Now Tasle Alley is one of those places most people will pass without a second glance.
It is the gap almost on the corner of John Dalton Street and Albert Square which with its double yellow lines which often looks dark and gloomy can’t be much of an attraction.
On the other hand for the curious that little ginnel beside New Church House on John Dalton Street suggests an adventure and if you plunge in the tunnel leads on to Tasle Alley and through a second tunnel to Mulberry Street and St Mary’s Chapel which is more popularly known as the Hidden Gem.
As late as 1849 Tasle Alley lay open on its northern side but within two years that open land had been built on and it became the narrow alley we know today and as these things go it didn’t even warrant a listing in the street directory.
I had thought that just perhaps because the buildings seem to date from 1851 they had missed being incorporated in the street directory for 1850, but no, Mr Slater's fine Directory for 1863 stubbornly refused to list anything for the alley.
By 1900 the alley had a set of warehouses which were mainly furniture and printing with a wine merchants and a set of offices.
So that is about it.
Location; Manchester
Picture; Tasle Alley, 2016, from the collection of Andrew Simpson, and in 1849 from the OS of Manchester & Salford, 1842-49, courtesy of Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.co.uk/
On the other hand for the curious that little ginnel beside New Church House on John Dalton Street suggests an adventure and if you plunge in the tunnel leads on to Tasle Alley and through a second tunnel to Mulberry Street and St Mary’s Chapel which is more popularly known as the Hidden Gem.
As late as 1849 Tasle Alley lay open on its northern side but within two years that open land had been built on and it became the narrow alley we know today and as these things go it didn’t even warrant a listing in the street directory.
I had thought that just perhaps because the buildings seem to date from 1851 they had missed being incorporated in the street directory for 1850, but no, Mr Slater's fine Directory for 1863 stubbornly refused to list anything for the alley.
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| Tasel Alley, 1849 |
So that is about it.
Location; Manchester
Picture; Tasle Alley, 2016, from the collection of Andrew Simpson, and in 1849 from the OS of Manchester & Salford, 1842-49, courtesy of Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.co.uk/
St Mary's Mulberry Street is nicjnamed the Hidden Gem, not the Little Gem
ReplyDeleteSt Mary's Mulberry Street is nicknamed the Hidden Gem, not the Little Gem
ReplyDeleteOpps I shall correct
DeleteIt's 'Tasle Alley' !
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DeleteAn interesting excerpt from an article (especially the first line in this case) about the state of Health and Recreation of Manchester in The Manchester Times and Manchester and Salford Advertiser and Chronicle - 21st August 1846 - The opening made for John Dalton-street has removed that nest of filth and immorality, Tasle Alley, and an uninterrupted current of air will now traverse the town from Salford to Chorlton-upon-Medlock; at right angles to this, Corporation-street, Cross-street, and an intended new street from Cross-street, along South-street to Bridgewater-street, will send another uninterrupted current from Hulme to Cheetham Hill; the opening of Charter-street, in continuation of New Brown-street and Duke-street, will let light and air into one of the worst ventilated districts in Manchester; and the erection of the new Market will displace buildings which could not be rendered fit habitations for human beings at a less expense than ten thousand pounds.
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