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St Anne's RC Church on the corner of Every Street and Carruthers Street (formerly Junction St) was founded in 1847. The current church was built in 1978. Carruthers Street Image is closed to road traffic at Merril Street due to work on extending the Manchester Metrolink tramway system.

St Anne's RC Church.

Approaching the Commonwealth Games Stadium on the A662. Taken from the top of a double-deck bus.

All Souls' Church sits on the corner of Every Street and Harding Street in Ancoats. The church was designed by the architect William Hayley and completed in 1840. Pevsner describes it as "ideosyncratic Romanesque" in style. The church became redundant and closed in 1981. In the years that followed it had a number of uses including as a carpenter's workshop. More photos and plans at http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/tours/tour12/area12page66.html It appears that in recent times All Souls has been repaired and restored awaiting reopening as the Manchester Miracle Centre.

This church on the corner of Every Street and Harding Street, used to be an Anglican church. After many years of secular use, it has now become a church again, albeit one that in its beliefs is a long way apart from the mainstream Christian churches. Now called the Manchester Miracle Centre, it describes itself as a "pentecostal, bible-believing, faith-filled, gospel-preaching church". It is a branch of a North London church, whose leading preacher claims on its web site that "He has seen people raised from the dead, countless number of people delivered from evil spirits and many declared incurable by medical doctors have been healed". The building itself was designed by William Hayley in 1839-1840, in an unusual Romanesque style. It ceased to be an Anglican church in 1984.

Unfortunately shut with no other use in prospect. I would guess it is listed.

The bus shelter was out of use when photographed, due to the street being closed for construction of a Manchester Metrolink tramway, which will run along this street. Image Image

The major roadworks referred to in the notice relate to diversion of utility services, and the construction of a Manchester Metrolink tramway along Merrill Street. The spelling of Merrill Street on the notice is not the usual one. Despite the new tramway running along Merrill Street, there will be no tram stop in this street. This is one of the drawbacks of new tramways in the UK. One of the ways they cut travelling time, is by spreading out the stops more thinly than bus services. This is fine if you are young and/or agile, but not such fun if you're not. Image