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Ellesmere Street, MANCHESTER, M15 4FQ

Now converted into flats.

The Dot Cycle and Motor Manufacturing Company was established in 1903 by in Salford by Harry Reed, a maker of pedal cycles. By 1906 they had built their first motorcycle and re-located to larger premises in nearby Manchester. The company ceased manufacturing motorcycles in 1932 and survived through contract engineering work until motorcycle production resumed again in 1949. Dot bikes had some success in racing and the company was particularly well-known for its range of lightweight scrambles and trials bikes but by the late 1960s, small companies like DOT found it increasingly difficult to compete against the large Japanese mass producers, spelling the end of large scale production at the Dot factory. The Dot factory building survives on Ellesmere Street, opposite Image], in Hulme. The company produces and sells a range of spares for postwar machines. The Dot Motorcycle Club actively caters for owners and enthusiasts, publishes a magazine, and attends most major classic motorcycle events. More information at http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/outside/dotfactory.html (Manchester History net) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot_Cycle_and_Motor_Manufacturing_Company - Wikipedia article about DOT motorcycles http://www.dot-motorcycle-club.co.uk/ DOT Motorcycle Club

St George's Church, viewed from Ellesmere Street. The Church of St George on Chester Road, near to the Mancunian Way junction, was a Commissioners' church, built between 1826 and 1828 and restored in 1884. St George's closed as a place for religious worship in 1984. Designated a Grade II* listed building, this grand building was eventually converted for use as residential apartments in 2000-2. More information at http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/outside/stgeorge.html (Manchester History net)

Former textile mill consisting of two plain four-storey ranges. Mostly, if not entirely, empty at the time, it is, like everything else, scheduled for conversion to flats (2023).

Development alongside Chester Road.

I was told that the building was no longer used for religious worship. It has been converted into flats.

The Church of St George on Chester Road, near to the Mancunian Way junction, was a Commissioners' church, built between 1826 and 1828 and restored in 1884. St George's closed as a place for religious worship in 1984. Designated a Grade II* listed building, this grand building was eventually converted for use as residential apartments in 2000-2. More information at http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/outside/stgeorge.html (Manchester History net)

St Georg'e Church, alongside the main A56, Chester Road, as it approaches Manchester city centre. Other landmarks in the photograph are Image] and the Hilton Hotel (Beetham Tower).

This strange "pod" structure, resembling a tube on stilts sits alongside the A57, Mancunian Way, at Castlefield. It is the sales offices for the developers Urban Splash.