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Oakland House, Talbot Road, Stretford
One of a cluster of substantial post-war office blocks in the Old Trafford area, perhaps part of a drive to attract business in the face of ailing industry. There is a local station, and the nearby A56 runs, in one direction, to what was the Stretford by-pass or M62 when it opened in 1960 (now the M60), and, in the other direction, to central Manchester.
This one is extraordinarily long, particularly in relation to its depth.
Its current occupants included several public bodies such as probation services and the local NHS trust.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 25 Jul 2011
0.05 miles
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97 Talbot Road, Manchester
Quite striking with its extreme horizontality and far-oversailing roofs, rather in the tradition of Frank Lloyd Wright. It is symmetrical with a butterfly-shaped plan.
Currently occupied by British Gas.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 24 Jun 2011
0.09 miles
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White City Retail Park
Image: © Ian Greig
Taken: 19 Mar 2012
0.10 miles
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Trafford, retail park
White City Retail Park, off Chester Road.
Image: © Mike Faherty
Taken: 19 Oct 2009
0.12 miles
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Wisden
The Wisden building, now apartments, at 84 Chester Road.
Image: © Peter McDermott
Taken: 22 Apr 2017
0.12 miles
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Chester House
The headquarters of Greater Manchester Police, they are having a new HQ built in East Manchester
Image: © Robert Wade
Taken: 30 Aug 2009
0.12 miles
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Former GMP HQ
The site of Greater Manchester Police’s headquarters; Chester House (from 1979 to 2012). The main building was demolished in 2013 and the remaining building continues as a regional control room.
Image: © Peter McDermott
Taken: 30 Dec 2019
0.12 miles
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White City - Internal Facade of Old Entrance Way
Now part of the White City retail park.
Image: © Anthony Parkes
Taken: 1 Jul 2010
0.12 miles
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Chester House, Boyer Street, Stretford
One of a cluster of substantial post-war office blocks in the Old Trafford area, perhaps part of a drive to attract business in the face of ailing industry. There is a local station, and the nearby A56 runs, in one direction, to what was the Stretford by-pass or M62 when it opened in 1960 (now the M60), and, in the other direction, to central Manchester.
Currently the headquarters of Greater Manchester Police.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 25 Jul 2011
0.13 miles
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Former trackbed of the MSJ&A
Viewed from one of the Metrolink trams that now ply the route between Manchester and Altrincham, the catenary support frame here extends over a disused trackbed from when it was the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway with a 4-track section. The western pair of tracks was removed in the 1960s.
The building in the background is the British Gas offices
Image
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 11 Mar 2017
0.13 miles