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Ashton Road, MANCHESTER, M34 3LF

The former Indian restaurant and takeaway on Ashton Road, previously known as "Aashiana" is now preparing to reopen as "Love Mumbai".

#37 on the left is now Di's Diner. In 2009 (Streetview historic imagery) the premises were "Labour Direct" Employment Services. By 2011 it had become "her holeyness" advertising a range of services for tattooing and body piercing to hypnotherapy and body massage. By 2014 it had become "Stay True" tattoo parlour and "Aphrodites" body piercing and tattoo removal. #39 is "Creations", hair and beauty. #41 was Shelley's sandwich bar in 2009 but by 2016 had become Di's Diner. The diner closed in 2018 and was replaced by ANR Aesthetics. Di's Diner has now reopened at #39.

One of the community hats on the Hats Off To Denton Sculpture Trail in the window of Greencross Pharmacy on Ashton Road. This hat represents the vibrancy and joy of people coming together to achieve something wonderful for their community and is inspired by the Denton Carnival Committee who organise Denton Carnival which, with a parade, bowling competition and games, brings together people of all ages in the community each September. The design is by Venessa Scott, a prolific public artist whose vibrant and joyful pattern based murals can be seen across the UK. Venessa also designed and painted one of the UK's tallest murals. When she is not adding colour to the walls of cities you can also find Venessa presenting art content for children on CBBC.

One of the community hats on the Hats Off To Denton Sculpture Trail inside Greencross Pharmacy on Ashton Road. This hat represents the vibrancy and joy of people coming together to achieve something wonderful for their community and is inspired by the Denton Carnival Committee who organise Denton Carnival which, with a parade, bowling competition and games, brings together people of all ages in the community each September. The design is by Venessa Scott, a prolific public artist whose vibrant and joyful pattern based murals can be seen across the UK. Venessa also designed and painted one of the UK's tallest murals. When she is not adding colour to the walls of cities you can also find Venessa presenting art content for children on CBBC.

The current group of shops on Ashton Road at Crown Point are: #1 Alteration Studio, a dry cleaners and haberdashers. In 2010 this was AM Blinds Image #3 Crown Point Jewellers. #5 Toppings, men's hairdressers. #7-9 Mog & Dog Squad, a cafe that serves dogs as well as humans. The premises had previously been Denton Discount Appliances.

One of the community hats on the Hats Off To Denton Sculpture Trail in the Ashton Road window of Vaughan and Lester, garden and homeware store. Magic is the inspiration for this design, including both tarot and playing cards as well as books and manuscripts from a magician's library. The design is by Erin O'Leary Jackson a Year 11 student at Denton Community College, studying Art & Design as one of her GCSEs.

On the right is Mike's Barber's. The shop on the left was "The Cake Studio" in 2009, That closed sometime between 2011 and 2016 when it was occupied by a clothes shop called "Macie's Kidz". That was replaced in 2018 by "Bobby's Boutique". Now it has become "Hally Moo's" dessert bar.

One of the community hats on the Hats Off To Denton Sculpture Trail in Forget Me Nots florist on Ashton Road. Armed Forces Day, the annual celebration in Victoria Park is the inspiration behind this hat. Incorporating elements from designs created with Tameside Air Cadets as well as words from a poem written by local veteran George Watkins that he performed on multiple occasions at the event on the top of the hat. It was designed by Toubie Jack who with a mural painting and graphic design background, has an eye for detail. She loves working with the community; particularly with young people so was thrilled to be involved in Hats Off to Denton. The Air Cadets are a UK- wide cadet force with more than 40,000 members aged between 12 and 20. The Tameside branch meets in Ashton but has many members from Denton. Sponsored by the Royal Air Force, Air cadets gives members hands-on experiences from parades to flying light aircraft and encourages a spirit of adventure.

At the centre of Denton is Crown Point where the A57 from Hyde to Manchester crosses the A6017 from Ashton under Lyne to Stockport. The building on the corner of Manchester Road and Ashton Road is dated 1916. A year ago it was occupied by AM Blinds Image but now it is home to Cartridge World.

On Ashton Road.