The beautiful buildings across Greater Manchester crumbling before our very eyes
SAVE "is dismayed at the state of these fine buildings which could be reinstated as flats or spectacular private homes and urges the council to work with the owner to try and find a solution before it is too late." In the days when journalists could speak without fuss, and a municipal meltdown, directly to town hall officials in Salford, I would regularly meet David Johnston, the director of education and leisure.He eventually crossed the river to do the same job for Manchester.But before he moved we met to discuss the good, bad, and scandalous occurring in his department in the beautiful grandeur of his office on Chapel Street.Compared to my MEN foxhole in Eccles, his office was the size of a small house, with high ceilings and rays of