i-Globe / Photos 2020

Photos 2020

In early spring of 2020 a strange new cloud descended on human society around the world, as the flu-like COVID-19 virus rapidly spread to global pandemic proportions, and governments experimented with getting the public to go along with periods of 'lockdown', 'social distancing' and vaccination programmes...

In the summer, the killing of George Floyd by police in the USA led to an eruption of feeling that ENOUGH IS ENOUGH across a large part of the population, which gathered momentum internationally (and not without controversy) under the 'Black Lives Matter' slogan (#BLM), helping to open public debate and raise some awareness... only time will tell what the longer term impact of all this might be...

Meanwhile around Manchester, the ongoing conflict between property developers, council authorities and local housing needs was everywhere to be seen, as post-Brexit / post-Covid Britain tried to get to grips with a world in which we seemed to be losing control...

07.03.2020 / Manchester, UK

'street food', St James Building, Oxford Street (this magnificent building opened in 1912 as HQ of the 'Calico Printers Association', and is now owned by the ubiquitous city-wide property giant Bruntwood)

16.03.2020 / Oldham, UK

Hartford Mill, Werneth (built in 1907, closed in 1969, Grade II listed, but demolished in 2020)

16.03.2020 / Oldham, UK

view of Manchester city centre from Buckstones Road, near Shaw

19.03.2020 / Manchester, UK

dressed for shopping during the Covid lockdown

26.03.2020 / Manchester, UK

Spanish/Portuguese synagogue, Withington (built c1925)

26.03.2020 / Manchester, UK

privately-owned military vehicle, West Didsbury

26.04.2020 / Manchester, UK

many people lost loved ones during the Covid pandemic

16.05.2020 / Manchester, UK

'Homes For People' squat, Didsbury

16.05.2020 / Manchester, UK

former chapel of Didsbury teacher training college, later the base of Manchester Metropolitan University's Education & Social Research Institute, now converted into apartments

21.05.2020 / Manchester, UK

overgrown backyard bike, West Didsbury

14.06.2020 / Manchester, UK

'Black Lives Matter' protest, Fallowfield (following the killing in the USA of George Floyd by police)

14.06.2020 / Manchester, UK

'Black Lives Matter' protest, Fallowfield (following the killing in the USA of George Floyd by police)

14.06.2020 / Manchester, UK

street messages, Fallowfield

22.06.2020 / Manchester, UK

#BLM street message, Fallowfield

22.06.2020 / Manchester, UK

#BLM street message, West Didsbury

02.07.2020 / Manchester, UK

post-lockdown introduction of 'social distancing' measures, Withington

13.07.2020 / Manchester, UK

view under the M60 motorway from Northenden, looking east along the River Mersey towards the Tatton Arms pub and Didsbury beyond

13.07.2020 / Manchester, UK

the former Tatton Arms pub, Northenden (soon to be apartments)

19.07.2020 / Manchester, UK

Hough End Hall, Chorlton (built in 1596, home of Sir Nicholas Mosley, Lord of the Manors of both Manchester and Withington)

30.08.2020 / Manchester, UK

spider catches wasp, West Didsbury

22.09.2020 / Manchester, UK

weather-beaten #BLM protest, with the Toast Rack building rising above, Fallowfield

22.09.2022 / Manchester, UK

'Homes For People' squat, Withington

31.10.2020 / Manchester, UK

Heaton Park (the colonnade originally formed the front of Manchester's old town hall in King Street from 1822-77, and following demolition was reconstructed here in 1912)

09.11.2020 / Manchester, UK