epw017603 ENGLAND (1927). The town centre including the railway station, Altrincham, 1927

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Title [EPW017603] The town centre including the railway station, Altrincham, 1927
Reference EPW017603
Date April-1927
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Place name ALTRINCHAM
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 376785, 387747
Longitude / Latitude -2.3490761761911, 53.385792726455
National Grid Reference SJ768877

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Springfield house

niloc
Thursday 21st of December 2023 04:13:47 PM
The Woolpack..

niloc
Tuesday 19th of September 2023 03:47:36 PM
Now Altrincham medical practice( previously the Park pub)

Polly309
Tuesday 24th of November 2020 12:16:30 PM

Polly309
Tuesday 24th of November 2020 12:13:19 PM
Bricklayers Arms

ND
Saturday 31st of October 2020 10:58:01 AM
Bank Street Wesleyan Methodist Church

MarkM
Friday 6th of January 2017 02:33:32 PM

MarkM
Friday 6th of January 2017 02:09:38 PM
Altrincham Driving Range

AGerrard
Tuesday 15th of December 2015 10:36:32 PM
Woodlands Parkway

AGerrard
Tuesday 15th of December 2015 10:34:57 PM
Now Altrincham Golf Course, 17th hole.

AGerrard
Tuesday 15th of December 2015 10:34:16 PM
The level crossing - cause of many a peak-time traffic queue until the new route for the A560 was carved out in the 1970s.

John Ellis
Tuesday 21st of October 2014 11:21:34 AM

John Ellis
Tuesday 21st of October 2014 10:51:56 AM
Former free church chapel which was later bought by St Margaret's CE Parish Church, Dunham Road, as their daughter church, dedicated to All Saints. It closed around 1911/12.

John Ellis
Thursday 8th of May 2014 08:12:08 PM
Chapel Street (now demolished)

John Ellis
Thursday 8th of May 2014 07:48:16 PM
This area eventually occupied by Woolworths, with a back exit enabling easy access to the Market

oldhall
Tuesday 5th of November 2013 02:11:00 PM
Pub - The Malt Shovels?

oldhall
Tuesday 5th of November 2013 02:08:00 PM
Pub - The Malt Shovels?

oldhall
Tuesday 5th of November 2013 02:08:00 PM
It's the Bricklayer's Arms - still there, and one of the few buildings on this bit of George Street which is little changed. If I remember rightly, the Malt Shovels was further north, nearer to the Hippodrome and the level crossing, just beyond the Altrincham public library and the old police lock-ups.

John Ellis
Tuesday 21st of October 2014 10:51:14 AM
This was certainly Altrincham Library in the 1940s and 1950s -presumably also in 1928?

oldhall
Tuesday 5th of November 2013 02:04:34 PM
this was the running shed for the steam locomotives used on the M&SJA trains to London Road from Altrincham.

oldhall
Tuesday 5th of November 2013 02:02:32 PM
Tram terminus - complete with tram

oldhall
Tuesday 5th of November 2013 01:58:23 PM
Port-cochere - preserved somewhere, possibly.

oldhall
Tuesday 5th of November 2013 01:53:55 PM
Cinema - always known as the Picture House, though the correct name was Altrincham Picture Theatre.

oldhall
Tuesday 5th of November 2013 01:49:18 PM
Railway line to gasworks

Traction
Friday 5th of April 2013 11:26:02 AM
Site of current Tescos supermarket

PeteTaylor
Thursday 29th of November 2012 11:27:17 AM
The Barrington Public House

Mike
Thursday 30th of August 2012 07:58:46 PM
Altrincham Cinema

Mike
Thursday 30th of August 2012 07:54:49 PM
Was this the "Hippodrome"? I used to pass it at least once or twice a week fifty years ago, but the memory's fading! The other one was, I think, the "Picture Theatre", but I've no recollection where it was.

John Ellis
Wednesday 12th of September 2012 11:26:41 PM
This was the Hippodrome, certainly.

oldhall
Tuesday 5th of November 2013 01:51:23 PM
Unicorn Public House

Mike
Thursday 30th of August 2012 07:51:10 PM
Barrington Road (B5164)

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 05:40:20 PM
Dunham Road (A56)

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 05:39:31 PM
Church Street (A56)

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 05:38:45 PM
Woodlands Road (formerly Bank Street)

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 05:36:02 PM

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 05:34:58 PM
Oakfield Street

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 05:32:48 PM
Buses waiting in Kingsway (formerly Station Street), adjacent to the future bus station.

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 05:31:14 PM
Stamford Street

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 05:29:19 PM
Stamford Estate Office

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 05:28:01 PM

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 05:27:12 PM
Norman's Place

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 05:26:29 PM

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 05:25:29 PM
Old Market Place

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 05:24:41 PM

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 05:23:57 PM

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 05:23:17 PM
Altrincham Hospital

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 05:21:50 PM

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 05:21:21 PM
Greenwood Street

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 05:20:28 PM

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 05:17:37 PM
Grosvenor Road

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 05:16:16 PM
Clarendon Avenue

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 05:15:26 PM
Grafton Street

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 05:13:18 PM
Site of the first Altrincham (Bowdon) railway station; subsequently sidings for the first electric trains

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 05:12:34 PM
Railway Street

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 04:59:17 PM

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 04:58:25 PM
Railway Street

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 04:57:47 PM

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 04:57:18 PM

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 04:56:54 PM
Stamford New Road

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 04:56:26 PM
Altrincham & Bowdon railway station

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 12:04:52 AM
Denmark Street

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 12:03:58 AM

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 12:03:24 AM

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 12:02:58 AM
Timperley Hall Farm (adjacent to site of mediaeval hall and moat)

John Ellis
Wednesday 1st of August 2012 12:02:20 AM
Timperley Brook (border between Altrincham & Timperley townships)

John Ellis
Tuesday 31st of July 2012 11:59:26 PM
Stockport Road, Timperley (A560)

John Ellis
Tuesday 31st of July 2012 11:57:17 PM

User Comment Contributions

The railway sheds nearest the camera were originally Bowdon station but the terminus soon became Altrincham (by the taller building just above centre in the frame. Bowdon station was then the maintenance and storage area for the Oxford Road to Altrincham line. This was one of the first electric commuter railways in the country with an overhead catenary system at 1,600 Volt DC (direct current) which remained in service until around 1969. See Altrincham Electric Preservation Society for more information.

GilesW
Monday 30th of July 2012 10:44:11 PM