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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 to East End and Kingsway
Photograph looking along Kingsway [north] from junction with Poplar Road, showing the scaffolding to the East End of the Church. Note concrete boys, carriageway construction, tramway centre reservation and 'Kingsway Garage' (automobile engineers')…
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…
St Nicholas' Church- Poplar Road Houses to Rear
Photograph looking south-west showing brickwork to south end and Poplar Road houses at rear.
Photographs taken from Original Rectory- 137 Fog Lane
Two photographs taken from the Original Rectory- 137 Fog Lane:
The first is looking east over the junction of Fog Lane and Parrswood Road (note the lack of traffic lights). Shows shop blinds out on left-hand side shops on Fog Lane. The temporary…
The first is looking east over the junction of Fog Lane and Parrswood Road (note the lack of traffic lights). Shows shop blinds out on left-hand side shops on Fog Lane. The temporary…
St Nicholas' Church- Looking West from Roof
An image of the Rector (Rev H.A. Barnett) on roof boarding (looking west). Note the temporary church and the railway embankment at the rear.
St Nicholas' Church- Looking NE to Bull Inn
A photograph looking north-east over the construction of the new church, showing the 'Bull Inn' at [rear] centre, cottages at left-rear and an electricity substation right-rear. Columns to the south aisle are shown on the right.
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Tenancy Agreement for 8 Ivylea Road.PDF
A copy of the tenancy agreement given to Joseph Gawkrodger on 14th Jan 1928. Note how a plot number has been allocated rather than a house number. Joseph Gawkrodger, along with his wife and two-year old daughter, moved into Burnage from West-Point,…