19 nicknames Mancs always use for places and buildings instead of their 'proper' names

From Greater Manchester's most famous landmarks to unassuming road junctions, people are compelled to give buildings and places their own nicknames.

A devilish sense of satisfaction can be taken at the opening of a brand new multi-million pound museum or stadium. Typically named after its corporate financer, its grand unveiling with great fanfare is often a short-lived one - when its guaranteed to be referred to by the public as the TV aerial, or toilet bowl, thereafter.

Such are the pitfalls of modern architecture. But even more run-of-the-mill features, like roads and roundabouts, still come in for the same treatment - and often it's a sign of affection, or a throwback to a previous name or time, as opposed to a critique.

A good example of this is the public's reaction to the Hollings Building, better known as the 'Toast Rack', being named one of the ugliest buildings in the UK earlier this year. So from the Toast Rack to Roscoe's Roundabout, we've listed 19 places or buildings in Greater Manchester that are more commonly referred to by their nickname.

Curry Mile is the nickname for part of Wilmslow Road that runs through Rusholme in south Manchester. It earned the title because of the large number of curry houses, takeaways and kebab shops that stand side-by-side on a mile-long stretch of road.

Heywood has the nickname 'Monkey Town', thought to derive from an area called Heap Bridge, or 'ape bridge' as it sounds in the local accent.

Flixton Road is known locally as the Mile Road. Strangely, it's only about half a mile long.

Roscoe's Roundabout is the local name for junction two of the M60 - originally junction 11 of the M63 when it opened in 1975. The roundabout is named after a DIY store that once stood next to the