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Stretford
Buildings in Stretford.
Image: © Peter McDermott
Taken: 11 Oct 2014
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Stretford architecture
Situated on the A5145 Edge Lane between the Bridgewater Canal and the A56 Chester Road, is this building, which looks as though it may have started life as a cinema, possibly around the early 1950s.
Image: © Bobby Clegg
Taken: 12 Aug 2015
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Stretford, canal moorings
Moored boats on the Bridgewater Canal, North of Edge Lane Bridge. http://www.bridgewatercanal.co.uk/
Image: © Mike Faherty
Taken: 31 Aug 2009
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Stretford, Essoldo Cinema
On Chester Road; former cinema, later bingo club, now disused. Note the colour scheme & convex curves. English Heritage-listed, http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/default.aspx?pid=2&id=438795
Image: © Mike Faherty
Taken: 17 May 2009
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Bridgewater Canal: Edge Lane Bridge No 38
A Stagecoach bus, probably a 'hybrid', crosses the bridge
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 29 Mar 2015
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Former Longford & Esseldo Cinema
Across the A56 Chester Road is the Grade II listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1240376?section=official-list-entry former cinema built in 1936 by Henry Elder for the Jackson and Newport cinema circuit. The Chester Road entrance was designed to resemble a cash register, with stepped convex surfaces curving upwards and backwards. This was amongst the first, and is the only survivor of Elder's cinemas, a building in which the striking and explicit frontage motifs were held to represent his belief that the film industry of the day was primarily concerned with money and sex. The design represents a dramatic departure from theatre-influenced cinema planning, and acknowledged the different spatial and technical requirements of wide screen cinematography.
In August 1950, the Cinema was purchased by the Essoldo Circuit, who renamed the building 'The Stretford Essoldo. They continued to run the cinema until it shut down in 1965. In the 1980s it became a Top Rank Bingo Hall but that closed in 1995 and the building has lain empty since then. The Longford Cinema website has been tracking its history: https://longfordcinema.co.uk/
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 3 Mar 2022
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Edge Lane bridges over the Bridgewater Canal
Image: © Ian Greig
Taken: 11 Jul 2014
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Bridgewater Canal
From Edge Lane bridge looking north towards Manchester.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 30 Apr 2022
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Bridgewater Canal, Edge Lane Bridge at Stretford
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 18 Aug 2020
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Bridgewater Canal at Edge Lane Bridge
Image: © Ian S
Taken: 1 Mar 2022
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