Visions of Manchester

Anthony Wayne    United Kingdom     manchester pictures, Telemedia360

Pictures from the Manchester Telemedia 360 Show held this past week in England are shown below.

Clearly, British people have embraced text messaging to a greater degree than Americans with 91% of all UK citizens having sent a text message.  Banking by mobile is a common occurrence and is promoted on this advertisement in Heathrow Airport in London.

Text message banking is common in the UK.

The site of the Telemedia360 Show was The Palace Hotel in Manchester.  Delegates were amazed by the old building with some rooms having ceilings that were 40 feet high!

The Palace Hotel, Manchester

The oldest building in Manchester is (what else) a pub.  We all know how the Brits like their pints.  The Wellington Pub survived a terrorist attack in 1997 and was picked up and moved to make way for a sparkling new mall.

Oldest building in Manchester - 1550

Not sure Don Draper would have approved of this advertising for the Lucky Strike account.  England’s new efforts to curb smoking are seen everywhere.  It is so refreshing to be able to walk into a pub and not be blasted with cigarette smoke any more.

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