IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Bradstone Road, MANCHESTER, M8 8PS
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Bradstone Road, M8 8PS 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.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (55 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Sherborne Street, Cheetham Hill, Manchester
I took this on Sherborne Street, with Cheetham Park on my right. The tower in the distance is part of Strangeways Prison. It is a ventilation tower and rises approximately 234 feet.
Image: © Tricia Neal
Taken: 8 Apr 2014
0.10 miles
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Manchester Ice Palace
Disused ice rink, now put to industrial use.
From an article in the Manchester Evening News:
Opened by Lord Lytton on October 25 1910, clad in white marble, it hosted the National Ice Skating Championships a year later and the World Championships in 1922. A plant across the road provided the ice. At the end of each day, the churned ice from the rink was pumped through an underground pipe to iceworks. Fresh iced water was then pumped back to refresh the rink’s surface overnight.
The Ice Palace was the only ice hockey rink in Britain during the early 1920s. A game between The Army and The Rest was played at the Ice Palace in November 1923 to select the British team for the 1924 Winter Olympics.
It was closed in 1915 and used to manufacture observation balloons for the war effort. It reopened on November 21, 1919. It was requisitioned by the Ministry of Aircraft Production in 1941 and later reopened as an ice rink on March 21, 1947. For the next two decades until it closed in 1967, it was one of the most popular places to socialise in Cheetham, with 2000 seats for spectators.
As tastes changed in entertainment it tried to adapt by screening films and hosting social nights. In the late 1960s it functioned as a Mecca bingo hall and was then used as a milk bottling plant and remains in use today for clothing outlets. Recognised by English Heritage as a building of historical significance and in danger of being lost, it is considered to be one of Manchester’s forgotten palaces, along with Victoria Baths and the Grosvenor Picture Palace.
Image: © Peter McDermott
Taken: 21 Oct 2018
0.10 miles
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Building on Derby Street, Manchester
Image: © Alexander P Kapp
Taken: 12 Jan 2012
0.11 miles
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Detail of 50 Derby Street, Manchester
Decorative terracotta centrepiece of the old ice palace.
Wider view: Image
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 24 May 2016
0.11 miles
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50 Derby Street, Manchester
Amid largely utilitarian warehouses stands something a bit flashier, the former Manchester Ice Palace by E.W. Leeson, 1910-11. Red brick and terracotta (Image]). See also Image
It closed in 1967 and is currently occupied by Citrine Footwear.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 24 May 2016
0.11 miles
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46-48 Derby Street, Manchester
Warehouse built for Marks & Spencer in 1900-01. The smaller no. 48 is likely to be of a similar date.
Many of the warehouses in the area are now occupied by fashion/clothing wholesalers.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 24 May 2016
0.12 miles
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Detail of 54-58 Derby Street, Manchester
The centrepiece has a mixture of decoration in Art Deco and Baroque styles.
Wider view: Image
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 24 May 2016
0.13 miles