Following on from my last post, it seems like a lot of us in r/Manchester are in the same boat: a bit tired of the admin involved in meeting new people, whether that’s for friendship, community, dating, or just getting out of the house a bit more.

Would anyone be up for a very low-pressure mini r/Manchester meetup?

Nothing intense, just something easy like:

- coffee

- a pub for those who drink / soft drinks for those who don’t

- board games

- a walk somewhere central

- maybe a Sunday afternoon vibe

The main thing would just be making it easy to meet other local people who are also a bit done with apps, endless messaging, and the general logistics of trying to build a social life as an adult.

Open to guys and gals, purely with the aim of making Manchester feel a bit smaller and friendlier (which it already does very well imo).

If there’s enough interest, we could pick somewhere central and low effort.

*mods I hope this is okay? But please remove if not allowed.

Anyone know what happened with that Outlaw guy around 2020? Cannabis advocate who was giving out buds in Picc Gardens, then went on some COVID hero thing helping elderly people. Then it seems to stop. Was he arrested? Was he a charlatan? He just came back to me, tried to look him up but it all ends in like 2021

I know of Werneth Low but are there any other places that you can see the skyline of Manchester that you can drive to? Happy to add in a 10-15 minute walk from a parking place to the viewpoint

Hello!

As the title says, I’d like to make friends with some mums. I gave birth to our little girl in January and she’s getting her immunisations on the 13th of this month. I’d like her to meet other babies and I’d like to make some friends as I don’t have many in Manchester, and while I have an amazing support system in my partner and both our families, I’d really like a friend who can relate to what I’m going through. Most of the other parents around me are parents to older kids so the early stages were quite a while ago for them, making it a little harder to relate despite it being nice to talk to them. I absolutely adore our daughter and being a mama is one of the best feelings I’ve ever felt, but it gets quite lonely sometimes being the only person in my life with a baby.

If you’re a new mama looking for a mama friend pls message me!

(Friendship offer open to not-so-new mamas too!)

Note: I will politely interrogate you in order to make sure I am safe to meet you before I do so - I’ve done this with everyone I’ve met online and it’s been successful so far. Stranger danger and all.

Hiii! My sister and I will be traveling to Manchester, and other cities like Liverpool, Oxford and London in July. We’re both blind, and we need some information to make our trip as accessible and enjoyable as possible. Here are some of our questions!

-What are the most accessible activities you guys know in these cities? We’re looking for museums, castles, eco-friendly tour boats, or guided visits of some areas of the cities. We also looove music, we already planned to see the musical Les Misérables, but if you know cool places/shows in these cities, let us know! You can also share cool/weird activities you liked!

-On the contrary, what places are really terrible in terms of accessibility? It can be places with poor accessibility tools/support, or places that were marketed as accessible but actually aren’t.

-For public transportation, do you know if there’s assistance in subways/trains for example? And did you have a good experience with it?

-Do you know if there are specific places for blind people, like Braille libraries/bookshops? We’re French so we don’t really have access to English Braille books in France.

-Do you know if there are specific blind-friendly, or blind-people-only events in July? Like some gatherings to meet up with blind people who live there!

-Are there some organisations where you can do some kind of cultural exchange, and that accept to guide you to visit the city?

-Are there some apps that are really useful to travel in England?

-Do you have general information you’d like to share, or just general tips? Any “small things” you didn’t expect that made a big difference during your trip?

Thanks for your answers!

Some dates for consideration.

Few weeks away but thought it would give us a better shot at nicer weather and had a few things in my calendar between now and then.

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A friend from Italy really wants to eat some good porchetta. Any good spots where I can buy some to bring home and suprises him? Thank you

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I'll be in the town centre on Thursday and need somewhere to do a semi-professional video call for about an hour from half 4 to half 5 then afterwards I'm on a train from either Manchester Piccadilly or Manchester Oxford Road. The venue doesn't have to posh, a coffee house or even a pub would be OK, but I need it to be fairly sedate as I'll be speaking a lot on the video call.

I usually use the Dulcie Warehouse for this sort of thing but at that time of day it's not great.

Any ideas of fairly quiet place where I won't be a burden to other patrons while I ramble into a video call for an hour during evening home-commute time?

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Does anyone have any recommendations and if so the approximate price people are paying?

Many thanks for your help

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