Rusholme in the 60s

[maggi]

I too, moved to Moss Side, to the new houses off Gt. Western St
I was engaged then, so was only there for a year, and we bought a house in Gorton


It broke up a great community


Did you look at the Rusholme forum?  It is fab


there will be loads of people you know


 

[debussy]

Hi maggi
Yes you moved to th e estate where they were named after old City players.
Merry Christmas everyone.
God bless.

[maggi]

Sorry I didn't see your post.........................Happy New Year

[TerryMcD]

Hi Folks, I am new to your group. I lived in Birch Grove from 1965 to 1970.
Went to Victoria Park school on Daisy Bank Rd.
I notice that some one said they delivered papers from Levitts, so did I.
Would be nice to catch up with old friends.
Reading some of the posts has refreshed my memories of days gone past.

[maggi]

Hi Terry
welcome


is that the school that used to be called St Pius?


I lived off WalmerS t

[TerryMcD]

Hi Maggi
No, St Pius was the catholic school by park range.  Looking on google it looks like it has gone.
Does anyone remember Elsie's chip shop on Dickenson road.
I used to work in the butchers shop opposite the BBC studios on Saturdays.
There was a sweet shop run by Ron Wansker. My Mum bought it and ran it for many years.

[maggi]

No sorry Terry     don't remember any of those, I don't think?


I lived the other end of Wilmslow Rd.
I may be older than you?  But we may know the same friends?


Happy days our childhood?

[Manx]

(photo's per Manchester Archives for reference purposes)

I mentioned earlier that the 'Casino' cinema was burnt down 1960-ish, here is a 1962 shot of the Casino in a disused state.

http://images.manchester.gov.uk/web/objects/common/webmedia.php?irn=17967&reftable=ecatalogue&refirn=63585

I can't remember Elsies' chippy, was it the shop next to Levett's?

http://images.manchester.gov.uk/web/objects/common/webmedia.php?irn=17963&reftable=ecatalogue&refirn=63595

[TerryMcD]

Hi Manx

Yes, Elsie's chip shop was to  the right of Levetts.

Great chips.

[maggi]

Elsie's sounds great, could eat some now!

[debussy]

Hi all
Terry were you ever a member of the Church Lads Brigade at Holy Trinity on Platt Lane.Lots of Lads and Girls went through that in those days.
Always like to hear about chip shops.There used to be a different atmosphere when you stepped into each one.Same with corner shops.Each corner shop had it's own atmosphere and smell.
I can only remember that Casino cinema showing Asian films.
Back to chip shops though they seem to be making a come back but I carnt get a bag of chips for a shilling anymore.!

[maggi]

Wish they were a shiling. DEB

[Tom Murray]

When I left school in 1962 my first job was as a lab assistant at Manchester Grammar School, which was in Rusholme. close by was a catering college  called the toast rack because the building was shaped like a toast rack. It was a wonderful local land  mark.

[maggi]

I know the Toast rack well


I worked in the disco just near there in 1970

[Manx]

Next to the toast rack was the 'fried egg' or 'poached egg' building, some locals even called it the mushroom because originally it had a mushroom dome but this was altered in 1996 to a round flat top roof with panorama widows and redesigned/refurbished as a library, the alterations shown in this sequence...

https://thetoastrack.wordpress.com/2013/12/11/a-new-face-on-an-old-friend/

Yet that first original building had some special shaped structure designed for a specific purpose, does anyone know what it was?