The romantic in me lingers over names like Lucy Street which offers up all sorts of speculation on who Lucy was and how her name ended up on a street stretching from City Road down to Stretford Road.
And in the same way I have wondered about that other Lucy Street in Lower Broughton
Of course there will as ever be some tedious and mundane explanation usually focusing on the surname of the developer responsible for cutting the road.
All of which is a lead in to Andy Robertson’s picture of this bit of brick wall.
It stands on the east side of the street just a little bit down from City Road and I am puzzled. The adjoin building has an owner whose name and telephone number are neatly fastened to the wall and judging by the place it has undergone many uses.
But when it was built and its original function eludes me. Looking at the OS map for 1894 the plot of land seems empty and sixteen years later the first buildings recorded on the directory are a school and timber merchants.
And the rest of the street on both sides appears to be residential.
So, a little mystery which may not be very exciting but one that I would like to understand.
Picture; Lucy Street, 2015, from the collection of Andy Robertson
Of course there will as ever be some tedious and mundane explanation usually focusing on the surname of the developer responsible for cutting the road.
All of which is a lead in to Andy Robertson’s picture of this bit of brick wall.
It stands on the east side of the street just a little bit down from City Road and I am puzzled. The adjoin building has an owner whose name and telephone number are neatly fastened to the wall and judging by the place it has undergone many uses.
But when it was built and its original function eludes me. Looking at the OS map for 1894 the plot of land seems empty and sixteen years later the first buildings recorded on the directory are a school and timber merchants.
And the rest of the street on both sides appears to be residential.
So, a little mystery which may not be very exciting but one that I would like to understand.
Picture; Lucy Street, 2015, from the collection of Andy Robertson
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