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 Eccles, Monton Green c1955 (ref. E88029) | Monton had been a separate village until the incorporation of Eccles, when it was taken under the new council's wing. Monton Green is also the name of the road in our photograph. Behind the photographer is the very large Broadoak Park, home of the Worsley Golf Club; the short road leading to the clubhouse is called Stableford Avenue. Like the other areas of Eccles and Salford, Monton likes to keep its own identity. |  Add your own Memory Add to your Album |
 Manchester, the Cathedral 1897 (ref. 39042) | This view shows how the Cathedral also played the role of a parish church; it was surrounded with the burial stones of the town's faithful. The St Nicholas Chapel was built in 1311 and contains the Trafford family tombs under the floor. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Manchester, the Cathedral 1889 (ref. 21866) | This view shows how the Cathedral also played the role of a parish church; it was surrounded with the burial stones of the town's faithful. The St Nicholas Chapel was built in 1311 and contains the Trafford family tombs under the floor. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Manchester, the Cathedral Choir c1885 (ref. 18250) | The Lady Chapel is behind the high altar; unfortunately, all the lovely stained glass seen here was blown out in December 1940 when the cathedral was bombed. The rebuilding took nearly twenty years, and the craftsmen tried to put only the best and finest materials back into Manchester's chief house of God. 192 new traceried panels were fitted to the ancient beams of the choir roof. Thousands of pieces of new wood had to be let into the elaborate canopies of the choir stalls seen here. Most of these stalls had been put here by Sir James Stanley in 1513. He was brother to the man who married the mother of Henry VII, and the family enjoyed power and influence for centuries later. The Derby Chapel on the left, where he now rests, later became the Manchester Regiment Chapel in 1936, when the then Lord Derby gave it to the Regiment. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Manchester, Deansgate 1892 (ref. 30384) | Unusually, both the trams near our camera are facing the same way on adjacent lines. To make the turning round of trams easier, lines were laid right round the Victoria Buildings, seen here on the right, so that trams could circle the building and face outward again. This arrangement lasted until the Second World War. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Manchester, Royal Exchange 1886 (ref. 18259) | This view was taken from St Ann's Square. This building is the third Exchange to be built in this area. The first was in the Market Place, near St Ann's Square, built in 1729 at the expense of Sir Oswald Mosley, Lord of the Manor. It was taken down in 1793, and a new Exchange was started in 1806. By 1849 there had been two extensions added, along with a post office and news room. To celebrate these two new extensions a full-dress ball was held, and the money raised went to the Baths and Wash-House Fund. The building we see here (the third) was started in 1867; the first part opened on 2 October 1871, and the building was completed by October 1874. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Manchester, Royal Exchange 1885 (ref. 18262) | This view was taken from St Ann's Square. This building is the third Exchange to be built in this area. The first was in the Market Place, near St Ann's Square, built in 1729 at the expense of Sir Oswald Mosley, Lord of the Manor. It was taken down in 1793, and a new Exchange was started in 1806. By 1849 there had been two extensions added, along with a post office and news room. To celebrate these two new extensions a full-dress ball was held, and the money raised went to the Baths and Wash-House Fund. The building we see here (the third) was started in 1867; the first part opened on 2 October 1871, and the building was completed by October 1874. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Manchester, Piccadilly 1895 (ref. 36382) | The dome of the Infirmary is on the left, and Lewis's tower is in the centre. On Tuesday 1 September 1908, a large crowd gathered here to watch about one hundred patients being moved out of the Infirmary. Horse-drawn ambulances, taxi cabs, flat wagons, and even a horse bus were used to convey the patients down to the new Royal Infirmary on Oxford Road. Only one patient was left behind because he was too ill to move. The main buildings were soon demolished, but the Wash House remained, as did part of the Asylum, which was used as a reference library before the Central Library was built. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Manchester, The Public Gardens Piccadilly c1965 (ref. M21051) | The dome of the Infirmary is on the left, and Lewis's tower is in the centre. On Tuesday 1 September 1908, a large crowd gathered here to watch about one hundred patients being moved out of the Infirmary. Horse-drawn ambulances, taxi cabs, flat wagons, and even a horse bus were used to convey the patients down to the new Royal Infirmary on Oxford Road. Only one patient was left behind because he was too ill to move. The main buildings were soon demolished, but the Wash House remained, as did part of the Asylum, which was used as a reference library before the Central Library was built. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
