Manchester is one of those places that you would need to spend a long time to discover it all. There are lots of things to see in the center but also in the neighborhoods along the canals and rivers. Two weeks is too little time.
I went to the John Ryland library today, probably the coolest place I’ve seen yet. It was a woman’s tribute to her husband opened in 1900.
It is an amazing place that looks like an ancient church. It has these reading rooms that stretch the length of the building all in a row down both sides. Inside each rooms are all these old books behind glass dating back hundreds of years. The oldest one I found was from 1415.
No one can take any books out. It is a place to store a vast collection. Once in a while a researcher will request to see a book and it is brought out, but rarely.
It is kind of an eerie place that is dimly lit. Feels like there could be ghosts.
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