On St Annes Road in Chorlton and a reminder to keep taking the pictures a year ago

Today’s chance picture becomes tomorrow’s historical record.

Now there is nothing original in that thought but it is worth stressing over and over again.

All too often in the past I have ignored the warning signs that a building is about to be changed or to be demolished completely and once it has happened I missed the opportunity to record what had been there.

So with that in mind and ever one to carry a camera, Andy Robertson photographed the old offi’ on St Ann’s Road.

Now it was an off license for as long as I can remember.  Back in the 1970s it sold bottled Boddingtons’s and in the late 80s offered up a fascinating collection of Greek wines.

And then one day it had closed and that was that.

I have looked on the planning applications register and can’t find any reference to what might be happening.

Now it was a year ago that Andy took his picture and I rather think nothing has happened since then  but it is a few weeks since I passed the property.

The shop front is in itself a little bit of history and reflects that style of frontage popular fron the 1960s and which now looks a tad dated.

And it has begun to intrigue me, because back in 1911 the property has yet to be be built and seems to date from sometime during the next two decades.

What I find even more intriguing is that on that 1911 street directory, the house numbers start at 28 and conclude at 48.

It maybe that  the building plots for both sides of the road were already allocated but nothing had been constructed.

Unless someone can come up with an answer I will have to wait until I can get access to the street directoreis for after 1911.

So as they say watch this spot and keep taking the pictures.

Well someone has provided a partial answer and Alan's information is there under the story in the comments.  Thanks Alan

Pictures; courtesy of Andrew Robertson, 2013