HI everybody this painting is called Shudehill we love Manchester by dusk by Andrew Alan Matthews
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The video is a story about a homeless man outside a chicken shop on shudehill Manchester highlighting the plight of the homeless on a cold freezing night.
It breaks my heart to see the homeless struggle, so I thought I would paint a picture to help highlight the plight of the homeless in my way.
I painted this scene of shudehill with views looking onto the rear of the Manchester Arndale centre, also The Lower Turks Head and Scuttlers Wine Bar. Which Dates back to 1745, and is one of the oldest pubs in the area. also rambos tattoo, shop near the shudehill exchange. I like this view and I used to ride my motorbike past here everyday to go to work and I love the old and new buildings and the area is steeped in history.
A bit of History of the area
So In Medieval times, Manchester's growth was centred on the rivers Irwell and Irk, close by to shudehill and the earliest mention of Shudehill was in 1554. The name of the street may come from the word 'Shude' which means husks of oats,
Also back in the day Wythengreave Hall, was a country house at the upper end of Shudehill and was for sale in 1763 with eight and a half acres of land,
Now Hanover Street which is just off shudehill was named following the coronation of King George III and Queen Charlotte in 1761, as were George Street and Charlotte Street on the other side of town
Hanover Street was the site of an early Cotton Mill collapse in 1790 in which several people were killed.
Until the mid-18th century, the Shudehill area had been semi rural,
but by 1793 the whole of Shudehill was built up and included commercial property.
Manchester had no cotton mills until the opening of Arkwright's Shudehill Mill, on Miller Street in 1783. The mill was water powered and a Newcomen atmospheric steam engine was used
It was built in 1782 for Richard Arkwright and his partners and destroyed by fire in 1854. It was rebuilt and finally destroyed during the Manchester Blitz in 1940.
My dad remembers sitting outside on great western street in moss side and a meshersmitt straffing the street with bullets when he was a young boy
Now Springs in the Shudehill area were Manchester's principal water supply, hence the names Well Street and Spring Alley.
Pits there which are now filled in, were used as water storage until Holt Town Reservoir was built in 1808. The Shudehill source ceased permanently when Gorton Reservoir was opened in 1826.
The early development on Shudehill and Withy Grove was small scale with narrow shop fronts and By the 20th century large scale property was being developed along Corporation Street:
the headquarters of the Co-operative Wholesale Society was built and the buildings on the corner of Withy Grove and Corporation Street were built for the national newspaper publishers.
Which is now the printworks, my dads first job as a copy boy was for the Manchester evening chronicle in the printworks
So if you ever get the chance to visit Manchester this is one of the historic areas in Manchester.
In my opinion Manchester is a great place to visit and we are a friendly bunch of people
Story by Andrew Alan Matthews
A Story about a homeless man outside a chicken shop on shudehill Manchester highlighting the plight of the homeless on a cold freezing night
Shudehill Manchester On a cold freezing night
Shines a light On a Manchester night
An Old part of town back of the Arndale
With Trams Passing by A homeless guy
Near the Lower Turks head Wishes he were dead
Hes Seen lots of history over the years
Beers, Cheers, sneers and tears
Yeah the homeless man Sits on his own All alone with no home
sleeps in a doorway on a cold freezin night
yeah its shite on a restless night
Theres drunks and punks
walking to the beat of a Manchester street
lookin to beat usin there feet
people walkin by makin me cry just help this guy
yeah no eye contact from people passin by
hes there don’t you care hes visible, not invisible so don’t be miserable
give him some help as his dog gives a yelp
cos it could be you so just think what youd do if it were you
yeah Shudehill Manchester on a cold freezin night
near Rambos and the chicken shop near the bus stop
so just stop and think give the guy a drink
and although he stinks he once had a life with no trouble and strife
once had a mum and dad its sad
hes got a story to tell and ive just got to yell this is hell
Yeah Shudehill Manchester On a cold freezing night Its shite
So when your tucked up in bed Just think he might be frozen dead
Just give him a bed
His name might be Fred or Ted
And you know One thing is for sure Theres a cure
We can knock on the door Of Parliament
Yeah Theres always an argument
theres no excuse its makin me puse
Just find the money And help the homeless
Give em a bed So Fred or Ted have no more dread
Yeah Shudehill Manchester On a cold freezing night
shine a light On a homeless night
Make it alright And help em tonight
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