Henrietta Street

This week's view of My World is looking up Henrietta Street, on the north side of Ashton.

The street links the town centre with the Smallshaw area of the town. The shop on the right was originally one of Ashton's many Co-op shops. Out of sight to the right is King George's Playing Field - the local park.

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Lift Bridge

This week's Sky Watch shows the lift bridge at the new Frenches Marina in Greenfield, around 6 miles from Ashton.

The bridge, which carries the canal towpath, lifts up to allow boats to move between the marina and the Huddersfield Canal. The Structure of the bridge, along with the retro lamp post, make interesting shapes against the sky, set above the outline of Alphin Pike and Noon Sun Hill in the background.

Behind the marina are Greenfield's new Tesco store on the left and the Kingfisher pub on the right. This photo continues the canal theme from Monday!

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Cooling off on the Canal

This week's glimpse of My World shows you the Ashton Canal at Portland Basin in Ashton.

It was a hot weekend and there is something cooling about just being down by the water on a hot day. Even better than being by the water is being in the water and, amongst all the big steel narrowboats, this gentleman was enjoying a pootle about in a small boat. It looks fun but I did worry about how sunburnt he'd be by the end of the day!

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Cross over Mossley

This week's Sky Watch features the big cross on the hill overlooking Mossley. It doesn't look very big in the picture, but it is when you get up close to it! Mossley is the town on the left, below the hill. Ashton is out of shot to the right, a little further away.

The cross was erected in 1994 by Mossley Churches Together, and it can be seen on the skyline from many parts of the town.

It is not to be confused with Mossley Cross, which is where the Turnpike road crossed the ancient hilltop highway, and is in the dip behind the white buildings, just to the right of the cross.

See the Ordnance Survey map of this location. (The cross is just above the "r" in "Brook Bottom".)

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Stamford Street

This week's glimpse of My World shows you a small block of shops on Stamford Street in the Old Town area of Ashton.

This is one of many splendid examples of Victorian architecture to be found in the town. These shops were built in 1892 by Joseph Fletcher, who also built many other shops in Ashton, including those in Market Avenue.

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ABC Wednesday: Yellow and Blue

Today's post for ABC Wednesday is Y for "Yellow and Blue" and I wonder whether you can spot anything yellow and blue in the photo?

The picture shows the construction of the new Metrolink tram terminus alongside Wellington Road in Ashton, looking back towards Oldham Road.

When the tram is running, it is a good bet that visitors arriving on the tram will notice that they come into the town past a rather large yellow and blue building. This is, of course, IKEA. I expect there's one near where you live. This particular IKEA, the Manchester branch, is a bit controversial because, unlike most branches, it is situated close to the the town centre.

This is good for those people who don't have cars but some people feel the building dominates that side of the town too much. However, that doesn't stop people shopping there and it seems to be very popular with shoppers from Ashton and from all around Manchester.

Whenever I have been in, I become baffled by all the odd names things have. I'm sure there was a table called Nigel.

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