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Tom Urwin
@tomurwin.bsky.social
Northumbrian living a long time in Stockport. Likes - walking, reading, and watching sport.
Trustee at ARC. arc-centre.org
Arts for Recovery in the Community
(he, him)
Well, that's going to take some getting down a chimney.
#Christmas #Presents #Manchester
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
November 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This time last year.
Walking inside a cloud on Grindslow Knoll. #Walking #PeakDistrict. The visibility got worse after this picture. (The second one is from early 2024 at the same spot looking towards Kinder).
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The Cloth Hall
#Evening in Krakow 🇵🇱
#BlueskyArtShow #Photography
A wonderful city and a UNESCO world Hertiage site.
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
#Evening in Paris France 🇫🇷
#BlueskyArtShow #Photography
November 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The hum of the crowds and the smell of chestnuts roasting.
#ChristmasMarket #Manchester
It's so good to have Albert Square back.
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Reflecting on a ferris wheel.
Albert Square, #Manchester
#Photography #ChristmasMarket
November 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Cleared all the leaves two days ago.
The #Autumn battle.
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
There's a lot going on for here. #PostboxSaturday
Oxford Road Station #Manchester
'the industrial revolution + its consequences have been a disaster for the human race'
along the top - could be a topic for an essay or a debate.
November 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Pubs with Statues.
(Number 1 of 1)
LS Lowry at the bar in Sam's Chophouse. #Manchester
He's their most regular customer.
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Now, with added Helter Skelter.
#ChristmasMarket #Manchester
Opens in full from tomorrow. I heard 10 million people went last year to the markets.
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
First cafe #ChristmasTree
So must be #Whamageddon soon. (Checks date...)
November 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
And inside...
November 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Typical #Autumn day. Soaked with rain or blinded with (low) sunlight. #Manchester Ashton Canal (Piccadilly and New Islington)
November 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
#Coffee this week:
SeeSaw CoffeeBlock Nomad
Which looks best?
November 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A free-standing Edward VII
#PostboxSaturday
Outside the Library on the approach to Shrewsbury castle.
November 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Night Market at Victoria Baths tonight. #Manchester #Market
October 31, 2025 at 9:20 PM
New and Old.
Often taken picture of the connecting bridge between Tram and Train.
#Photography #CityScape #Manchester
Deansgate Square and New Jackson towers behind 1849 Knott Mill (and Deansgate) Station.
October 31, 2025 at 12:04 PM
New and Old.
Knott Mill Station dwarfed by glass and steel. #FingerpostFriday #Manchester
October 31, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The Full Moon Coffee Shop
By Mai Mochizuki.
An uplifting and heartwarming, gentle short read.
#BookSky #Books 💙📚
In Japanese mythology, if you are kind to a cat, they'll one day return the favour.
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Autumn or Fall.
A Town Tree #ThickTrunkTuesday
October 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
An unexpectedly good short read.
Following the life of a Greek woman and how this is shaped by her early meeting with the film director Billy Wilder and working on set of Fedora.
The middle section written as a screenplay on Mr Wilder during the 30s and 40s is particularly moving.
#BookSky #Books 💙📚
October 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A Victorian outside Asia House, Princess Street #Manchester
Standing Up To Racism
#PostboxSaturday
October 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This wasn't there last week.
#Manchester. Looks like we will have a ferris wheel for the #ChristmasMarkets
October 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Happy Writing is on the wall. Northern Quarter #Manchester #Poetry
October 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM