This time I was determined to hunt it down (if I can track concerts from 1848, how hard can 1975 be?).
And no, it wasn’t a false memory: Fairport, including Sandy Denny, played at UMIST in October 1975. It wasn’t actually on my birthday, a school-night, but pretty close.
And no, it wasn’t a false memory: Fairport, including Sandy Denny, played at UMIST in October 1975. It wasn’t actually on my birthday, a school-night, but pretty close.
November 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This time I was determined to hunt it down (if I can track concerts from 1848, how hard can 1975 be?).
And no, it wasn’t a false memory: Fairport, including Sandy Denny, played at UMIST in October 1975. It wasn’t actually on my birthday, a school-night, but pretty close.
And no, it wasn’t a false memory: Fairport, including Sandy Denny, played at UMIST in October 1975. It wasn’t actually on my birthday, a school-night, but pretty close.
A concrete utopia....post war planners wet dream...totally out of fashion now, and slowly being "got rid of". Old Umist site is another example of inter-generational planning reset. Eerily quiet and unsettling part of the city centre imo. Another massive area of imminent real estate redevelopment
November 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
A concrete utopia....post war planners wet dream...totally out of fashion now, and slowly being "got rid of". Old Umist site is another example of inter-generational planning reset. Eerily quiet and unsettling part of the city centre imo. Another massive area of imminent real estate redevelopment
Lorch (1942-2021) was then based at #Manchester #UMIST and a fellow student of medieval astronomy – in his case mostly Arabic but also Latin. His copy of Goldstein's edition of this set of tables is a nice reminder that even the most apparently austere scholarship is personally underpinned.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Lorch (1942-2021) was then based at #Manchester #UMIST and a fellow student of medieval astronomy – in his case mostly Arabic but also Latin. His copy of Goldstein's edition of this set of tables is a nice reminder that even the most apparently austere scholarship is personally underpinned.
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My favorite liqueur is Parfait Amour, which tastes like Parma violets. It goes very well with Amaretto diSaronno, as I discovered many years ago in Bouzouki By Night near UMIST in Manchester. We used to pop in there on the way home after closing time at the Hacienda!
October 31, 2025 at 6:58 PM
My favorite liqueur is Parfait Amour, which tastes like Parma violets. It goes very well with Amaretto diSaronno, as I discovered many years ago in Bouzouki By Night near UMIST in Manchester. We used to pop in there on the way home after closing time at the Hacienda!
There’s a statue commemorating its invention at the university. On the old UMIST campus. It was there before they named a building after Turing. Priorities!
October 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
There’s a statue commemorating its invention at the university. On the old UMIST campus. It was there before they named a building after Turing. Priorities!
ANNOUNCER: UMIST - BRIGHT!
BRIGHT: Gravy guardian?
BRIGHT: Gravy guardian?
October 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
ANNOUNCER: UMIST - BRIGHT!
BRIGHT: Gravy guardian?
BRIGHT: Gravy guardian?
90-luvulla osana DI-opintoja suoritin vuoden Masters-opinnot Manchesterissä (UMIST). Mielestäni lähdin reissuun ihan ok kielitaidolla mutta pian sainkin huomata, että sanakirjan lisäksi tarvitsin myös sivistyssanakirjaa ... juu, ei ollu ihan Emmerdalea 🤣
October 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
90-luvulla osana DI-opintoja suoritin vuoden Masters-opinnot Manchesterissä (UMIST). Mielestäni lähdin reissuun ihan ok kielitaidolla mutta pian sainkin huomata, että sanakirjan lisäksi tarvitsin myös sivistyssanakirjaa ... juu, ei ollu ihan Emmerdalea 🤣
I walk past what was UMIST main building most days and in my head it will always be that, whatever names other people give to it
October 21, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I walk past what was UMIST main building most days and in my head it will always be that, whatever names other people give to it
Good to see that word used as I too went to UMIST, but have conceded over the years that few - outside of people who studied there - have heard of it now.
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Good to see that word used as I too went to UMIST, but have conceded over the years that few - outside of people who studied there - have heard of it now.
mess up something like the DNS. Or most computer systems I'd have thought. I remember doing some very basic coding in Fortran with a mate who was at UMIST, on the big Manchester University computer many years ago when the computer took up an entire room. I wish now I'd looked into that some more.
October 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
mess up something like the DNS. Or most computer systems I'd have thought. I remember doing some very basic coding in Fortran with a mate who was at UMIST, on the big Manchester University computer many years ago when the computer took up an entire room. I wish now I'd looked into that some more.
The white building is the UMIST Renold building. Had enough lectures in there
October 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The white building is the UMIST Renold building. Had enough lectures in there
It was Chorlton-on-Medlock. The shop was on the corner of Russell St, opposite St Luke's Church. UMIST buildings in the background.
October 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
It was Chorlton-on-Medlock. The shop was on the corner of Russell St, opposite St Luke's Church. UMIST buildings in the background.
14 October 1902
Prime Minister Arthur Balfour MP (Manchester East) opened the Manchester School of Technology which would later become UMIST.
Now part of the University of Manchester.
#Manchester #History #HistoryMatters #TechNews #technologynews #University
Prime Minister Arthur Balfour MP (Manchester East) opened the Manchester School of Technology which would later become UMIST.
Now part of the University of Manchester.
#Manchester #History #HistoryMatters #TechNews #technologynews #University
October 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
14 October 1902
Prime Minister Arthur Balfour MP (Manchester East) opened the Manchester School of Technology which would later become UMIST.
Now part of the University of Manchester.
#Manchester #History #HistoryMatters #TechNews #technologynews #University
Prime Minister Arthur Balfour MP (Manchester East) opened the Manchester School of Technology which would later become UMIST.
Now part of the University of Manchester.
#Manchester #History #HistoryMatters #TechNews #technologynews #University
Just walked through the now-decommissioned UMIST campus, where I spent too much time as a student (it was where we did rehearsals and Harry's had a WMC vibe vs the sterile UoM union bar). The Barnes-Wallis building, setting of many an angsty freakout/snog, is now £300pw student housing. Feels weird
October 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Just walked through the now-decommissioned UMIST campus, where I spent too much time as a student (it was where we did rehearsals and Harry's had a WMC vibe vs the sterile UoM union bar). The Barnes-Wallis building, setting of many an angsty freakout/snog, is now £300pw student housing. Feels weird
I met the good Doctor her in doors over the computer.........
UMIST Chem Eng dept had a computer room where you could go between 8am to 8pm and sit and write up reports etc...
The good Doctor was literally across the otherside of two computers writing up her PhD.
UMIST Chem Eng dept had a computer room where you could go between 8am to 8pm and sit and write up reports etc...
The good Doctor was literally across the otherside of two computers writing up her PhD.
October 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I met the good Doctor her in doors over the computer.........
UMIST Chem Eng dept had a computer room where you could go between 8am to 8pm and sit and write up reports etc...
The good Doctor was literally across the otherside of two computers writing up her PhD.
UMIST Chem Eng dept had a computer room where you could go between 8am to 8pm and sit and write up reports etc...
The good Doctor was literally across the otherside of two computers writing up her PhD.
UMIST and Always Will Be
for #WindowsOnWednesay
#photography #University #windows #Manchester #city #notgrimupnorth #learning #bluesky #lookup #cityscape
(iPhone camera)
for #WindowsOnWednesay
#photography #University #windows #Manchester #city #notgrimupnorth #learning #bluesky #lookup #cityscape
(iPhone camera)
October 1, 2025 at 6:27 AM
UMIST and Always Will Be
for #WindowsOnWednesay
#photography #University #windows #Manchester #city #notgrimupnorth #learning #bluesky #lookup #cityscape
(iPhone camera)
for #WindowsOnWednesay
#photography #University #windows #Manchester #city #notgrimupnorth #learning #bluesky #lookup #cityscape
(iPhone camera)
19 year old me at the UMIST Micro User Show, September 1985.
September 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
19 year old me at the UMIST Micro User Show, September 1985.
40 years ago The Micro User magazine held a computer show at UMIST (Manchester). Aimed at BBC Micro and Acorn Electron owners these shows were very popular. It was a great place to see the latest hardware and software. WARNING:- you may spot me in this video.
vimeo.com/23537869
vimeo.com/23537869
Micro User Show 1985
Held at UMIST (Manchester) in September 1985, the show was arranged by The Micro User magazine and based around the BBC micro computer. To the people who say they…
vimeo.com
September 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
40 years ago The Micro User magazine held a computer show at UMIST (Manchester). Aimed at BBC Micro and Acorn Electron owners these shows were very popular. It was a great place to see the latest hardware and software. WARNING:- you may spot me in this video.
vimeo.com/23537869
vimeo.com/23537869
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the former University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UMIST, which was hied off from the University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk and then rejoined it
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
September 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the former University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UMIST, which was hied off from the University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk and then rejoined it
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
Garbage. When I studied engineering, top 3 were Cambridge, London (ICL) and Manchester (UMIST).
Oxbridge supremacy is a myth.
Oxbridge supremacy is a myth.
"Right now, there’s an unspoken hierarchy: Oxford and Cambridge at the top, then the Russell Group, and then everyone else. But this doesn’t mean they are attracting the right people with the right capabilities, skills and behaviours."
Read more: trib.al/gjo0Ufc
Read more: trib.al/gjo0Ufc
September 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Garbage. When I studied engineering, top 3 were Cambridge, London (ICL) and Manchester (UMIST).
Oxbridge supremacy is a myth.
Oxbridge supremacy is a myth.
Credit: NASA; ESA; A.Zijlstra (UMIST, Manchester, UK)
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Credit: NASA; ESA; A.Zijlstra (UMIST, Manchester, UK)
NASA Hubble Space Telescope on Flickr (Nov 17, 2017)
The Bug Nebula, NGC 6302, is a bright planetary nebula featuring walls of compressed gas and a hidden star at its core, located 4,000 light-years away in Scorpius.
flic.kr/p/Zxttv9
The Bug Nebula, NGC 6302, is a bright planetary nebula featuring walls of compressed gas and a hidden star at its core, located 4,000 light-years away in Scorpius.
flic.kr/p/Zxttv9
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
NASA Hubble Space Telescope on Flickr (Nov 17, 2017)
The Bug Nebula, NGC 6302, is a bright planetary nebula featuring walls of compressed gas and a hidden star at its core, located 4,000 light-years away in Scorpius.
flic.kr/p/Zxttv9
The Bug Nebula, NGC 6302, is a bright planetary nebula featuring walls of compressed gas and a hidden star at its core, located 4,000 light-years away in Scorpius.
flic.kr/p/Zxttv9
Hi Val, was it me or the McEwans but I once met Kate Brannigan and Bill Mortensen, maybe the late 70s? In The Swinging Sporran, by UMIST. Between the railway arches and the multistorey. A bleak bar made beautiful by the dreams of we undergrads. (we meet again in two weeks!) @valmcdermid.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Hi Val, was it me or the McEwans but I once met Kate Brannigan and Bill Mortensen, maybe the late 70s? In The Swinging Sporran, by UMIST. Between the railway arches and the multistorey. A bleak bar made beautiful by the dreams of we undergrads. (we meet again in two weeks!) @valmcdermid.bsky.social
My wife started a masters as one of the last students from UMIST which was incompetently organised. I feel she'd disagree.
September 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
My wife started a masters as one of the last students from UMIST which was incompetently organised. I feel she'd disagree.