Manchester: Oxford Road/Wilmslow Rd
University, Rusholme, Fallowfield, Manchester. Wed 1 Aug 2018
Oxford Road station, Manchester is tucked away off the street
A whole block of Oxford St has been demolished
School of At at All Saints
Former municipal offices on Lower Ormond St
Grosvenor Picture Palace, opened as a cinema in 1915, still showing
films until 1968, now a pub. It was said to be
the largest cinema in the UK outside London when it opened.
Former Deaf and Dumb Institute is now a hopster indie music venue
University of Manchester Main Building
It looks too toytown for my taste now, the soot stains gave it gravitas
Arts Faculty building
Holy Name RC church - also cleaned up
Manchester Royal Infirmary
The Huntsman pub unexpectedly closed in 2011 after the landlord punched
and stamped on the head of a
regular who didn't drink up quickly enough at closing time. He got 6 years
for GBH.
Hardy's Well on the corner of Dickenson Rd was formerly called Birch
Villa. Opened in 1837 It closed in 2016
We lived here on the top floor here from 1968 to 1970. No blue plaque
yet:-)
The back of the row of houses was clean and tidy when we lived here
Shahjalal Mosque and Islamic Centre
Trinity House Community Resource Centre
Hardys' Well got this poem by Lem Sissay in 1994. There is a planning
application for 62 flats and shops
Wilmslow Rd/Dickenson Rd
Victoria Park Hotel. I lived at several addresses in the area as a
student and from one of them would walk past
here to catch a bus to the university if I was feeling lazy
Wilmslow Rd
'The Toast Rack' from Old Hall Lane, architect LC Howitt completed
1960. Grade II listed. Work is about to start to turn it into 210 flats
Platt Chapel, a Grade II listed Unitarian chapel dated 1790, possibly
by John Carr of York; altered 1874, now offices
Owens Park opened in 1966 and I lived in the tower 1967-8 academic year.
Unfortunately the University chose Carillion to redevelop it in 2017...