EPW017526 ENGLAND (1927). The River Medlock and environs at Princess Street, Manchester, 1927

CORPORATION YARD WHARF,THEN

GAS METER TESTING STATION,THEN

CORONER'S COURT.

BANK,

POLICE STATION, HALF OF BUILDING IN WHITWORTH STREET,THEN.

AMBULANCE STATION, MINSHULL STREET SOUTH.THEN

HUGHE'S BUILDINGS,THEN

MANCHESTER CITY POLICE COURTS,THEN

TIMBER YARD,THEN.

CENTRAL HIGH SKOOOL,THEN

COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY,THEN

COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY,THEN

SAW MILLS,THEN

UNICORN, ENGINEERING WORKS,THEN

LONGFORD WORKS, UNDERCLOTHING, NOT St,JAMES'S. THEN.

Dickinson St Power Stn

Bloom St Power Stn

River Medlock, meandering through Chorlton-on-Medlock. During the sixties redevelopment the Medlock was culverted from London Road through to just short of Brook Street for the building work of the UMIST Campus.

River Medlock, meandering through Chorlton-on-Medlock. During the sixties redevelopment the Medlock was culverted from London Road through to just short of Brook Street for the building work of the UMIST Campus.

River Medlock, meandering through Chorlton-on-Medlock. During the sixties redevelopment the Medlock was culverted from London Road through to just short of Brook Street for the building work of the UMIST Campus.

Palace Theatre on corner of Oxford Street and Whitworth Street.

Manchester Fire Station.

London Road running south into Downing Street.

River Medlock, meandering through Chorlton-on-Medlock. During the sixties redevelopment the Medlock was culverted from London Road through to just short of Brook Street for the building work of the UMIST Campus to continue.

Princess Street

Rochdale Canal

Brook Street

High level rail link from south side of Piccadilly Station to Oxford Road Station

Sydney Street.

Engineering School.

St. Augustines R.C. Church built here and opened 1909 after the first church, on Granby Row, was in the way of area development for the large Engineering School and the road passing it, Whitworth Street. Unfortunately during the heavy bombing Manchester suffered in December 1940 the church was destroyed. The parish was then transferred over to its day chapel, The Holy Family, in Grosvenor Square (also known as All Saints).

Oxford Road.

Oxford Street.

Charles Street.

York Street running from the River Medlock to Rusholme Road at this time 1927. BBC building, Mancunian Way, etc. built across it during the slum clearances and redevelopments in the early to late 1960's. BBC building demolished in 2013. Two small sections of York St. remain at the Charles street end (north) and south side of Grosvenor Street.

York House. Designed by HS Fairhurst, 1911.

Oxford Road Station.

Old Station Approach Road

London Road (now Piccadilly) Station

Refuge Assurance building

St James' Building

Site of the BBC Oxford Road

St James Building