Manchester, England, England

Our 4 hour train journey from Southampton to Manchester brought with it our first glimpses (flurries) of snow. 

Our maternal grandfather lived in Manchester as a lad and it turned out we were staying not far from his childhood address so, of course, a visit was in order. The shop (they lived above it) is long gone, the building has long been demolished, & a medical centre occupies the site. 

Still we could walk the streets he would have walked and imagine how things might have been.

We also caught up with a distant cousin while in Manchester.

of course we managed to stumble across a library or 2 in Manchester...

and some cool notices. And some Christmas jokes scattered around the city...