Urban myths...of a grimy back street #citydailyphoto

This is the stuff that the "It's grim up north" myths perpetuated by some southerners stems from. Since the industry has long gone (and from which a degree of grimness did once emerge), the phrase is as redundant as most stereotypes of any region, wherever the compass points.

But any of the region's current day dankness can also have an opposite in its brightness: together this inspiration from the north-west creates music such as that of Mancunians I Am Kloot. Here's an oldie by them called Proof.