MANCHESTER 23 June 2012
Another Saturday trip organized by Hallam Union!
Our weekends is always full with activities :)
We went to Manchester United, the third largest urban city in England !
Took almost one hour plus to reach MU from Sheffield !
The students are divided into 2 groups :
- The first group go to Old Trafford Stadium first, then only go to the city of Manchester
- The second group go to the city of Manchester first, then only go Old Trafford Stadium
We were in the first group and I personally feel that it is a better arrangement as some of my friends who were in the second group felt that it was too rush for them to discover the city in only 3 hours plus.
Luckily
Luckily
Although I am not a football fans, when I reached the Old Trafford Stadium (Theatre of Dream), I got so excited as I am amazed by the huge & grand stadium (the second largest football in England after Wembley with a capacity of 75765 !).
I believed that those MU fans are more excited than me because they were in the Theatre of Dream !!!!! Especially K, he is the loyal MU fans :)
The signature colour - red, can be seen everywhere !
Even the Red Cafe, all the tables and chairs are R-E-D ! There are football players' name printed on the chairs !
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| Me & Beckham !! |
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| Very cute couple ♥ |
Then, we visited the museum !
A lot of pictures, jerseys, trophies, information about the football club and etc there !
I only knew about the Munich Air Disaster happened in 1958. 20 of the 44 people on board (MU Football team, supporters and journalists) died in the crash. 
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| Us, with all the football players' name :) |
There is a tour guide to bring us walk around to ensure that we won't get lost in the stadium ! Haha
No la, he is responsible to guide us and explain every single things to us ! He is nice !
However, the stadium tour was kinda rush... Maybe there were a lot of SHU-Tarcian and tourists there and we had to rush here and there :(
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| Going to stadium tour meeting point ! :) |
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| Players' changing room !!! Woohooo, imagine the players are changing their clothes over there ! hehe XD |
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| Us with the tour guide ! |
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| The girls :) |
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| Tunnel Ready to rock the field ! |
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| The tour guide asked us to line up in 2 lines, one is home team and another one is away team ! Then we gonna run out from the tunnel ! hehe just like the players :):) |
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| Me & K He purposely wore MU T-shirt on that day:)  |
We were so lucky to meet and take a photo with the torchbearer before we board the bus to city centre !!!!!!!!!!
He is Jason Eade. Having won 4 New Zealand Boxing Championships. Jason's life was turned upside down in 1991 when a motorcycle accident, resulting in the loss of a leg, shattered his 1992 Olympic Boxing dreams. Like a true champion Jason picked himself up, redirected his passions and has been incredibly successful in all of his ambitions, including winning his grade at the Japan Wheelchair Tennis Open and is determined to reach his goal of playing the US Amputee Golf Open.
After all, I can say that Old Trafford Stadium is one thing you cannot miss when you visit to Manchester !!!
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Next stop, the city of Manchester !!!
The bus driver drop us at Piccadilly Station then we decided to take Metroshuttle instead of walk to save more time !! Most importantly it is FREE !! :) *Nahh, we were just too tired to walk!* Haha
We went to John Rylands Library, the Victorian Gothic on Deansgate in Manchester ! "The Harry Potter feel library" is opened to public and the entrance is FREE :)
Me & Yu En were so excited as both of us are Harry Potter fans !!!
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| Very beautiful pathway ! |
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| Was playing around with the mirror which is provided by the library. It is easier for us to see the design of the ceiling with the mirror provided :) |
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| Me & Yu En |
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| Me & Li Sin |
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| Charlotte Court Flate-mates ♥ |
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| Picture of the day ! Love it so much ! |
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| Picture taken outside the library |
After lunch, we headed to Manchester Art Gallery...
The gallery is free to enter and it houses the civic art collection which includes works from local and international significance.
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| The entrance ! |
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| The "ham sap" Jack ! Ha-ha |
Next, we continue our journey to Chinatown !
Ummm... very small chinatown where all the Chinese restaurants, groceries are there !
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| Chinatown |
45 mins left before we headed back to Sheffield !
Hence, we decided to walk around the central retail district. A lot of outlets there too...and there is a big Primark there !!!
Too bad we got no time to shop at the biggest shopping mall in Manchester - Arndale :(
A tired trip ! A busy city !
Everyone fell asleep (like a pig) in the coach *haha*
But we were so happy and satisfied :):)
Cost :
Hallam Union (Coach ticket & Old Trafford entrance ticket) - £16
Lunch - Nil (Prepare own lunch box)
Postcards - £0.66
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