Now when you have been away from somewhere for a long time it takes a bit of time to readjust and fit your memories to the changed landscape.
I was fully prepared that after nearly 40 years things would be a bit different and as we came in by the tram that vague feeling was confirmed.
And it started with the bus station which was not where I remember leaving it in 1976, quickly followed by the red brick shopping centre and the tall yellowy council offices.
But then with a bit of careful thought it was more that the bus station had one of those make overs which I think have made it a bit better.
That said the Prince of Orange was pretty much as it was when we caught the 218 to Manchester.
It was not a pub we went in often but I remember a fine meal there back in the 1970s and I note that it too has had its makeover.
All of which brings me to Peter’s painting which is part of a series prompted by his recent visit.
And like most of us he fastened on pubs and cinemas, which I guess feature in the memories of most of us.
A few of those I remember well like the Pit and Nelson and the one at the top of Penny Meadow have gone, but then there is the Old Fire Station which was a fire station when I lived here, and more than a few others.
So I suspect Peter will be setting his paint box out pretty much as I finish this.
Painting; the Prince of Orange, Ashton-Under-Lyne, © 2014 Peter Topping, Paintings from Pictures,
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And it started with the bus station which was not where I remember leaving it in 1976, quickly followed by the red brick shopping centre and the tall yellowy council offices.
But then with a bit of careful thought it was more that the bus station had one of those make overs which I think have made it a bit better.
That said the Prince of Orange was pretty much as it was when we caught the 218 to Manchester.
It was not a pub we went in often but I remember a fine meal there back in the 1970s and I note that it too has had its makeover.
All of which brings me to Peter’s painting which is part of a series prompted by his recent visit.
And like most of us he fastened on pubs and cinemas, which I guess feature in the memories of most of us.
A few of those I remember well like the Pit and Nelson and the one at the top of Penny Meadow have gone, but then there is the Old Fire Station which was a fire station when I lived here, and more than a few others.
So I suspect Peter will be setting his paint box out pretty much as I finish this.
Painting; the Prince of Orange, Ashton-Under-Lyne, © 2014 Peter Topping, Paintings from Pictures,
Web: www.paintingsfrompictures.co.uk
Facebook: Paintings from Pictures
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