Manchester, Royal Jubilee Exhibition 1887
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This photograph shows the part of the Jubilee Exhibition of 1887 that was situated between Talbot Road and the railway. Originally, the plans of 1886 had been to extend to Trafford Bar, but speculators had bought that land and were asking too much for it, so the exhibition moved sideways over Talbot Road. The Machinery in Motion section was here, plus a recreation ground where the Manchester Athletic Club organised running and cycling races. To the left, the building with two flags on top was a working dairy, the Manchester Creamery, and cows were taken in the morning and at teatime from fields off Seymour Grove to be hand milked for the public to watch.
An extract from Manchester Photographic Memories.
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