Stockport Road, Levenshulme Photos

[Costas]

I grew up and lived in Levenshulme for over 20 years before emigratring to Cyprus in 1992. I lived at the Crescent Fish Bar which was opposite The Crescent (Duh?) and next to Favorite TVs. The shop was between Portville Road and Ballerat Street. I would love to exchange period pictures and recent pics from this area. Also, I attended Crowcroft Park and Burnage High School and would greatly appreciate any pictures of these schools for my personal collection.

[Rocles]

Hi, you will find info and photos about Crowcroft and other schools at Manchester History, David Boardman's excellent site.

Also, try a search at the excellent Mancester Council Image Archive, loads of Levenshulme images there, including several of The Crescent

I was a pupil at Crowcroft too, left in 1969.

[Rocles]

I found some photos I took of Crowcroft Park in 1999...here's one of the school, with a rather dramatic sky (click for larger image)

I have also uploaded the full collection of both park and school from 1999 to My FotoPic site

[tmj9815]

Originally Posted by Costas

I grew up and lived in Levenshulme for over 20 years before emigratring to Cyprus in 1992. I lived at the Crescent Fish Bar which was opposite The Crescent (Duh?) and next to Favorite TVs. The shop was between Portville Road and Ballerat Street. I would love to exchange period pictures and recent pics from this area. Also, I attended Crowcroft Park and Burnage High School and would greatly appreciate any pictures of these schools for my personal collection.

Hi Costas,

I remember your chippie with fond memories! Many a night spent in the queue waiting for a tray of meat & potato pie, chips and curry!

The Crescent chippie building is now derelict. Most of Stockport Road is now a mix of Asian takeaways and Afto-Caribeen /African businesses.

I live in Yorkshire but go back to Leve now and again, so next time I'm there, I'll take some snaps of The Crescent and surrounding area.

[aidanorourke]

That is fantastic, thank you very much tmj9815. Costas actually rang me up from Cyprus and we had a great chat on the phone about Levenshulme. Unfortunately I don't know Levenshulme well enough to remember that actual chippy. I was in the car - parked further up on Stockport Rd Ardwick - and I needed to go, but I said 'Put a post on the Forum and maybe someone might be able to help. You might have to wait a few months, but you never know!'. Well that's a great response time! The Manchester Forum is definitely proving its worth!