Common, where all the profits will go to charity. So bristly beauties submit a photo of yourself to info@beardsofmanchester.com before 24th September – full submission details here. The top 12 will then be photographed by Gill Moore. The result being a tickly treat for every month…

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put your hand up if you value the arts

 With the axe ready to fall on arts funding in the UK it’s time to be stand up and be counted. The I Value The Arts campaign launches on 13th of September 2010 and you can also keep up to date and show your support via @IValueTheArts on Twitter or over on Facebook. Image c/o micn2sugars licensed under Creative Commons.

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