I am back with one of Andy Robertson’s projects, which began last month when he happened down Seymour Grove, and then on to Tennis Street, finishing at Skirton Road.
For those who know the area, the Trafford end of Skirton Road was home to the Arkady Soya Mill, and part of the site is now under re-development.
Andy specializes in recording such developments, starting with the abandoned, or demolished building and moving on to chronicle the first day the builders broke the ground for the new construction and on to the finished property.
These projects will be an important historical record, so I am pleased he is in at the beginning of this one.
Added to which I like his pictures.
I knew little about the Arkady Soya Mill, other than that smell which hung in the air when we visited a friend’s house which was opposite.
But a trawl of internet offered up one site full of pictures of the interior after it had closed. *
For once I have resolved not to dig into the history of the building, because I am fully confident someone will supply chapter and verse.
Suffice to say that back in 1894 the site was the ground of the Northern Lawn Tennis Club which had been founded in 1881, and behind Skirton House which fronted Seymour Grove, which explains the origin of the names of Skirton Road and Tennis Street.
Sometime in the early 20th century the club moved to Didsbury, leaving the site open for industrial development.
And now that appears to have come full circle, leaving me just to say, watch this space.
Location; Old Trafford
Pictures; Skirton Road, 2019, from the collection of Andy Robertson
* 28DaysLater.co.uk - 28DL , https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/british-arkady-industrial-bakery-old-trafford-january-2019.118716/
Andy specializes in recording such developments, starting with the abandoned, or demolished building and moving on to chronicle the first day the builders broke the ground for the new construction and on to the finished property.
These projects will be an important historical record, so I am pleased he is in at the beginning of this one.
I knew little about the Arkady Soya Mill, other than that smell which hung in the air when we visited a friend’s house which was opposite.
But a trawl of internet offered up one site full of pictures of the interior after it had closed. *
For once I have resolved not to dig into the history of the building, because I am fully confident someone will supply chapter and verse.
Sometime in the early 20th century the club moved to Didsbury, leaving the site open for industrial development.
And now that appears to have come full circle, leaving me just to say, watch this space.
Location; Old Trafford
Pictures; Skirton Road, 2019, from the collection of Andy Robertson
* 28DaysLater.co.uk - 28DL , https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/british-arkady-industrial-bakery-old-trafford-january-2019.118716/
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