Down by Hulme Hall Road and the passing of another bit of our history

Now I have to give it to Andy Robertson just hours after the news that on old mill had partially collapsed on Hume Hall Road he was there to record the building.

I had spotted the news story but let it go.*

Not so Andy who sent me the pictures with the comment, “you may have heard about the partial collapse of the mill on Manchester Evening News Website which has some excellent pictures, and went to investigate but couldn't see damage from our angle.”

Andy will I am sure go digging into the digital archive for old pictures of the place.

Back in 1911 it was a printing works and seventeen years earlier was shown as “Locke & Son, shoeing smiths and Williams Cartage Limited (wheelwright works).”

So I think there is a rich bit of history to track down.

The site was still empty in 1849 so it will be a short crawl through the directories to see what we can find.

Added to which there will be another search to see what happened to it in the years after 1911.

And judging from Andy's pictures the building has been empty for a while.

Now according to the MEN it will have to come down.

Pictures; down by Hulme Hall Road, 2015, courtesy of Andy Robertson

*Castlefield mill collapse: Aerial pictures show extent of damage to building on Hulme Hall Road, BY AMY GLENDINNING, July 28 2015, Manchester Evening News, http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/castlefield-mill-collapse-aerial-pictures-9740166