Monday, 9 July 2012

Monday Murals: On the sixth day, God created Manchester


Amidst the late 1980s Madchester phenomenon, Leo Stanley created this popular slogan which was worn on many a best selling tee shirt. Leo and Identity had a shop here in Affleck's Palace.The full story's at: http://www.identity-manchester.co.uk/leo.php 


For out of towners, Affleck's Palace (known as just "Afflecks" now with neither palace nor apostrophe!) is a wonderful ex-department store. It used to be Affleck and Brown, the Harrods of the north: http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/tours/tour4/area4page66.html

Since 1982 Affleck's Palace has been full of creative design, bright young things, vintage clothing, vinyl and vicissitude. Part of Affleck's 30th anniversary has included some new mosaics, put up to replace the ones that were foolishly destroyed by Bruntwood when they took over the building in 2008. I'll show some of the others in future Monday Murals.
http://www.afflecks.com/

Mancunian Wave is linked to Monday Murals at the Oakland Daily Photo blog.
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19 comments:

  1. VioletSky9 July 2012 at 11:04

    I can see where this would make a good t-shirt!

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  2. Tanya Breese9 July 2012 at 13:15

    oh i like that, very clever!

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  3. Nellies9 July 2012 at 13:51

    Haha i like this :-)

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  4. Birdman9 July 2012 at 14:26

    Pretty creative sign for the town.

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  5. Clueless in Boston9 July 2012 at 15:13

    I like it, clever and fun.

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  6. Andy9 July 2012 at 15:58

    No wonder he had to rest on the seventh day.

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  7. hamilton9 July 2012 at 19:56

    and then man created a Short Street. Seems a bit lazy on Man's part!

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  8. ArtandArchitecture-SF.com9 July 2012 at 20:00

    LOL! - What fun - great story. Great capture

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  9. RedPat9 July 2012 at 21:11

    I love it!!

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  10. Melbourne Australia Photos9 July 2012 at 21:45

    LOL, nice one!

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  11. Deb9 July 2012 at 22:23

    Nice mosaics, clever touch with the street sign. Glad you enjoyed the trip over at the weekend, good to see you all in York, with the exception of Great Uncle Bodie of course!

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  12. Paul in Powell River9 July 2012 at 23:19

    Definitely worth a chuckle! A great city slogan.

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  13. Anonymous10 July 2012 at 00:07

    :)

    Wonderful piece. Please have a good Tuesday.

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  14. Sandi10 July 2012 at 00:35

    So cute! Love the photo!

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  15. Dyanna10 July 2012 at 04:51

    I really like this slogan.

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  16. Oakland Daily Photo10 July 2012 at 05:57

    Clever, funny, and endearing. Who wouldn't want to wear a t-shirt with this saying on it? Must be a favorite of Manchesterites. So glad the mosaic enshrines this saying. Thanks, Chrissy, for contributing to Monday Mural.

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    1. Chrissy Brand10 July 2012 at 09:14

      "Manchesterites"- nice one- they/we are better known as Mancunians, hence my blog's title ;-)

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  17. Zosia10 July 2012 at 10:26

    How Biblical! :-)

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  18. PerthDailyPhoto10 July 2012 at 17:17

    Affleck's Palace on Short Street sounds like a great place Chrissy, full of creative vibes, not to mention the vintage!!

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