Peepholes

"We are in a strange part of town: unknown space stretches ahead of us. In time we know a few landmarks and the routes connecting them. Eventually what was a strange town and unknown space becomes a familiar place. Abstract space becomes concrete place, filled with meaning."

This quote really sums up my three visits to Ancoats. When I first visited I got lost, had no idea where to go and only stumbled by it with no idea what I was really looking for. The second time I was focused and knew exactly what I was looking for and was a bit more familiar with the area. The third time I knew where the main places were withing the area, where to take my friends and how to get there, as the quote reads.
When I re-visited Ancoats for the third time I managed to find 5 more peepholes that I had not already discovered, making that 15 in total! One of which had been removed, we were slightly confused as to why this may have been or what we could have viewed through it until... A man in overalls came over to us. He was very friendly and started asking us if we knew what was meant to be there, I instantly explained I was actually researching into Dan's work and hunting for peepholes. He then went on to explain to me that he in fact had worked for Dan whilst installing these peepholes as he could not manage to drill all the holes himself. This one in particular that was missing originally showed a view into the church that stood before us but unfortunately the road leading between the two had been dug up a few times and each time the cables had been cut and it was proving too costly to replace each time. He recommended viewing the church as it was beautiful inside so suggested to us to go knock on the doors of the church and said that security there were very friendly and would let us have a look inside. Unfortunately there was no reply when we knocked. I did ask the man if he would possibly let me ask him a few questions about the peepholes whilst my friend videoed it so I could include it on my blog but his response was only if he'd have had a shave and wasn't in his overalls.. bless!