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ALTRINCHAM, WA15 5NL

Most of the residents of Copper Moss will not know that their property lies on the site of the 1837 Altrincham Gas Works, which remained in use well after WWII. Coal wagons, from a storage depot at Altrincham Station, used to run along adjacent Moss Lane, on a branch line, to supply the plant with fuel. When the Works was finally demolished, heavy trucks spent months removing contaminated top soil before new construction could begin.

These were the first, post-war 'Prefabs' to be built in Altrincham, to relieve the acute housing shortage created by German bombing - aimed at the nearby armaments factories in Broadheath. When first erected, in the 1940s, they consisted of naked concrete panels slotted together on site. More recently, they received brick cladding, which improved both the aesthetics and the insulation. They were on the corner of the street leading to the then Altrincham Gas Works, and rail tracks - set into the roadway of Moss Lane - periodically carried coal wagons from Altrincham to the Works, past their front doors.

Altrincham: the footpath circumnavigates the lake.

George V Pool, Altrincham

For many years, these were the premises of Henry Bannerman & Sons, 1805, who were one of the leading cotton spinners and textile manufacturers in the North West. Their factory here produced 'Banner' shirts and their textile warehouse was at York Street, Manchester.

Urban Road, Altrincham

A general view of the Station with the B.R. section to the right.

A set of L.R.V.'s setting off back to Manchester. The B.R. tracks are on the right-hand side of the Platform on which I was standing.

Another variety of B.R. self-propelled stock.

An L.R.V.set, based in Manchester, at a Station shared with B.R. I would suspect that the L.R.V's. run on ex-B.R. right-of-way??