Best of Hyde 2013

The time has come to vote for the Best of Hyde Daily 2013.

On 1st January 2014 members of the City Daily Photobloggers community will be revealing their Photo of the Year. I have selected twelve contenders for Best of Hyde 2013 and am asking readers to vote for their favourites. Please visit Best of Hyde Daily Photo 2013 and vote for your top three photographs.

Closing date for voting is 12 noon GMT on December 28th 2013.

Note: these thumbnails are just a taster - you must use the form on the page to cast your votes.

Best of Hyde 2011

The time has come to vote for the best of Hyde DP 2011.

View the twelve contenders at Best of Hyde 2011 and vote for your favourite three photographs.

Voting closes 12 noon GMT, Friday 30th December 2011.

The Elms

Last week I asked Who lived in a house like this?

The answer, as a few of you knew, is L.S. Lowry who lived at The Elms in Mottram-in-Longdendale from 1948 until his death in 1976.

It isn't exactly Lowryesque but I thought I'd give it a painterly look.

You can see my original photograph on Geograph.

The Milkman Always Gets Through

The snow finally hit us yesterday morning but the milkman still got through.

This was the scene around 7.30am. It snowed quite heavily off and on during the day and though the main road saw traffic flowing slowly hardly anyone tried to move their cars.

I don't think I'll be going anywhere for the next few days or so.

ABC Wednesday S is for Switching on the Christmas Lights

This is the first of six photographs taken at the Switching on of the Christmas Lights outside Hyde Town Hall.

Market Street was closed off and a stage had been erected across it. The gathered crowd was being entertained by a variety of acts including a rock singer, a brass band and a children's choir.

The lights had been erected back in September.

For more S posts visit ABC Wednesday.

ABC Wednesday R is for Runners

On Sunday 31st October a group of around thirty runners gathered at Swains Valley for a Halloween Race.

Here one runner is just lumbering up before the start whilst another is washing down a banana.

There are more photos of the start of the race on Hyde DP Xtra.

For more R posts visit ABC Wednesday

Welcoming Home the Troops

Last Monday 450 soldiers from the Mercian Regiment, who had recently returned from Afghanistan, marched through Hyde. Despite the heavy rain a huge crowd lined the route. This was the scene outside the market opposite the Town Hall about half an hour before the parade was to take place.


I was at the doctor's and came out after my appointment just in time to see the tail end of the march at the bottom of Market Street.


On Hyde DP Xtra you'll find three videos of the march past and links to other reports and photographs of the event.

Weekend Reflections of Hyde Market

Hyde Market is reflected in the windows of the entrance to Clarendon Mall as a Hyde United fan talks with the lady who is collecting for the Lifeboat charity.

For more Weekend Reflections visit Newtown Area Photo.

Weekend Reflections: Cancer Research Scarecrow

There was a scarecrow festival in Hyde a few weeks ago.

I've already shown you the scarecrow outside Greggs and Abbey Gallery's Mona Lisa.

Perhaps the scariest was the live one hovering in the entrance to the Cancer Research charity shop.

You'll find another two scarecrows on Hyde DP Xtra.

For more Weekend Reflections visit Newtown Area Photo.

Hyde Holidays: Day Trip to Chester

Whilst I am away on holiday, Rune from Visual Norway is minding the blog for me. I have scheduled some special posts for the period taking readers on day trips to the West.


Our final day trip destination is Chester whose city streets are always very busy.


Eastgate clock is an icon of Chester overlooking the throngs below.


Anyone fancy a trip on the river?

Hyde Holidays: Day Trip to Blackpool

Whilst I am away on holiday, Rune from Visual Norway is minding the blog for me. I have scheduled some special posts for the period taking readers on day trips to the West.


South from Cleveleys and we arrive in Blackpool a popular destination for hen parties.


Somewhere near the South Pier I found this flat fish.


Down at Starr Gate a new state of the art tram shed is being built as part of a complete refurbishment of the tram network. Due to open Easter 2012, it is costing £20m and will house 16 new supertrams.

Laughter on Hyde Market

The Neighbourhood Police

Chris and Rick are two PCSOs who can be found some Saturdays between 11am and 1pm manning the Police surgery in Clarendon Mall where they give out advice on Security and Crime Prevention.

They are part of the Werneth Neighbourhood Policing Team. They even have their own page on Facebook

Floorbrite

One of the nicest things about the Clarendon Mall is the way they manage to keep the floors bright and shining.

Accidents happen and kids drop food on the floor but there is always someone around to cheerfully clean up the messes that happen.

For more F posts visit ABC Wednesday.

Alighting from the 201

I thought I'd try another Tenin-esque shot like the one I posted for our fourth anniversary.

This shows passengers alighting from the #201 bus from Hattersley to Manchester at the bus stop on Clarendon Place.

A straightened full colour version can be seen on Geograph.

A Bit of Magic in the Mall

This post originally showed a photo of a local magician. Although taken quite legally and with verbal permission I have since been informed that the artist's agent now owns his image and I will be sued if I do not remove it. I can't be doing with the hassle so have removed it - it's his loss not mine.

Asleep by the Canal

Earlier this month I posted a photograph of the Peak Forest Canal near Aldi.

A little lower down the towpath a narrowboat was parked and one of its occupants was laid out on the grass fast asleep.

The busker and his dog

They are to be seen regularly outside the Co-op pharmacy in the Market Place.

The busker plays a mouth-organ and children stroke the dog.

Getting a Parking Ticket

The traffic warden is about to slap a parking ticket on the windscreen of the VW parked on double-yellow lines.

After she does so, she takes a photograph of the front and rear of the car and of the parking restriction sign.

Why she didn't ticket the other cars lower down the street I don't know.

L is for Legs

My intention was to photograph the reflection of the Jolly Carter in the puddle outside the Clarendon Mall, but my phone-camera is a bit slow on the uptake so instead it captured all these passing legs.

For more L posts visit ABC Wednesday.