EPW062699 ENGLAND (1939). Slum clearance around George Street, the Gaythorn Gas Works and environs, Manchester, 1939

St Philip's church.

St. Marys Hospital, Whitworth Street, now apartments and shops after modern redevelopment

Gaythorn Gas Works

Formerly St. Wilfrids R.C. Church, now St. Wilfrids Enterprise Centre.

Rochdale Canal

Rochdale Canal

Rochdale Canal

Liverpool Road leading down to passenger station that connected Liverpool and Manchester, later became a depot for London & North Western Railway before becoming home to the Museum of Science and Industry.

Castlefield Basin

Bay platform at Manchester Oxford Road, built on the roof of a building. There is currently one line here which serves Northern Rail trains to Liverpool Lime St. For many years there was an "adult" cinema club below, more recently it has been Screen 1 for Manchester Corner House arts cinema. Corner House is due to move to a new location in the near future.

This furniture store became Manchester Corner House arts cinema, which in 2013 is preparing to move to a new site.

Manchester Oxford Road station

Bridgewater Canal

Railway Turntable

Deansgate

Whitworth Street West

Bridgewater Canal

Manchester Deansgate:- The station was opened with the name Knott Mill in 1849. It was rebuilt in 1896, a date still marked on the building. It was named Deansgate in 1971.

Midland Railway / LMR Manchester Central Station. Grade 2*. Built c.1880. Closed to passengers 1969. Opened in 1986 as G-mex, the Greater Manchester Exhibition and Conference Centre, it is now called once more Manchester Central, used for exhibitions and conferences. The "temporary" ticket office was never replaced when the station was open, but a significant part of the forecourt has now been used for a very large glass covered reception area.

Albion Street

City Road East

Medlock St