Back on Hardman Street looking at Sailor Salmon in 1923

Now I couldn’t resist revisiting Hardman Street which ran from Wilmslow Road down to William Street.

It is now part of School Lane and looks nothing like it did back at the beginning of the 20th century.

The best you can do to get a sense of what this street was like is to walk round into Warburton Street which is equally narrow but has a set of cottages which have more appeal than these run of the mill 19th century properties.

Added to this Hardman Street had a coal yard at both ends and some lock up workshops.

So, not the sort of place to attract the people of plenty and the 1911 street directory lists quite a humble set of people ranging from a painter, a boot maker, two carters and a pawn broker.

Looking down the street from William Street the only thing which could be said to the lighten the place are the advertising hoardings which on this day in 1923 are dominated by the week’s showing at the Scala Cinema just up the road in Withington and Sailor Salmon Slices.

And as you do I went looking for Sailor Salmon and found the company advertisng in the early 20th century, but have yet to find them on the shelves today.

But there will be someone who can tell me all about them.

That said our Sailor has suffered a bit from someone attempting to rip his poster from the wall, a fate which looks soon to be replicated by the advert for the cinema which may have been someone with a total dislike of salmon who just saw a bad

Picture; Hardman Street looking west towards Wilmslow Road, 1923, m21212,  courtesy of Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives, Manchester City Council, http://images.manchester.gov.uk/index.php?session=pass