Contributions of the group Manchester

Rope changing

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 13 May 2026 05:50:49 +0000

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The former shaft rope changing engine ex Agecroft No 4 pit now resides at the Lancashire Mining Museum at Astley Green. It was always run on compressed air at Agecroft.

Mersey view

nobody@ipernity.com (Tractacus) — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 10:40:50 +0000

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The River Mersey, near to Sale Water Park. Mon15Jun15.

Skelly Bridge

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:24:20 +0000

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Bulleid pacific 34067 'Tangmere' heads the Great Britain XVIII tour up the Midland Railway Disley cutoff line on its way to Carlisle. The train is approaching the Hatherlow Lane footbridge in Hazel Grove. It was over sixty years ago that I used to spot trains from this bridge and it was a real bit of nostalgia to see steam again at this spot, even if it wasn't the ex LMS and LNER locomotives that we used to see. As kids we knew this location as 'Skelly Bridge'. There weren't any trees and it was double track back in the day.

Stamford House

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:12:18 +0000

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This Commercial building in Altrincham, with offices over shops, was built in 1904-5, by Charles Heathcote & Sons, for J.H.Brown Esq. a developer who lived in Ashley. It incorporates a lot of buff terracotta ornamentation. Formerly known as Station Buildings this Grade II listed building was refurbished in 2014 to provide commercial accommodation and contemporary apartments.

Langley Buildings

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 06:22:33 +0000

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This was built as a home trade and mail-order warehouse and newspaper printing office, 1908, for J.D.Williams & Co. Occupied in 1913 by J.D.Williams & Co and by Daily News Printing Office.

There is so much detail to see in this view of the lower rear facade. The brown faience around the paired doors and the Diocletian window above The keystones of the elliptical headed windows forming brackets to the three-light oriels. Then there is the stained glass, including Welsh dragons in the stairwindows.

The face on the other end at Dale Street features reddish brown and brown faience throughout.

It is listed Grade II.

Houldsworth Arms

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 07:20:30 +0000

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The Houldsworth Arms in Reddish is a very large urban public house which was extensively remodelled between the wars. The facia is in cream terracotta with a semi-circular portico supported by (loosely) Doric columns.

Boathouse

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:58:10 +0000

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This is one of the last remaining corrugated iron boathouses on the Macclesfield Canal. These structures were common from the small skiff type of the early 20th century to the ones that held cabin cruisers in later years. The last ones are to be seen on the High Lane Arm which is leased to the North Cheshire Cruising Club. They are disappearing because they are too small to accommodate the modern steel narrowboats that are in the majority today.

Buxton Spa

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:18:08 +0000

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The going away shot at Middlewood of Black 5, 45407 heading the Buxton Spa Express towards Buxton.

River crossings

nobody@ipernity.com (Tractacus) — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 10:40:09 +0000

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The River Mersey near to Sale Water Park, showing the footbridge leading to the Jacksons Boat Inn, just behind the trees to the right and, beyond that, the bridge carrying the Manchester Metrolink tramline to Manchester Airport.
Mon15Jun15.

Domed

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:14:47 +0000

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I do like quirky details on buildings and this domed corner piece topped with a finial is a good example. The building itself, at the junction of High Street and Market Street, Altrincham, seems to have fallen on hard times.

Super Cinema

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 06:54:04 +0000

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The Longford Super Cinema at Stretford opened on 12th October 1936. The art deco design was by architect Harry Elder. The 2,000 seat cinema closed in 1965 and was subsequently used as a bingo hall and club.It has been disused since 1995 and awaits a new use. It is listed Grade II.

A Black 5 at Middlewood

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 16:25:09 +0000

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Black 5, 45407 heads the Buxton Spa Express towards Buxton. It was even running a couple of minutes early.

Half a mill

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 06:56:07 +0000

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Built in 1903-7 by the Broadstone Spinning Co Ltd for 260,000 mule spindles. The use of glazed brick ornamentation is typical of the period. When completed the double Broadstone Mill was the largest cotton spinning mill in the world. Half of the mill has been demolished since spinning ended in 1959 and the remaining section is listed Grade II and in multiple industrial and commercial occupation. Reddish, Stockport.

Evonik

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 07:41:43 +0000

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Storage tank at the Clayton facility of German owned speciality chemicals manufacturer Evonik. The company says that Evonik products make tires fuel-efficient, mattresses more elastic, medications more effective, and animal feeds healthier. Its website lists a large range of products including petrochemical antifoulant, gasoline octane enhancer and corrosion inhibitors.

Depot

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:36:04 +0000

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The first electric tramway route by the Ashton-Under-Lyne Corporation began in 1902 between Ashton-under-Lyne and Hurst. A maintenance depot for the electric trams was created in 1902, on Mossley Road in Ashton-Under-Lyne for the repair and maintenance on the electric trams. This building was later repurposed for electric trolleybuses and then repurposed into business offices for present day use. The Corporation coat of arms is incorporated in a panel over the original office section of the depot.

Buddleia

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:35:01 +0000

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Terracotta on the Town Hall Hotel in Eccles which was opened in 1904 by Holt's Brewery. This was built on the site of the local cock-fighting pits. The buddleia is not a good thing and is no doubt causing serious damage to the structure. The pub is long closed and planning permission was granted for conversion into flats. I doesn't appear that this has actually happened and the building remains derelict.

Over the top

nobody@ipernity.com (Tractacus) — Fri, 15 May 2015 10:42:33 +0000

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Manchester Metrolink tram 3083 at the top of the bridge over the River Mersey, having just departed Sale Water Park with a Manchester Airport to Cornbrook service. Wed13May15.

Con Club

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 07:10:28 +0000

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The polychromatic brickwork is prominent on the Con Club restaurant and bar on Greenwood Street in Altrincham. This was formerly Altrincham Working Men’s Conservative Club on Greenwood Street from 1887 - 2016, The keystone over the entrance is inscribed ACWC OPENED FEB 17TH 1887.

Hulme's Pit

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 06:38:55 +0000

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Hulme's Pit alongside the river Tame in Denton. It is reputed to have opened in c.1730 but it is known that it was operated by the Fletcher family (Denton Colliery Company) who eventually used it as a pumping station to drain water from their mine workings. A beam engine was installed here before 1834, prior to the pit being taken over by Denton Colliery It was used for both winding (men and coal) and pumping. It raised water from a depth of 420 feet at a boiler pressure of five pounds per square inch. Steam was supplied by two Cornish boilers. In the early 1920s it was recorded that it removed eight gallons of water per stroke at six strokes per minute. It worked 4½ hours a day, 7 days a week and it consumed three tons of coal per week. This means that it raised 4,730,400 gallons of water from the workings of Denton Colliery every year for a coal consumption of 156 tons. The pit closed in 1929/30, at the same time as Denton Colliery, and the beam engine was scrapped in the early 1930s. All the buildings associated with the pit were subsequently demolished but the surviving stone foundations of the pit were excavated in the 1970s.

Piccadilly

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 07:12:43 +0000

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Northern and TransPennine Express services awaiting departure at Manchester Piccadilly.