Places can seem different at different times of the day. Choose a place you know well and describe it at two different times of the day

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Paul Mather 10WS                        21st May 2007

Places can seem different at different times of the day.  Choose a place you know well and describe it at two different times of the day.

Old Trafford Football Stadium

As you approach the colossal 76,000-seater stadium at 10:00am on a splendid, sunny Saturday morning, there is hardly a soul about.  There may be a family or two going to the modern megastore, possibly to procure the latest replica football t-shirt, or a new football for their offspring to engage in physical activity on the local field, one day dreaming that they will be able to play on the Old Trafford lush playing surface inside the immense stadium.   The hectic stewards, wearing their bright yellow or vivid orange jackets, begin to carefully position some fluorescent cones onto the road, to guide cautious drivers where to park their luxurious cars before the big match commences.  The lively traders begin setting up their crowded stalls and aroma-filled hot dog vans.  

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By 12:30pm, some excited supporters begin to arrive, purchasing their first hot-dog, possibly a woolly scarf or a glistening, metal badge to fasten onto their clean t-shirt or jumper.  When the time approaches 2:00pm the away supporters arrive, packed onto large, travelling coaches, rapid trains and bustling buses like sardines.  As the followers step off their chosen method of transport, you begin to hear distinctive chants bellowing from supporters, which soon will be heard in the swarming terraces inside.  The strong aroma of greasy, fried onions, burgers and hot dogs makes your stomach ‘rumble’ as the odour washes the ...

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