Ancoats building, Manchester 11/13
I thought that this was a closed down pub but there is no record of it being so! From my own observations, it looks like it was some kind of print shop for signs and big sticky labels! So - apologies for finding no info, I did my best!
I've had my eye on this place for a while, I did plan a trip with others but they wussed out because of the rain and workload. Ha ha! So I decided to go in alone with many fears of how strong the floor was. It turned out to be concrete so all was well - until I entered! It was like a scene from the birds, disgruntled pigeons swooped in a narrow stairway and I had to duck for cover. wearing a mask was also a good move because it was pretty rank in there. Getting out with no fresh pigeon poop on myself was nothing short of a miracle. So - on with the pictures! Main exterior 1: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...psc1b62547.jpg Exterior 2: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ps10d0fc06.jpg Not sure what this was all about. First floor: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...psc63ee2ac.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ps4adf7c90.jpg View of Pollard St: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...psafcdf654.jpg Lift! This is what swayed me from thinking it was an old pub: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ps5995a280.jpg Ladder to nowhere: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...psdbd35716.jpg Top floor: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ps79fff4ea.jpg Cellar: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ps7b21ee5b.jpg White no sugar - or pigeon crap please!: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ps08764cf3.jpg Ground level highlights: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ps3b9d9552.jpg Some kind of dispensing machine: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ps27cfa06d.jpg Flakey Stairs!: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...psc46b69ab.jpg It'll be for you! Sod that, You answer it! Eww.: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...psde1fb0c0.jpg Ornate Cast supports: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...psdfe7679b.jpg Ground level: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ps19a33905.jpg workshop with corner seating! Canteen? : http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...psa3a45f5c.jpg Vain? no, just gorgeous! Ha ha! I was glad of that mask.: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...psdc084b4f.jpg A quick videoclip: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ps6ca5c512.jpg |
Pretty cool, nice find!
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grim but cool
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Nice. New :-)
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Probably was a bank, nice.
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I am able to give a little info on this building.
According to the Greater Manchester Sites & Monument Records it was built by 1905 and is recorded as 31-33 Pollard Street. It is believed to have been Heatherington's Dining Rooms and was listed in a directory of 1921. John |
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