Thanks. Many of these questions have intrigued me since I was a child! I only found out about Alexandra when I was researching this video, but don't tell anyone!
Great video Aidan, been to most of them at one time or another and could not agree more about that building in Northenden. As nice as it is it simply shouldn’t be there
Many thanks for the positive feedback! I'll never forget the first time I saw that building. I was driving from Princess Parkway towards Northenden, I looked ahead and was shocked! It was like something out of a science fiction film confronting me. I couldn't believe my eyes. Later I found out that after construction, it was found to be higher than in the original plans.
Hi Just a couple of comments. Martin Zero also made a video on the Nico Ditch and..... I'm sure I read somewhere that Alan Garner claimed that his grandfather carved the wizard and the inscription, or did I hear it on Radio 4? Oh well.
Yes, Martin Zero did make a very interesting video on Nico Ditch and his Manchester Mysteries mentioned the phone box on Werneth Low. I've also heard the story that Alan Garner's grandfather carved the wizard and the inscription but I don't think that's been confirmed. Many things about Alderley Edge are surrounded by mystery. Traces are still there but their origin is lost in time. That's what makes is such an interesting place to visit. Thanks for the comment!
I would really like to find out the answers to the unanswered mysteries, so if you have any information, please write me a comment. I aim to reply straight away or within 24 hours. I love receiving comments!
Nico lived in Prestwich .Did she spend time in South Manchester living too? That building in Northenden was built higher than expected seem to recall. Had to get retrospective planning permission I think.
I saw Nico perform at the Carousel Club on Plymouth Grove around 1984 I think a bit different from the usual Irish showbands! While operating her harmonium, she sang and chain-smoked her way through the performance, which was chilling and unnerving. There was a guy there in a supervisory role, with black glasses. I believe it was Alan Wise, a key figure on the Manchester music scene. He was managing her at the time. I remember hearing that he lived in Reddish and that she may have spent time at his place, but that's only hearsay! Whether south or north Manchester, she migrated from Germany to New York to finally to Manchester and that’s significant. Some of her views were less than savoury but she was a unique figure in music, whose recordings made a big impression me, especially 'Femme Fatale' and ‘I’ll be your mirror’. Alan Wise tragically died at the age of 63. Many thanks for your comment!
You're right, she lived in the Sedgley Park area of Prestwich as did Mark E Smith and John Cooper Clarke. I used to see her cycling around Prestwich and occasionally saw her in the Foresters pub in Prestwich village
@@mikeede49 Wow that’s really interesting. You actually saw her. Incredible. I’ve heard of a music project focusing on musicians associated with Bury New Road. Many thanks!
@@AidanEyewitness I've just realised I made a mistake, it was Prestwich Park area where she lived, though Sedgley Park area still applies to the other two. Another point of interest though totally unconnected is that around the same time P J Proby also lived in Prestwich for a while after marrying a local girl, he occasionally went to The Grapes pub which in later years became the home of Jenny Frost of Atomic Kitten whose parents ran the pub.
Alan Garner is the writer whose work will answer the Allderly edge carving questions... I have a thought that it was his grandfather maybe, that was the man who carved the wizard.Garner wrote the moon of Gomrath and the wierd stone of brasingaman about Alderly Edge and the caves beneath it at Engine Vein. his grandfather also made a small stone circle of stones lying flat... up there near an old neolithis barrow at the top of the edge, the barrow is one of the few really ancient sites that remain there... but there is also a standing stone... the golden stone ... re erected in recent history i think .. check out his work anyhow in particular : by seven firs and the goldenstone... I think Garner is still alive... he must be maybe 90 by now ?
That's very interesting. I once met Alan Garner in Alderley Edge at the launch of a book about Alderley Edge by Manchester University Press, which has one of my photos in it. That's very interesting information. I read the Weirdstone of Brisingamen and enjoyed it very much. Alan Garner was born on the 17th of October 1934 so he is 89 years old - still young!
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Found this very interesting and learned so much. You really know your stuff
Thanks. Many of these questions have intrigued me since I was a child! I only found out about Alexandra when I was researching this video, but don't tell anyone!
Great video, info & pictures. Cheers.
Many thanks as ever for your positive feedback. Glad you found it interesting!
Great video Aidan, been to most of them at one time or another and could not agree more about that building in Northenden. As nice as it is it simply shouldn’t be there
Many thanks for the positive feedback! I'll never forget the first time I saw that building. I was driving from Princess Parkway towards Northenden, I looked ahead and was shocked! It was like something out of a science fiction film confronting me. I couldn't believe my eyes. Later I found out that after construction, it was found to be higher than in the original plans.
@@AidanEyewitness Why doesn’t that surprise me, how many get away with that? Most I’d say
Hi Just a couple of comments. Martin Zero also made a video on the Nico Ditch and..... I'm sure I read somewhere that Alan Garner claimed that his grandfather carved the wizard and the inscription, or did I hear it on Radio 4? Oh well.
Yes, Martin Zero did make a very interesting video on Nico Ditch and his Manchester Mysteries mentioned the phone box on Werneth Low. I've also heard the story that Alan Garner's grandfather carved the wizard and the inscription but I don't think that's been confirmed. Many things about Alderley Edge are surrounded by mystery. Traces are still there but their origin is lost in time. That's what makes is such an interesting place to visit. Thanks for the comment!
I would really like to find out the answers to the unanswered mysteries, so if you have any information, please write me a comment. I aim to reply straight away or within 24 hours. I love receiving comments!
Nico lived in Prestwich .Did she spend time in South Manchester living too? That building in Northenden was built higher than expected seem to recall. Had to get retrospective planning permission I think.
I saw Nico perform at the Carousel Club on Plymouth Grove around 1984 I think a bit different from the usual Irish showbands! While operating her harmonium, she sang and chain-smoked her way through the performance, which was chilling and unnerving. There was a guy there in a supervisory role, with black glasses. I believe it was Alan Wise, a key figure on the Manchester music scene. He was managing her at the time. I remember hearing that he lived in Reddish and that she may have spent time at his place, but that's only hearsay! Whether south or north Manchester, she migrated from Germany to New York to finally to Manchester and that’s significant. Some of her views were less than savoury but she was a unique figure in music, whose recordings made a big impression me, especially 'Femme Fatale' and ‘I’ll be your mirror’. Alan Wise tragically died at the age of 63. Many thanks for your comment!
You're right, she lived in the Sedgley Park area of Prestwich as did Mark E Smith and John Cooper Clarke. I used to see her cycling around Prestwich and occasionally saw her in the Foresters pub in Prestwich village
@@mikeede49 Wow that’s really interesting. You actually saw her. Incredible. I’ve heard of a music project focusing on musicians associated with Bury New Road. Many thanks!
@@AidanEyewitness I've just realised I made a mistake, it was Prestwich Park area where she lived, though Sedgley Park area still applies to the other two. Another point of interest though totally unconnected is that around the same time P J Proby also lived in Prestwich for a while after marrying a local girl, he occasionally went to The Grapes pub which in later years became the home of Jenny Frost of Atomic Kitten whose parents ran the pub.
Nico lived in south Manchester ? Dint know that
I heard it was south Manchester, possibly even Stockport. I will never forget seeing her perform at the Carousel Club on Plymouth Grove.
Alan Garner is the writer whose work will answer the Allderly edge carving questions... I have a thought that it was his grandfather maybe, that was the man who carved the wizard.Garner wrote the moon of Gomrath and the wierd stone of brasingaman about Alderly Edge and the caves beneath it at Engine Vein. his grandfather also made a small stone circle of stones lying flat... up there near an old neolithis barrow at the top of the edge, the barrow is one of the few really ancient sites that remain there... but there is also a standing stone... the golden stone ... re erected in recent history i think .. check out his work anyhow in particular : by seven firs and the goldenstone... I think Garner is still alive... he must be maybe 90 by now ?
That's very interesting. I once met Alan Garner in Alderley Edge at the launch of a book about Alderley Edge by Manchester University Press, which has one of my photos in it. That's very interesting information. I read the Weirdstone of Brisingamen and enjoyed it very much. Alan Garner was born on the 17th of October 1934 so he is 89 years old - still young!