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05.03.2024 - 17:38 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
From the warm smell of sweetcorn to the whistling ‘toot’ of the Market Street tram horn - Manchester city centre is uniquely vibrant. And one of the most iconic - and controversial - spaces we've got is Piccadilly Gardens.
Over the years the site has been home to a mental hospital, allotments, and sculpted garden with formal flower beds, a rose garden and blossoming cherry trees.
But these days, with its cold concrete pavilion and reputation for anti-social behaviour, it's set to transform again.
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Love it or hate it, it's a space everyone has an opinion about. And now, the less savoury aspects of the gardens have been captured in a song by Janethan Jeffery, a 28-year-old singer-songwriter from Manchester.
Janethan spent seven years living in London, working in music and project management, before returning home and being inspired to write a song about this bustling corner of the city.
“What I love about my Piccadilly Garden song is that everyone is telling their own stories in the comments about experiences they’ve had there, it’s hilarious,"£ he said.
“Growing up in Manchester, I was there literally every day. I’d get the bus into town if I was going to work or anything like that so I have seen the change over the years and it has become an interesting place, let’s say that.
“So I thought why not write a cautionary tale about my favourite place,” he said.
The lyrics to his song are: “If you go out after midnight in Piccadilly Gardens you might just get robbed. Every third person is a dealer, even though there’s officers no one ever gets stopped.
“I saw a crackhead lighting up in front of Primark, he was pissing in a bottle by the Greggs. And someone
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