Showing posts with label Old Trafford in the 2000s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Old Trafford in the 2000s. Show all posts
Thursday, 3 October 2019

Of tennis courts, a Soya Mill and a new project …….. down by Old Trafford ..... part two

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About a week ago I featured Andy Robertson's new project which is to record the demise of part of the Soya Mill on Skirton Road in the...
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Monday, 18 April 2016

The transformation of the Throstles Nest on Seymour Grove

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Now there will be plenty of people with fond memories of the Throstles Nest on Seymour Grove. I am not one of them but that is purely b...
Monday, 29 February 2016

Down at the Throstles Nest something is stirring

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Now Andy Robertson has been out again on Seymour Grove with a new picture of the Throstles Nest. He was last there in July at which tim...
Saturday, 20 February 2016

Just what has been going on down at Warwick Road South? ......... now that’s another zippy title

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I am ever ready for more pictures from Warwick Road South and Andy Robertson in the interests of archaeological history obliged with this o...
Thursday, 31 December 2015

Revealing the history of Batsford House on Seymour Grove ............... another Red Cross Hospital

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This was Stretford Memorial Hospital on Seymour Grove which closed earlier this year. It had opened its doors as a Red Cross Hospital i...
Saturday, 19 December 2015

A painting, a hospital and a story of a local building company ............. at Stretford Memorial Hospital

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This is Stretford Memorial Hospital on Seymour Grove, or at least it was because it closed in October of this year. And that closure en...
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Monday, 14 December 2015

Stretford Memorial .................. and the promise of more to come

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Now Stretford Memorial is a place I have never been in and one that I tend just to give an occasional nod to as the bus goes down Seymour G...
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Tuesday, 24 November 2015

A bit of Little Italy on Warwick Road South ............ another project from Andy Robertson

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Never ever be surprised at how little bits of our history can turn up in the most unexpected places. That said I am rarely surprised at...
Saturday, 31 October 2015

Gone and soon to be forgotten ......... on Warwick Road South

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Now I know that not all old factories and warehouses are worthy of being saved especially when they will be replaced by low cost affordab...
Saturday, 8 August 2015

Down on Lucy Street with a mystery

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The romantic in me lingers over names like Lucy Street which offers up all sorts of speculation on who Lucy was and how her name ended up o...
Tuesday, 7 July 2015

What's happening with that not so historic Throstles Nest on Seymour Grove?

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Now I wonder how history will treat the Throstle’s Nest on Seymour Grove. There will be many who have fond memories of the place and ot...
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Tuesday, 9 December 2014

Down at Ayres Road at another old factory

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I am back with images of some of our recent industrial landscape which I suspect will soon be gone.   We are at the Jesse Oldfield Bake...
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Wednesday, 26 November 2014

Another bit of our recent industrial past about to disappear ........... down at Warwick Road South

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Now we pretty much neglect our most recent industrial history. Those solid textile mills with their tall chimneys, the giant iron and s...
Tuesday, 10 June 2014

So what is the story behind the arched wall of the house on Chester Road?

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I am intrigued by Andy’s picture and I would like to know more about the building and the story behind this odd bit of design. We are o...
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Thursday, 24 April 2014

Always look beyond the old stone wall, out on Seymour Grove in the 1890s

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Seymour Grove in 2014 Now here is a lesson in always looking at what you pass by. Over the years I have passed this spot on Seymour G...
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