297 Sunday 21st December 2025 Ordsall Hall

 This was Simon's choice. He had been before with his primary school but couldn't remember much of it.

We caught the train to Manchester Victoria then went to BFS  to film our "lunch" for our "All The Eats"  playlist, The video will appear here in  due course. We  then caught the tram to Exchange Quay , the  nearest  stop  to  the  Hall. It was a short walk to the Hall  from there.


The  entrance faces  away from the road and that  side is  obviously older.


We first went in the Great Hall where a plastic feast was laid out.


This impressive screen shows the quatrefoil motif fround throughout the building.


Back in the foyer, I overheard a conversation about  a  tour at  2 pm. The guide didn't seem very enthusiastic about doing it but we waited for it anyway and  he was OK.

This bed in the Star Chamber is original to the Hall but had been sold on and  moved elsewhere. The  millionaire purchaser has now loaned it back to the Hall.


This  one  wasn't an antique as you can see.


 

I  admired the  medieval wall painting in the Great Chamber.


On  the  top floor,  there is a coat  of arms room with not much else in it.


The tour moved on to the kitchen


We then went into a display room where there was an old boat recovered from the Irwell


Simon posed in the stocks


We then went for a drink in the cafe where we tarried a bit too long. We then had a quick look at the formal garden.


We then hurried off to Exchange Quay for the tram but had to wait 12 minutes for the next one which made things very tight.


We got off the tram at St Peter's Square. With no hope of reaching Victoria in time, we ran down to Salford Central but we'd missed the  train. With 2 hours to wait for the next one, we caught a bus  to Bolton to eat up some of the time then went to Bolton FM to while away the remainder. I  tripped and hurt my knees on the way back to the station. Then we finally arrived home.

 


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