Now yesterday Andy took himself off to photograph the Grand Junction which has always caught my interest but a pub I never visited.
There was no reason for my failure to call in other than that I lived in Chorlton and never quite got round to breaking my journey and getting off the bus that was taking me to town.
Recently I decided I should give the place a go only to find it had closed.
But more on the Junction later, for now it’s those two tower blocks on Owen Street that have got into the story.
After all you can’t miss them, and even more than the Beetham Tower they seem to be the buildings you can see from so many different parts of south Manchester.
All of which is how they got here, but now that is dealt with, on to the Grand Junction which my copy of The Old Pubs of Hulme Manchester, informs me was first licensed in 1846, although it was intended as a pub the year before.*
In 1969 it lost its third floor and is now closed.
Location; Hulme
Pictures; the Grand Junction 2015 and 2018, and those towers, 2018 from the collection of Andy Robertson
* Potts Bob, The Old Pubs of Hulme Manchester, 1983
 |
| Those two towers |
Recently I decided I should give the place a go only to find it had closed.
But more on the Junction later, for now it’s those two tower blocks on Owen Street that have got into the story.
 |
| 2015 |
All of which is how they got here, but now that is dealt with, on to the Grand Junction which my copy of The Old Pubs of Hulme Manchester, informs me was first licensed in 1846, although it was intended as a pub the year before.*
In 1969 it lost its third floor and is now closed.
 |
| 2018 |
Pictures; the Grand Junction 2015 and 2018, and those towers, 2018 from the collection of Andy Robertson
* Potts Bob, The Old Pubs of Hulme Manchester, 1983
No comments:
Post a Comment