I am on Wilmslow Road on that short stretch from the Library to the old Scala cinema.
It was a place I knew well in the late 1960s and early 70s.
Back then, the row of shops between the Victoria and the Albert were the traditional ones you could see on any high street.
What is now Fuel was Fed Dawes Television Dealer, and Toast, was Exchange Travel Agency, while back in 1911, Moor and Rivers, fruiterers occupied Fuel and Mrs Maria Ann Metheringham dispensed beer and cheer from next door.
Leaving me just to reflect that in the more recent past, the two premises have had different stories
So, starting with Toast, the story of the premises is a varied one.
Back in 2008 it was Prestige Locksmith Ltd, becoming Dania by 2012, Creative Café in 2015, and Toast by August 2017.
By contrast its neighbor, Fuel where we ate on Saturday, has served up interesting food since at least 2012, and pretty much retained the same exterior décor, with red window frames, and just a slight change from yellow to blue for the brick work.
Location; Withington
Pictures, Toast & Fuel, Wilmslow Road, 2019, from the collection of Andrew Simpson
It was a place I knew well in the late 1960s and early 70s.
Back then, the row of shops between the Victoria and the Albert were the traditional ones you could see on any high street.
Leaving me just to reflect that in the more recent past, the two premises have had different stories
So, starting with Toast, the story of the premises is a varied one.
Back in 2008 it was Prestige Locksmith Ltd, becoming Dania by 2012, Creative Café in 2015, and Toast by August 2017.
By contrast its neighbor, Fuel where we ate on Saturday, has served up interesting food since at least 2012, and pretty much retained the same exterior décor, with red window frames, and just a slight change from yellow to blue for the brick work.
Location; Withington
Pictures, Toast & Fuel, Wilmslow Road, 2019, from the collection of Andrew Simpson
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