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Moston Lane East, MANCHESTER, M40 3HZ

All four corners of the junction between the two roads were provided with shops as part of the design when Broadway was built in the late 1920s. In the 1960s, "Incredible Edibles" was a greengrocer's shop, while what appears to be an ordinary terraced house behind the post box was really New Moston post office. The latter was moved to Hollinwood Avenue in the 1980s.

The narrowing of the central reservation dates from Broadway's construction in the late 1920s. The section from Oldham Road (Failsworth) to Moston Lane East was designed with a wide island which could be used to accommodate trams clear of the tarmac, though no tracks were ever laid. Similar designs were applied within the City of Manchester for Kingsway (A34) and Princess Parkway (A5103). Beyond Moston Lane East, jurisdiction passed to Oldham who authorised a conventional four-lane highway, but retained the leasehold for a distance either side of the road's edge with a view to widening the road should it be required.

All four corners of the junction between the two roads were provided with shops as part of the design when Broadway was built in the late 1920s. There were traditionally a few niggles between those shops on this (Manchester) side of Moston Lane East and those on the north side which benefited from rather lower business rates from Oldham council. Under various names, a chip shop and newsagent have been in business in the same premises for at least 50 years. The curry take-away is rather more recent.

Otherwise known as "Broadway Baths", the building dates from the 1930s and is proudly adorned with the City of Manchester's crest. Two separate baths were provided, each marked by a peaked roof. Generations of schoolchildren from New Moston and Chadderton learned to swim here - whether they wanted to or not.

Some of the shops south of Broadway Baths have mainly sustained the same trades for the past 50 years. Under its 1960s owners, the grocery store was something of an innovator, providing both the first "mini market" (i.e. a diminutive self-service supermarket) in the local area and "Green Shield" trading stamps, an early form of loyalty scheme. The bookmakers seems to have been there for ever.

The A663, Broadway, just after it crosses Moston Lane East, entering Manchester at New Moston.

The Whitegate Inn public house on the corner of Broadway and Hollinwood Avenue.

Built in 1930s "road house" style, this large pub dominates the junction between Broadway and Hollinwood Avenue. Until the 1970s, a grass bowling green existed to the left of the row of trees in the picture. As is evident, it was removed to provide extra car parking. During the 1990s, the pub's owners had a motel block built with its frontage roughly where the trees are in the photo.