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Eric Jackson often has his tongue firmly wedged in his cheek. The artist has created a large collection of, often cheeky, posters celebrating Greater Manchester’s villages, towns and boroughs.

His Fallowfield poster dubs the student suburb ‘Home of the brainy, bars and bedsits’. While ‘Incredible journeys of the world: Route A6’ is the tagline for an artwork depicting an impeccably dressed woman hanging from the door handle of the 192 bus in Levenshulme.

‘The never-ending ideological struggle between East and West in Didsbury’ reads his poster for the leafy south Manchester suburb. While his Prestwich poster knowingly references that infamous song lyric ‘spank me on the bottom with the Woman’s Weekly’ by the late, great Prestwich local Victoria Wood.

Though they are often a little mocking, there is always warmth to Eric’s creations, which invariably celebrate areas in ways instantly recognisable to locals. “Most of the places I’ve done I’ve got an affection for, even the ones I’m taking the mickey out of,” he previously told us.

You’d have to be very uppity indeed to take any offence at his gentle ribbing. But it happens, particularly with his Hale poster which describes the town as being 'one rung below' Bowdon. “The bottom line puts people off, but I don’t mind, I’d rather keep that in and get a laugh than take it out and sell twice as many,” he said.

Most recently, the former Manchester Evening News features editor created a ‘Das neue Berlin’ Stockport artwork featuring a Sally