The City of Manchester is clearing up after the rioting and looting. Today shoppers were out on the streets, the buses and trams were running normally, and there was a discreet but significant Police presence: many of those on duty were working double shifts. These two posts show some of the aftermath, and the kinds of businesses affected. The judgment I will leave to others.
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Dawson’s musical instrument store on Portland Street has a lot of glass in its frontage, and given the stock on display would have been a prime target. As the notice says, they were open.
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Boarding being cut and applied at the Marks and Spencer Simply Food outlet opposite Piccadilly Gardens bus station. This shop, too, was open.
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At the south side of the Arndale Centre, Jessops was boarded along almost the whole of its frontage, but was open for business.
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Arndale Centre, west side, and typical of the seemingly random damage is this by the entrance to TKMaxx.
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And opposite the Arndale, this Tesco Metro store did not survive unscathed, but it too was open.
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