Day 470, Levenshulme, gateway to the stars

The British amateur space programme, where is it and what is it up to?

It may not have been at the forefront of your mind but it does exist and work is underway.

In the back gardens of an ordinary Levenshulme street, we can see the tell tale signs.

Siddall Street is the place and the primary launch stages can be seen below.

Here using what appears to be basic technology is an example of first stage ignition.

The small coloured disks in a number of back gardens give it away.

Tiny children are used to bounce across increasingly larger 'trampolines'.

From garden to garden, increasing energy input, increasing height.

And the hope is to eventually gain velocity enough to achieve low Earth orbit.

People may scoff now, but what Manchester does today, the rest of the world does tomorrow.

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