Oh Look ! Theres that Policeman again at Crown Point .. and a few more people in the early 1920s ! This is the view looking along Hyde Road with Ashton Road to the left and Stockport Road to the right. The newsagents corner shop on the left is part of Crown Point Buildings that were built in 1817 and the stone tablet between the shop window and the window above is inscribed CROWN-POINT BUILDINGS 1817. The left-hand section of the building subsequently became the Exchange Inn, which received a licence as a beer retailer in 1840. The inn closed on the 4 June 1919 following which it was converted into a branch of Williams Deacons Bank. Later, Crown Point Buildings, including the corner shop, were demolished and a new bank was built on the site. The bank became Williams & Glyns Bank and then the Royal Bank of Scotland. The Old Red Lion is on the right and the entrance to Wild Street, where the second toll house was built on the corner, is behind the Old Red Lion. When this picture was taken there was a tramway connection between Manchester and Hyde and between Manchester and Ashton ( They get rid of the tram tracks then low & behold - rebuild them gradually !! ( In Ashton etc anyway :)
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 16:48:24 +0000
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