Altrincham
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Altrincham books (4 available)
Did You Know? Bury - A Miscellany
Hardback
Manchester Photographic Memories
Paperback
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Altrincham memories
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An apprentice
I believe that the building in the right foreground with the spire is Eustace G.Parker's, where I was an apprentice watchmaker from 1965.
Comments please...
Contributed by Mike Evans
Cross Street 01
The large corner "shop" on the left was the showroom of North West Gas where you could pay your gas bill. This is now Dawsons music and instrument shop.
The corner shop on the right was Hawkins tailors, on two floors. This is now a MacDonalds restaurant.
Contributed by Bob Cleary
Cheshire memories
Cross Street 01
The large corner "shop" on the left was the showroom of North West Gas where you could pay your gas bill. This is now Dawsons music and instrument shop.
The corner shop on the right was Hawkins tailors, on two floors. This is now a MacDonalds restaurant.
A memory of Altrincham contributed by Bob Cleary
An apprentice
I believe that the building in the right foreground with the spire is Eustace G.Parker's, where I was an apprentice watchmaker from 1965.
Comments please...
A memory of Altrincham contributed by Mike Evans
Extracts From Altrincham & Cheshire books
Carriages await the call to duty in the old Market Place; it was here that B Goodall & Co, bus and carriage proprietors, had their office, though we do not know if the vehicles seen here all belonged to them. Though most people would have taken the train to Manchester, a Goodall carriage hired to take 3-4 persons would have cost about 9s for the trip. If required to wait and then bring the clients back to Altrincham, it would be charged out by the hour.
An extract from from"Greater Manchester Photographic Memories".
This was one of the principal shopping streets of the town, though the Methodist New Connection chapel and the Salvation Army Hall were also along here. Some of the businesses seen here include Mason’s (hosiers and hatters) at number 85, George Roberts & Sons (butchers) at number 89, and china dealer John Ingham at number 93.
An extract from from"Greater Manchester Photographic Memories".
Altrincham is situated only 8 miles south-south-west of Manchester, and its popularity as a residential area for business people grew with the opening of the Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway. By the beginning of the 20th century, the town’s population of 16,800 was served by no fewer than four railway stations; Altrincham & Bowdon, Hale, Broadheath, and West Timperley.
An extract from from"Greater Manchester Photographic Memories".
Designed in the Jacobean style by the Manchester firm of Hindle & Davenport, the Town Hall was built in 1901 to replace an earlier one situated in the Market Place. Built in red brick with red sandstone dressings, the Town Hall was noted for its panelled ceiling and stained glass windows in the council chamber.
An extract from from"Greater Manchester Photographic Memories".
A Manchester Corporation tramcar stands at the Altrincham terminus in Railway Street, its route back to Manchester being by way of Stamford New Road, Sandiway Road, Manchester Road, Washway Road, Cross Street and Chester Road.
An extract from from"Greater Manchester Photographic Memories".