Oi Polloi

No.162

Published: Fri Apr 05 2013

In Sunny Salford Pt.2

For most people a weekend away is usually made up of the holy trinity of booze, birds and booze. This chap has other ideas though. You may think he’s wearing that jacket as ‘a timeless nod to mod culture’, but fishtail parkas were originally designed so paratroopers were more aerodynamic when falling out of aeroplanes. There aren’t many flight-paths over Salford, but there is a rather large tower block that looms over the precinct, and what better way to spend a Saturday then plummeting at maximum velocity towards Greater Manchester’s premier shopping experience? Continued in No.163