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Jonathan Schofield
@JonathSchofield
Writer. Guide. Uni of Mcr Medal of Honour, 2021, for services to the city. For 2023 90+ tours, 30+themes. Books @mcrbooksltd stories @mcrconfidential
Manchester
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Born January 27
Joined February 2011
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    Jonathan Schofield
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    Jun 22, 2021
    Manchester gets a 'highline' as Castlefield viaduct set to become a National Trust garden in the sky. @mcrconfidential suggested this first in 2007, now @nationaltrust will deliver with @OurCastlefield Great news. @visit_mcr confidentials.com/manchester/cas…
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    Jonathan Schofield
    @JonathSchofield
    Oct 17, 2019
    So left the phone on the tram that's receding here and as I was getting off this sixteen year old came running up and said 'Your phone mate.' Faith restored.
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    Jonathan Schofield
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    Oct 22, 2018
    The towers and the pub. A two hundred year scale difference in Mcr buildings. This was taken last week at twilight.
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    Jonathan Schofield
    @JonathSchofield
    Aug 17, 2021
    Let’s keep an eye on this one. It’s one of those handsome older not listed buildings that adds greatly to the street scene. It’s the Deansgate pub, formerly called the Crown. It’s in a prime development spot but that’s no excuse to lose it. @OurCastlefield @mcrconfidential
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    Jonathan Schofield
    @JonathSchofield
    Apr 21, 2023
    The Manchester ship: The Guardian is completely wrong. @mcrconfidential @BBCNewsnight @guardian @BBCNWT @ManCity @ManUtd @gstringermp
    The Manchester ship: The Guardian is plain wrong
    From confidentials.com
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    Jonathan Schofield
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    Apr 28, 2018
    It did say there was mobike nearby. Now where is it?
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    Jonathan Schofield
    @JonathSchofield
    Mar 4, 2023
    Now, I love a good cup of coffee and a tasty snack but the unrivalled popularity of Federal on Deansgate bewilders me.
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    Jonathan Schofield
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    Sep 20, 2020
    Spot of filming & chat about Engels & Marx @chethamslibrary with @theAliceRoberts. As usual the sun beats down on the beautiful old stones of Chetham’s. Great to have a presenter who knows their stuff. @Channel4 #britainsmosthistorictowns
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    Jonathan Schofield
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    Apr 3, 2023
    This is from above Littleborough. Where is your best viewpoint for studying the new Manchester skyline?
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    Jonathan Schofield
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    Jan 20, 2018
    This is nonsense @WHSmith this @manairport, this is not London. You insult Manchester with this shambles. @marketing_mcr
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    Jonathan Schofield
    @JonathSchofield
    Jan 13, 2022
    A real hardware shop in Mcr city centre would kill it. Lots of flats nowhere to buy a screwdriver. We have shocking retail gaps & so many shops closed. No toy shop, no 2nd hand/antiquarian bookshop, no antique shop, no deli at scale. Other gaps anyone? @mcrconfidential @CityCo
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    Jonathan Schofield
    @JonathSchofield
    Oct 10, 2023
    St Ann's Square is full of empty units. Why? It should be full of food and drink, tables and chairs and joie de vivre. Why it's not is pure gold...and diamonds and rubies...
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    St Ann's Square: a food and drink wasteland, why?
    Is the city making the most of its historic and car-free square?
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    Jonathan Schofield
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    Jul 4, 2020
    Public culture has returned. Here’s the queue to get back into Central Library in the city centre. Heart-warming. So how come other cultural institutions, art galleries and museums, which could far more easily maintain social distance than a shop or a pub, are still closed?
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    Jonathan Schofield
    @JonathSchofield
    Dec 21, 2021
    Cheadle Hulme house invaded from space probably sometime in the ‘80s.