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St Nicholas' Church - New Rectory- Homestead Farm at Rear 1
Photograph taken of the new rectory at St. Nicholas', showing the farmhouse at Homestead Farm immediately to the right of the rectory, Kingsway Garage to the right of the farmhouse, and the farm buildings at the edge of the picture [extreme right,…
St Nicholas' Church - New Rectory- Homestead Farm at Rear 2
Photograph taken of the new rectory at St. Nicholas', showing the wooden garages at the left, the farmhouse at Homestead Farm on the right, and a telephone connection at the bottom-centre of the picture, beneath the rectory.
St. Nicholas' Church - New Rectory- Railway Bridge to Left
An image of the new rectory at St. Nicholas' Church. From the state of construction it would appear that this photograph was taken on 29 Feb 1932. Note the railway bridge over Fog Lane at the right-hand side and Burnage Railway station.
St. Nicholas' Church - New Rectory and Rector's Car
1st Image: An image of the new rectory with the Rector's new car by the front door. 2nd Image: Dahlias with rectory beyond (looking east). 3rd Image: Rectory drive and front garden(fence at centre-right is boundary line). 4th Image: Shows the rectory…
St. Nicholas' Church - New Rectory- Farm Buildings at Rear
A photograph of the new rectory at St. Nicholas with Mrs Barrett on gate duty (wife of the first rector). Note the wooden garages with the pointed roofs and Kingsway Garage behind on the left, along with the farm buildings of Homestead Farm on the…
St Nicholas' Church - New Rectory and New Church
An image showing the new rectory at St. Nicholas along with the new church itself. Photograph looking east.
St. Nicholas' Church- Temporary Church Hall
An image of the temporary church's church hall (later the parish hall), built in 1928. Photograph taken looking south. Altar, prayer desk and choir from St. John's Church, Deansgate, Manchester, which closed for worship in 1928. Picture row in…
St. Nicholas' Church- Top of the Tower
Photograph taken from the top of the church's tower- note the slits in the brickwork for the bell chamber. man on the left of the photograph presumably Clerk of Works, wearing 'Pot Hot' sign of position of Clerk of Works in the 1930's!!
St Nicholas' Church- Servers, Choirboys and New Rectory
Servers and choirboys with new rectory at rear. Front row extreme right - Dennis Gray (missing in RAF during World War 2, 1941). See War Memorial in North Transept, [Bevan Taylor's] 'Patrol Leader' in 1938-1939.
St Nicholas' Church- Scaffolding at East Tower
Photograph showing wooden scaffolding to East End and Tower. Solid plank hoarding to front of site, cabin (site office) to left. Sign board reads 'George MacFarlane and Son Builders, Newton Street, Manchester'. Site for the Church of St. Nicholas in…
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Bevan Taylor - The Bombing of Burnage High School and Leaving Education.
Bevan Taylor tells us about the wartime bombing of Burnage High School and how this prompted him to leave.