This is 517 Barlow Moor Road, and along with the remaining houses in the block was home to “Celebration The One Stop Party Shop”, a barber’s, and various other commercial enterprises as well as a collection of tenants.
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| 2025 |
At some point two additional wings were added, and now the City Council’s planning portal indicates that there is an application in to convert the block into 12 self-contained apartments. *
And given that the row may soon look very different I took a series of pictures this week and began delving into its history.
It’s very early days, and I may not have matched the census returns to the right properties, but in 1911 we have a pick of stories from a German who was naturalised as a British citizen in 1907, a cotton merchant and an accountant and Miss Nellie Allen.
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| 2023 |
To which the enumerator has added “I understand Miss Allen has a brother and a domestic servant living with her”.
There is much more to find out, from who Miss Allen was, and of course to the date of the houses which looks to have been built by 1894.
All of which is the next task.
Location; Barlow Moor Road
Picture; the house wating for something to happen, 2025, from the collection of Andrew Simpson, and the row in 2023, courtesy of Google Maps
*CDN/25/0277, Manchester City Council Planning Portal, https://pa.manchester.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=STMV1FBCKZH00&activeTab=summary
That was my dad's living room, he loved living there.
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