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Peter Wheelers’ Guide to Manchester (Conference 2010) Welcome to Manchester. Si

Peter Wheelers’ Guide to Manchester (Conference 2010) Welcome to Manchester. Since Conference was last here we have had a busy two years. Despite our best efforts we were beaten at the last election. As a result we face a Conservative Government determined to roll back all the gains made by post-war Labour Governments. Conference is where we decide how to respond. Having elected a new Leader it's up to all of us to unite behind him. We need to defend the legacy of our Labour Government-the massive investment in schools and hospitals, record levels of international development aid, a minimum wage and steering Britain through the worst economic crisis for 70 years. We need to be proud of what we achieved and not let the Tories trash our legacy. We need to reach out to those voters we lost at previous elections AND to new supporters who have never voted Labour before. It's not a case of core voters OR swing voters-we need the support of both. Crucially we need to prepare our organisation and policies for an election which might come sooner than many think-selecting our candidates in marginal seats, reviewing and up-dating our policies and leading the opposition to this governments’ slash and burn economics. Enjoy yourself in Manchester-This Conference is the first step back to Government! Peter Wheeler NEC election results As I am putting this guide together we don't know the results of the NEC elections. All I can do at this stage is thank all the members for their support and friendship over the last six years. It really is an honour to be elected to represent your fellow members. If I am re-elected I will continue to put Labour values at the heart of Labour's campaigning and work to get rid of this conservative Government as soon as possible. If I am not re-elected I will do the same. Many Thanks. 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Phone: 07880 790182 Email: wheelerpeter@hotmail.co.uk For more info contact: Ben on 0161 2307527 or E-Mail greatledge@btopenworld.com Manchester is blessed with more than its fair share of good pubs & good beer. As your NEC member I felt it was my duty to visit (most of) them to check they were up to scratch for you. It’s a tough job but….. Anyway, as they say…enjoy yourself sensibly. The best beers in town are the local ones – Holts, Hyde’s, Robinsons & John Willie Lees, all reasonably priced. I’ve grouped the pubs in reasonable little groups around the conference centre, feel free to go off piste and let me have your comments – 07880790182 or email wheelerpeter@hotmail.co.uk if you need any help. "Beer – proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy", Dr Johnson Oxford Road / Piccadilly From the conference centre walk past the Bridgewater Hall and in front of you, you will see “The Britons Protection” – Great Bridgewater Street. Good range of beer including excellent Jennings and apparently 200 different Whiskies. Deceptive in size, if you walk around the bar there are some very comfortable rooms and there is a big outside seating area. Just up the street on the right is the “Rain Bar” a younger pub/bar with good outside seating over- looking the canal. Further up on the left is “The Peveril Of The Peak” Lots of good beers and a genuine Manchester Pub. Best table football machine in Town. Slightly further up is “The Temple Of Convenience” a converted gents urinal. It‟s actually a lot better than it sounds, reminds me of some 60‟s bohemian bar I saw on the telly once – give it a try. Cross Oxford Road and walk up Portland Street you come to “The Old Monkey” a lively Holts's house. Ten yards further on are “The Circus” and “The Grey Horse” Manchester‟s smallest pubs. Excellent beer, good atmosphere and „must visits‟ when you‟re in town. To the left down is China Town the only pub is “The Seven Oaks” but the Chinese karaoke bars are very good. To the right up Chorlton Street is The Gay Village- a big strip of bars, pubs, clubs and restaurants along Canal Street. A key part of Manchester‟s cultural vitality its also an excellent place for late drinking “Paddy‟s Goose” is in many ways, the village pub. Albert Square / Deansgate The area in front of the conference entrance, between Albert Square and Deansgate is a rabbit warren of offices, pubs and restaurants. This area is the site of the Peterloo Massacre in 1819 and is well worth roaming round! “Live Bait,” the best fish, restaurant is in this area. Peter Street is one long series of bars and clubs, take your pick. More interesting is the area behind Peter Street, walk through the little passage by the RAF recruiting office and the "Sir Ralph Abercromby" is on your left on Bootle Street. Probably the nearest pub to conference it's next door to the police station so there‟s unlikely to be any trouble in there. It also has a big beer garden for enjoy the sun shine. Turn right outside the pub and across the car park and in front of you is the “Nags Head” Manchester pub of the year 2007. The karaoke is good on a Friday, and it‟s a lively city centre pub. Carry on through the Nag‟s head, i.e out the back door, and in front of you is the "Sun Inn" – another good pub with interesting snacks. If you go out the back door again and turn right you‟re in Albert Square. This is a good route to know on a rainy night! Plenty of pubs just off Albert Square. Walk across it and on the left down John Dalton Street is “The Ape and Apple” a big, down to earth Holts‟ House. Down Cross Street is “Mr.Thomas‟s Chop House”, good Victorian pub, good beer. The chops are also very good. Just opposite over Cross Street, 20 yards up, Chapel Walks is “Sam‟s Chop House.” Beer, excellent, British food, not for the calorie conscious! Not sure if Tom & Sam were related! If you wonder back to Albert Square via Mosley Street, you will come across the “City Arms” excellent range of beers including Black Sheep and the watering place of the Manchester City Labour Party. "Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza." -Dave Barry Castlefield This is the site of the original Roman Settlement of Mamucium, it was actually a castle in a field (we’re very literal people in Manchester) Nearly 200 years ago this was the most important industrial area in the world. Site of the worlds first railway station (now the museum of industry on Liverpool Road) and the Manchester end of Bridgewater Canal what brought cheap coal to fuel the worlds first industrial city, and became a canal spaghetti junction. The area fell into neglect but has been massively regenerated over the last decade. It’s one of the liveliest parts of town and well worth a visit. Walk down past Peter Street from the conference centre, turn left into Deansgate and you come to the Hilton Hotel, in the Beetham Tower, if you can get in. The Sky bar is well worth a visit. It’s pricey but the view over Manchester here is worth it and there is a glass floor in the bar which you can stand on and look down to Deansgate 150 foot below. Its like floating! Just a bit further down is the "Deansgate", good traditional pub with excellent Sunday Roasts. Just a bit further down to the left is Deansgate locks, an area of bars and comedy clubs. Near the station itself are two excellent bars, The Atlas bar and the Knott bar. The Atlas bar is a good place to hang out with a big open area at the back. The Knott Mill is my favourite round here with good real ales from the uploads/s1/ guide-to-manchester-peter-wheelers-x27-conference-2010.pdf