There will be many with fond memories of the old BBC Building on Oxford Road.
It opened in 1981, replacing the BBC closed Broadcasting House in Piccadilly which had been there for 52 years.
It replaced the close network of streets and houses that stretched back from Oxford Road to the Medlock, and from Charles Street down to Great Street.
In all there were fourteen streets and countless houses which were all swept away so that the BBC could have a new broadcasting centre here in Manchester.
The lost streets included Pritchard Street, Hesketh, Leigh and Saville Streets and along with the houses there had been a school and a pub.
Planning permission had been granted in 1968 and after a hiccup building began in 1971 was finished in 1975 and the place was home to the BBC until 2011.
Andy Robertson, was there to record the final days of the BBC on Oxford Road and has been back at regular intervals to watch the progress at what has happened since.
Yesterday he caught up with the development
Location; Manchester
Pictures; BBC New Broadcasting House, Oxford Road, 2011, and the new build, 2019 from the collection of Andy Robertson
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| On Oxford Road in 2011 |
It replaced the close network of streets and houses that stretched back from Oxford Road to the Medlock, and from Charles Street down to Great Street.
In all there were fourteen streets and countless houses which were all swept away so that the BBC could have a new broadcasting centre here in Manchester.
The lost streets included Pritchard Street, Hesketh, Leigh and Saville Streets and along with the houses there had been a school and a pub.
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| Back on 2019 |
Andy Robertson, was there to record the final days of the BBC on Oxford Road and has been back at regular intervals to watch the progress at what has happened since.
Yesterday he caught up with the development
Location; Manchester
Pictures; BBC New Broadcasting House, Oxford Road, 2011, and the new build, 2019 from the collection of Andy Robertson
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