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Is Manchester a dump, Is it that bad living up North ?
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There's nothing like a vicar's sympathetic ear in times of trouble. They can help deal with a death in the family, a marriage on the rocks or teenagers running wild.
And in the worst case scenario, they'll even be there if you work for the BBC and have to move North.
The Corporation is to be given its own vicar to counsel staff through the upheaval of relocating from London.
Around 1,500 BBC employees have been asked to move to Salford next year. By the end of 2011 some of the BBC's biggest shows, including Match of the Day and Blue Peter, will be produced there.
The 220-acre site at Salford Quays, known as MediaCity, is to be the new home of five BBC departments including sport, Radio Five Live and children's television.
Around £200million is being spent on the move and employees are being given relocation packages of up to £11,000 each to offset the cost.
The Beeb has also agreed if necessary to buy their London homes for up to 85 per cent of their value.
Last night a BBC source said: 'Many of the London staff were horrified by the prospect of moving up North and there will no doubt be people who need counselling about their change of surroundings.
And in the worst case scenario, they'll even be there if you work for the BBC and have to move North.
The Corporation is to be given its own vicar to counsel staff through the upheaval of relocating from London.
Around 1,500 BBC employees have been asked to move to Salford next year. By the end of 2011 some of the BBC's biggest shows, including Match of the Day and Blue Peter, will be produced there.
The 220-acre site at Salford Quays, known as MediaCity, is to be the new home of five BBC departments including sport, Radio Five Live and children's television.
Around £200million is being spent on the move and employees are being given relocation packages of up to £11,000 each to offset the cost.
The Beeb has also agreed if necessary to buy their London homes for up to 85 per cent of their value.
Last night a BBC source said: 'Many of the London staff were horrified by the prospect of moving up North and there will no doubt be people who need counselling about their change of surroundings.
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'It is hoped that the new vicar will be able to provide some pastoral support to the new community of London staff who, it is expected, will take a while to acclimatise to life outside the capital.'
The Diocese of Manchester said it is looking for 'an experienced vicar' to help 'shape community, spirituality and mission' as well as providing ' solutions to meet the creative and production needs of media professionals'.
The full-time clergyman will receive a salary of up to £29,500, paid for by the Church, and will be offered an initial three-year contract.
David Marshall, spokesman for the Manchester diocese, said the new vicar would help foster positive relations between media workers, as well as working with other Christian churches and faith groups in the area.
A spokesman for the BBC said: 'This is a Church of England initiative reflecting that many new people will be moving to Salford Quays.'
As well as the BBC departments, independent TV and film firms are expected to locate to the Manchester Ship Canal site, which is being touted as the North's Canary Wharf.
So far around half of the 1,500 BBC staff asked to move have agreed to relocate. The site will also house another 800 staff who are currently based at BBC's Manchester city centre offices. A further 700 new employees will be recruited.
'It is hoped that the new vicar will be able to provide some pastoral support to the new community of London staff who, it is expected, will take a while to acclimatise to life outside the capital.'
The Diocese of Manchester said it is looking for 'an experienced vicar' to help 'shape community, spirituality and mission' as well as providing ' solutions to meet the creative and production needs of media professionals'.
The full-time clergyman will receive a salary of up to £29,500, paid for by the Church, and will be offered an initial three-year contract.
David Marshall, spokesman for the Manchester diocese, said the new vicar would help foster positive relations between media workers, as well as working with other Christian churches and faith groups in the area.
A spokesman for the BBC said: 'This is a Church of England initiative reflecting that many new people will be moving to Salford Quays.'
As well as the BBC departments, independent TV and film firms are expected to locate to the Manchester Ship Canal site, which is being touted as the North's Canary Wharf.
So far around half of the 1,500 BBC staff asked to move have agreed to relocate. The site will also house another 800 staff who are currently based at BBC's Manchester city centre offices. A further 700 new employees will be recruited.
I'd need some damn counselling if I was suddenly told I had to move from here to some cold, grey, gravy guzzling, whippet loving hole... Not sure I'd take kindly to it being a priest though, can't imagine that making me feel better!
And personally I hate manchester, I think it's horrid or at least that was my opinion of it six years ago when I had to visit a friend at uni a few times... But that said, if someone told me I had to move to the lake district I could probably survive that ;0)
And personally I hate manchester, I think it's horrid or at least that was my opinion of it six years ago when I had to visit a friend at uni a few times... But that said, if someone told me I had to move to the lake district I could probably survive that ;0)
I'm a softie southerner (!WBA) and had to move up north for a job years back. I didn't like Manchester but then I don't like cities and we lived a bit further up (Blackburn). There are some lovely places there and I'd be happy to go back. If someone told me I'd have to re-locate to London that really would depress me though :D
My opinion and a generalisation, BUT.......Manchester is a dump.The streets are dirty, at 10.am in the morning, the council is hosing down St Annes Square and the vomit from the night before is still present. In the majority of major European cities hight pressure hose clean the streets before 6.a.m St Annes Square is noisy and there are four wooden curry kiosks which give the place an irritating smell, even if you enjoy curry as I do.The Arndale centre is a dump an and should be demolished. I would certainly not travel on public transport after 10.p.m ( all this probably applies to most UK large towns.
Outlying districts are better and the Trafford Centre is excellent. People are friendly, but in the main shops unhelpful and inattentive.
mighty WBA...I have lived in the south and in the north. I find it the other way round,,,the Northerners are wimps (big girls blouse) and the Southerners more adaptable)..........again my opinion and a generalisation.
Outlying districts are better and the Trafford Centre is excellent. People are friendly, but in the main shops unhelpful and inattentive.
mighty WBA...I have lived in the south and in the north. I find it the other way round,,,the Northerners are wimps (big girls blouse) and the Southerners more adaptable)..........again my opinion and a generalisation.
here's my garden
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It's in north London, sort of. You don't get flowers in Manchester
http://i50.tinypic.com/2s0gv9f.jpg
It's in north London, sort of. You don't get flowers in Manchester
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