IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Chaucer Avenue, MANCHESTER, M43 7UZ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Chaucer Avenue, M43 7UZ by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (218 Images Found)
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Tesco
Site of the former W.M. Christy and Sons Ltd, Fairfield Mills, Manchester Road, Droylsden.
In 1851, the first machine woven towel in the world, the Terry towel, was produced at Droylsden on an adapted loom. The Royal Turkish towels became famous and Christy's were the biggest producers in the world. Queen Victoria had a regular order.
Sadly, the mill closed at the end of the 1980's, and in 1997 Tesco opened this supermarket on the site.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 1 May 2010
0.07 miles
4
Former Co-Op Building, Greenside Lane
The inscription over the upper storey windows reads:
CO-OPERATIVE SUNDRIES MANUFACTURING SOCIETY LTD
Above the doorway is the single word OFFICES
There is also a beehive (Image]), the symbol of the co-operative movement.
The building now houses "Kennedys School & College of Performing Arts"
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 15 Nov 2012
0.09 miles
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Co-operative beehive
Sculpted emblem on the Bee Hive Works office building http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3591885 .
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 7 Aug 2013
0.09 miles
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Co-Op Beehive
The beehive (symbol for the Co-operative movement) on Image]
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 15 Nov 2012
0.09 miles
7
Bee Hive Works office block
The inscription reads 'Cooperative Sundries Manufacturing Society Ltd'. Exactly what 'Sundries' are is not clear, but the earlier works on the site are labelled on OS maps as 'Sauce and Pickle Works'. Note the beehive carving in the central pediment, the symbol of the Co-operative movement. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3591884 and http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3591886 .
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 7 Aug 2013
0.09 miles
8
Greenside Trading Centre
Converted mill on Greenside Lane, Droylsden.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 1 May 2010
0.09 miles
9
High Street, Droylsden
A pretentious name for a very unpretentious street which clearly was never of any particular importance.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 7 Aug 2013
0.10 miles
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Bee Hive Works, Droylsden
Although looking like a typical textile mill, this was in fact built by the Co-operative Wholesale Society for the manufacture of so-called "Grocers' Sundries", the site having previously been shown as a sauce and pickle works. The beehive was the emblem of the Co-operative movement. See also http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3591885 and http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3591886 .
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 7 Aug 2013
0.10 miles