Friday 20 October 2023

Stepping back 61 years ………..Parrs Wood as most people will not have seen it.

Now, I know it’s a cheap bit of history, not to say very lazy, but here on a warm summer’s day is that bit of Parrs Wood beside the Gateway pub.

Today, the spot is dominated by that huge footbridge, which I am the first to concede is entirely appropriate in the interests of safely crossing the road, but how ugly it is.

And how it sets the scene for the surrounding area, which is dominated by entertainment complex, that plethora of road signs and of course the incessant whiz of traffic.

I have been trying to date the footbridge which was not there when I would wander down from Didsbury to sit in the small island of tranquility which was the small park.

But back then there was still a bus garage, the old high school was still new, and the Kingsway was less busy.

So, for all those that share my memory, and for everyone else who might yearn for a quieter Parrs Wood, here is what it was like a full 61 years ago ……. Nothing more nothing less.




Location Parrs Wood

Picture; road works at Parrs Wood, 1959, Courtesy of Manchester Archives+ Town Hall Photographers' Collection  
https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplus/albums/72157684413651581?fbclid=IwAR35NR9v6lzJfkiSsHgHdQyL2CCuQUHuCuVr8xnd403q534MNgY5g1nAZfY

3 comments:

  1. Just as I remember it in the 50’s. Lived in Parrswood road

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  2. Would nice to have a new bridge which is a fitting gateway to Manchester from the south

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  3. I remember Parrs Wood just like this in 1959, I lived in Parrs Wood Court.

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