[ANNOUNCE][F] Manchester AFP Meet - Nov 12th - 15th!
Mary Capel
The date: Starts on Friday 12th November and continues until
Monday morning, 15th November, assuming we all last that long :)
The time: 2pm Fri 12th November is the start of the Agenda...
details of other times and places during the course of the weekend
will be posted a little nearer the time.
(will obviously include Waterstones on Deansgate from 19:00 - 21:00
for the signing)
The place: starting at "The Moon Underwater", the Wetherspoons
pub on Deansgate, Manchester. Spending Friday evening before and
after the signing there (they do food) then elsewhere for the rest of
the weekend (more details, as i've said, to follow).
So wass goin' on?
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Another AFPmeet so I can see again all the wonderful people I met at
my first meet, and hopefully meet some more.
Thought it my duty not to let the recent meet be the last Manchester
AFPmeet of the millenium!
The 12th is a Friday, which means that if you're that way inclined
there's the possibility of attending one of Manchester's famous clubs
after the signing and boozing. Probably to be followed by sleep, and
being up in time to start all over again on the Saturday, at another
Manchester Pub, around lunchtime, as the AFP meet continues.
Again, further details to follow nearer the time.
The plan on Friday is to meet in the pub at 2pm, and spend a pleasant
afternoon nattering, drinking the variety of interesting beers, ales,
wines etc offered by the Moon Underwater. There's food there for
those that have room after the usual copious quantities of chocolate.
After that, the signing from 7pm - 9pm at Waterstone's, and then more
alcohol at the Moon Underwater until either crashing or clubbing then
crashing.
How do I get there?
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By train to Victoria -
Victoria station is just beyond the end of Deansgate - see A-Z map on
the Waterstones book shop website for the Manchester Deansgate branch
for details, but basically you just walk along deansgate 'til you get
there (about 15 mins walk).
By train to Piccadilly:
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- - - From Piccadilly station, walk down the station approach and keep
going past a large park on your left. This is Piccadilly Gardens. On
the far side of this park is Piccadilly Bus Station by the way (useful
for buses to the pub we go to on Saturday, and for getting buses to
crash space at my houseon Fri/Sat/Sun).
Keep going down straight on through the pedestrianised shopping
precinct, then across a road and down another short piece of road
straight on, until you come to the crossroads with Deansgate,
then turn left and walk along until you see the pub on your right -
not far.
This is a summary - clearer directions can be found by looking at the
street map which shows Waterstones (also on Deansgate slightly further
along). See: Waterstones.co.uk and look up the Manchester store on
Deansgate for details of directions and signing. The pub is close to
the store so you should find both using this to locate Deansgate.
By train to Oxford Road:
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- - - From Oxford Road station, walk down the approach until you reach
Oxford Road (surprisingly) at the junction with Whitworth Street. Turn
left along Oxford Road and continue up Oxford Road past the library on
your right until you reach the crossroads with Deansgate. At which
point turn right and keep going - you'll get to Waterstones (on your
right) first and then The Moon Underwater (on your left).
By coach to Chorlton Street Bus Station
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- - - From the bus station, head north to Picadilly Gardens on your
right, and follow directions as from Piccadilly station.
If all else fails
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E-mail me on ma...@wibbledom.freeserve.co.uk and I'll give further
assistance.
Where do I sleep?
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If you require somewhere to crash, I will be putting people up. My
place is only a short bus / taxi ride away - 86, 46, 84, 15 and 14 all
go very close to my place so we'll troop on to one of them come the
evenings.
I'm sure other Manc and Manc-close AFPers will offer overflow crash
space as necessary, but I have plenty of room. Just bring a sleeping
bag if you have one in case I run out of beds! Oh yeah - and
deodorant too if you are staying for the whole thing!
You can probably track down B&B's etc. from Manchester Online (
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk ) if you don't want to kip at mine -
that site may also give more info about anything else i haven't
covered here.
Where do I park?
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Parking is a nightmare - if you want to bring a car then the best bet
will be to come to my house in the morning of the day you are joining
us and we'll get a bus wherever together (not far). Since people will
be returning to my house to sleep anyway it makes sense to leave cars
there as there's no problem at all with parking near me (reasonable
area - won't get broken into).
Can direct you there to park even when i'm not there if you are
arriving at other times during the course of the meet - buses leave
from near my house to Piccadilly every few minutes and take only 10
mins to get into the centre of town.
Any orange badge holders contact me for closer parking details and
I'll find out for you.
Any further queries?
email me on ma...@wibbledom.freeserve.co.uk
more details about specifics to be posted soon...
and on the day - have my mobile number with you in case you lose us:
0795 760 6168
Mary.
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