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Booth Street, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, OL6 7LQ

The County Bank on Stamford Street was for many years the Trustee Savings Bank. In 2010 it was "Gigi's Bar" but now it is divided between a tattoo parlour and the "Amazing Good News Gospel Church".

The County Bank on Stamford Street was for many years the Trustee Savings Bank. In 2010 it was "Gigi's Bar" but now it is divided between a tattoo parlour and the "Amazing Good News Gospel Church".

Site of a building on Stamford Street Central (formerly Kenworthy's Jewellers) that collapsed on 27th March 2014. According to the Manchester Evening News report: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/dramatic-video-shows-moment-dangerous-6885760 police were called out to the property at 7.30am following reports of falling bricks and debris. Officers quickly decided to cordon off the two-storey building beside Universal nightclub and close a section of the road between Oldham Road and Booth Street after it appeared the building had bowed and was in imminent danger of collapse. It collapsed shortly after noon. Eye-witnesses described how a man who was standing on the cradle of a cherry picker had just removed a single brick when it came down. The collapse was captured on video by Vanessa Dixon and can be viewed on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dASezMi9NBY The Institution of Structural Engineers issued a statement (link no longer available) "Clearly, from what we have seen of the footage, the building was in a very severe state. We could see cracking and bowing in panels of brickwork between the windows and we could also see a crack above where the shop window would have been. That could indicate that the beam supporting the brickwork had partially broken. The worker on the cherrypicker in the video should certainly not have pried at this delicate structure with a crowbar in the way he did. If a structural engineer had been consulted appropriately the building could potentially have been saved or a safe demolition could have been determined and carried out." A blue plaque mounted on the front of the building marked the fact it was once home to poet Francis Thompson http://www.ashton-under-lyne.com/history/francisthompson.htm who lived there between 1864 and 1885.

Once a thriving street with elegant shops, Stamford Street has declined since the town centre bypass was built in the 1960s.

At the corner of Booth and Stamford Street, dated 1855. The building is Grade II listed by Historic England: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1068002?section=official-list-entry

The left hand part of these buildings was originally Kenworthy's Jewellers but the building collapse in March 2014 Image It carried a blue plaque marking the fact it was once home to poet Francis Thompson http://www.ashton-under-lyne.com/history/francisthompson.htm who lived there between 1864 and 1885. Now it has been rebuilt and carries a plaque saying: S.G.B. 2014 It now shares a facade with the formerly empty properties next door Image which have become the Kinza Make Up Academy https://www.treatwell.co.uk/places/at-makeup-studio/in-ashton-under-lyne-uk/

From the corner with Booth Street looking towards the Parish church.

The building on the left on Stamford Street Central (formerly Kenworthy's Jewellers) collapsed on 27th March 2014. Read the Manchester Evening News report: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/dramatic-video-shows-moment-dangerous-6885760 The collapse was captured on video by Vanessa Dixon and can be viewed on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dASezMi9NBY A blue plaque mounted on the front of the building marked the fact it was once home to poet Francis Thompson http://www.ashton-under-lyne.com/history/francisthompson.htm who lived there between 1864 and 1885. The building has since been shored up and the upper storey rebuilt. It now carries a date stone reading "S.G.B. 2014". The lower storey is still undergoing rebuilding. The empty shop on the right is also being restored and refitted.

Viewed from the private car park Image on the site of former derelict buildings. Image Streetview imagery shows that in 2008 the former nightclub premises on the left were for sale with planning permission for ground floor retail use and eight apartments above. They remain unrestored. To the right was the former Kenworthy jewellers and Beevers Solicitors. In 2014 the ex-jewellers collapsed Image It was rebuilt Image and partially incorporated into the former solicitor's premises which had become Kinza Make-up Academy. By 2017 the rebuilt portion had become Royal Hair.