EAW022001 ENGLAND (1949). The city centre, Manchester, from the south-east, 1949

Daily Express building, Great Ancoats Street.

Tipping Street

Manchester Water Meter Company

Howard Street, Ardwick

Chorlton and Knowles Printing Works, Baring Street

Grade II Listed Building Entry Number 1207590. Territorial Army Drill Hall and Offices of 1st Battalion Lancashire Volunteers, C Company. 1886, by Laurence Booth. Coursed sandstone rubble (roof concealed). Roughly rectangular plan. Medieval style. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1207590#contributions-banner

Kendall's

London Road Goods Station.

Strangeways Prison.

Victoria Station, headquarters of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway.

Exchange Station

Mayfield Station

New York Place

Wootton Street (no longer Exists)

Bridge Street (no longer exists)

Burton Street (no longer exists)

Rusholme Road (no longer exists)

Grosvenor Street

Higher Temple Street (No longer exists)

Cresswell St (Now Hamsell Road)

Barlow Street ( Now Wadeson)

Kay Street (now Kale Street?)

Ardwick Green Park (Still an open area)

The Ardwick Cenotaph WW1. Memorial to the dead of the 8th Manchesters Battalions killed at Gallipoli in WW1. Unveiled on 16 July 1921 by General Sir Ian Hamilton, it was reported that a crowd of up to 10,000 assembled arround the green to witness the ceremony.

College of Technology with extension in progress. The original building opened in 1902, the extension was completed in 1957. Became "Main Building" of UMIST and from 2004, after UMIST became part of the new University of Manchester, the "Sackville Street Building".

Signalbox still with anti-incendiary roof covering.

Market Street

Manchester Cathedral

Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square

London Road

Former Fire Station and police station, former home of the coroners office / court (I believe the mortuary slab may still be there). Post Code M1 3GW Closed as a fire station in 1986, this beautiful building has been derelict for many years as the owner and the Council argue over development - attempts to Compulsorily Purchase the building were foiled. Lovely external statuary. Built 1901-6, by Woodhouse, Willoughby and Langham. Red brick with liberal dressings of yellow terracotta A Grade 2* listed building - English Heritage Building ID: 388288 - which is not being maintained.

The police courts, now The Crown Court at Minshull Street, Manchester (there is also a Manchester Crown Court near Bridge Street)

Piccadilly Gardens

Piccadilly has (in 2013) two through platforms allowing trains from the South to proceed to Manchester Oxford Road and onwards to the North, South and West (Liverpool, Edinburgh, Holyhead, Altrincham etc. It is proposed to increase these to four through platforms.

Manchester Mayfield Station. Acted as a "relief" station for Piccadilly. Opened 1910. Hit by a parachute mine on 22 December 1940 In 1960, the station was closed to passengers. In 1970 converted into a parcels depot. In 1986 it was permanently closed to all services when Parcelforce moved to road transport only. Has been used for various films and tv programs (eg The Last Train, Prime Suspect). Much was demolished in 2013 for safety.

Manchester Piccadilly Railway Station Opened as Store Street in 1842 and renamed Manchester London Road in 1847 and finally in 1960, Piccadilly.

Railway turntable, used to turn engines round.