Now I am not a great fan of what has happened to Parrs Wood.
The small recreational ground is surrounded by fast moving traffic and dominated by the entertainment complex along with all those road signs.
But I can remember a quieter Parrs Wood which still existed in the 1960s.
True there was the bus depot and the large Parrs Wood Court, but there was also open land, which was occupied by the High School and the Rural Studies Centre.
Back then the recreational area still felt it had a presence and coming across it, after going under the railway bridge was always a pleasure.
So, with that in mind, here are two pictures of that long gone Parrs Wood.
They date from 1959, just ten years before I washed up in the City and first discovered East Didsbury.
Location; Didsbury,
Pictures; Parrs Wood, 1959, "Courtesy of Manchester Archives+ Town Hall Photographers' Collection", https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplus/albums/72157684413651581?fbclid=IwAR0t6qAJ0-XOmfUDDqk9DJlgkcNbMlxN38CZUlHeYY4Uc45EsSMmy9C1YCk
But I can remember a quieter Parrs Wood which still existed in the 1960s.
True there was the bus depot and the large Parrs Wood Court, but there was also open land, which was occupied by the High School and the Rural Studies Centre.
Back then the recreational area still felt it had a presence and coming across it, after going under the railway bridge was always a pleasure.
They date from 1959, just ten years before I washed up in the City and first discovered East Didsbury.
Location; Didsbury,
Pictures; Parrs Wood, 1959, "Courtesy of Manchester Archives+ Town Hall Photographers' Collection", https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplus/albums/72157684413651581?fbclid=IwAR0t6qAJ0-XOmfUDDqk9DJlgkcNbMlxN38CZUlHeYY4Uc45EsSMmy9C1YCk
Just like it was in the fifties when I went pst to get no 40 bus to school
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