Now this is one of those scenes which hasn't changed much in thirty years but I wonder for how much longer the buildings directly in front of us will survive.
This is Nicolas Croft and Back Turner Street.
It didn't change until very recently, when Derek the Developer declared war on that block of shops on the corner.
Once it had been a tall Victorian/Edwardian set of offices, reduced to a ground floor and cellar which in the mid 1980s was home to shop specializing in beauty and hair products.
During the course of the last year I have toyed with capturing its transformation, but left it too late.
And so last month as an after thought at the end of the day in town with a camera, I snapped the corner of Derek's achievement.
Location; Nicolas Croft , Manchester
Picture; Nicolas Croft and Back Turner Street' circa 1980s courtesy of of John Casey and in 2023 from the collection of Andrew Simpson
Ever notice the incomplete look (and feel) of that corner above ‘Central Radio’ and ‘Cut in Time’ barbers shop? The top half of the building was destroyed by a Luftwaffe bomb.
ReplyDeleteOne of the barbers told me that years ago.
Thanks JT I had always wondered abut that spot
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