Hulme

sjwmoore · November 16th, 2005, 02:46 PM

****

majormystery · November 16th, 2005, 02:52 PM

Ouch

AndrewC · November 16th, 2005, 03:08 PM

What a wonderful environment to live in. On par with corby i reckon.

TheGrand · November 16th, 2005, 03:21 PM

We've come a long way

spacepostman · November 16th, 2005, 03:35 PM

I was 3 years old and living bang in the middle of all that back in 1986, fond memories, not at all as gloomy as it looks in those photos.

future.architect · November 16th, 2005, 03:41 PM

anyone have any pictures of hulme shopping centre & libary? i have some very early and fond memories of my mum taking me to the libary when i was very young

sjwmoore · November 16th, 2005, 03:46 PM

I may have some more pics lying around in boxes, i know for sure i have a panorama from John Nash made up of 7 photos, its a case of finding them. also some good ones of Gretney Walk

Irish Blood English Heart · November 16th, 2005, 03:52 PM

I live in Hulme now, thanks for those its really helped me put it into a modern perpective. The main difference for me though is looking towards GMEX, look at all the run down Victorian buildings and garages. Hulme and Manchester have both definitely changed for the better,

Xtremegamer · November 16th, 2005, 04:10 PM

WTF is all I have to say about those last few pics. It looks like a row of washing machines in a landerette! Not still there are they?

sjwmoore · November 16th, 2005, 04:18 PM

No, that part of Runcorn was demolished and replaced with "normal" houses. And they renamed "Shopping City" to "Halton Leas Shopping Centre".

Metrolink · November 16th, 2005, 04:23 PM

Space - don't suppose you went to Chevasaut Primary school did you?

My mother taught there throughout the 80's.

Irish Blood English Heart · November 16th, 2005, 04:34 PM

Theres a few estates in Milton Keynes with very similar houses to those in Runcorn (amongst all the Brookside style semis).

caw123 · November 16th, 2005, 06:25 PM

Brilliant. It takes photos like these to realise how far we've come. My earliest memories of Hulme are of huge smoking piles of rubble.

I lived in Lingbeck Crescent for a short while when I was a baby in the late eighties, and saw the same block+highrise blown down in about 96. What an awful place, looks totally eastern european.

EarlyBird · November 16th, 2005, 06:28 PM

Aah, the Crescents... memories...

spacepostman · November 16th, 2005, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metrolink

Space - don't suppose you went to Chevasaut Primary school did you?

My mother taught there throughout the 80's.

Afriad not matey, I only lived there until I was about four years old then we moved to leafy Whalley Range and I went to St Margarets.

I've got tons of family photos of life in 80's Cresent Hulme I shall have to scan and post up - including tons of pghotros with Rainbows over the cresents, a sort of 'constast' my Mum was fond of snapping whenerv she saw one

chasedwar · November 17th, 2005, 01:54 PM

oh yeah, they were shocking, towards the end, when derelict hulme looked and was as rough as it gets, practically a no go zone, even for the dibble.

I had a great geography teacher at school, cos i was bottom set, to get the yobs interested he opted for us to work on and sit the welsh GCSE exam and coursework. why? cos the bulk of it was about manchester, Hulme especially, do levels of multiple deprivation refleck the amount of imigrants in particular city wards.

Did anyone get to see the show at the Urbis last year about these cresents? there was a sculpture, which represented the blocks, and it had photos of the people (mainly students and dossiers, junkies and tramps) that lived in them.
Appartently they had searious cockroach problems, due to the under floor heating system.

Near the centre of Shefield there is a block of flats that resembles the cresents of Hulme, I believe its now a listed building.

I reckon they should have kept at least one Hulme cresent and restored it, to be kept as a reminder and example of what architecture was like at its most brutalist form.

EarlyBird · November 17th, 2005, 01:59 PM

It really could be in an Eastern Bloc country. It's amazing the improvements they've made to this area.

Mac · November 17th, 2005, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EarlyBird

It really could be in an Eastern Bloc country. It's amazing the improvements they've made to this area.

Lol...you could have advertised East Germany as a paradise holiday location to the residents and done a roaring trade.....

chasedwar · November 17th, 2005, 02:13 PM

as you can see from the pic 'From bedroom window, 54 Harvington walk'

alot of the graffiti was done by art students from the universities, maybe it was a subconscious attemp to brighted and make this decaying monster more acceptable and less nightmare'ish to look at, cos lets face it, it was a horrific place.

Richmond_Michael · November 17th, 2005, 03:25 PM

omg how disturbing!!! - people actually lived there? eww!

November 16th, 2005, 02:46 PM	#1
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November 16th, 2005, 03:08 PM	#3
AndrewC Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Sheffield Posts: 11,786 Likes (Received): 1	What a wonderful environment to live in. On par with corby i reckon. __________________ Any progress on this?

November 16th, 2005, 03:41 PM	#6
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November 16th, 2005, 04:18 PM	#10
sjwmoore sjwmoore Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Warrington Posts: 1,379 Likes (Received): 0	No, that part of Runcorn was demolished and replaced with "normal" houses. And they renamed "Shopping City" to "Halton Leas Shopping Centre". Last edited by sjwmoore; February 4th, 2009 at 07:07 PM.

November 16th, 2005, 06:25 PM	#13
caw123 Hit the north! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Manchester Posts: 4,680 Likes (Received): 0	Brilliant. It takes photos like these to realise how far we've come. My earliest memories of Hulme are of huge smoking piles of rubble. I lived in Lingbeck Crescent for a short while when I was a baby in the late eighties, and saw the same block+highrise blown down in about 96. What an awful place, looks totally eastern european. __________________ Bespoke Upper Torso Coverage Solutions *"Manchester is located in the center of Lancashire plain in northwestern England like a big circle theatre."*

November 16th, 2005, 02:52 PM	#2
majormystery All hail to the ale. Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 928 Likes (Received): 0	Ouch

November 16th, 2005, 03:21 PM	#4
TheGrand Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: The Republic Posts: 1,829 Likes (Received): 5	We've come a long way

November 16th, 2005, 03:35 PM	#5
spacepostman Fairy Godmother Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Manchester Posts: 540 Likes (Received): 0	I was 3 years old and living bang in the middle of all that back in 1986, fond memories, not at all as gloomy as it looks in those photos.

November 16th, 2005, 03:46 PM	#7
sjwmoore sjwmoore Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Warrington Posts: 1,379 Likes (Received): 0	I may have some more pics lying around in boxes, i know for sure i have a panorama from John Nash made up of 7 photos, its a case of finding them. also some good ones of Gretney Walk

November 16th, 2005, 03:52 PM	#8
Irish Blood English Heart Letting off the happiness Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Wherever I lay my hat Posts: 4,361 Likes (Received): 34	I live in Hulme now, thanks for those its really helped me put it into a modern perpective. The main difference for me though is looking towards GMEX, look at all the run down Victorian buildings and garages. Hulme and Manchester have both definitely changed for the better,

November 16th, 2005, 04:10 PM	#9
Xtremegamer Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Leicester, England, UK Posts: 676 Likes (Received): 0	WTF is all I have to say about those last few pics. It looks like a row of washing machines in a landerette! Not still there are they?

November 16th, 2005, 04:23 PM	#11
Metrolink Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,738 Likes (Received): 0	Space - don't suppose you went to Chevasaut Primary school did you? My mother taught there throughout the 80's.

November 16th, 2005, 04:34 PM	#12
Irish Blood English Heart Letting off the happiness Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Wherever I lay my hat Posts: 4,361 Likes (Received): 34	Theres a few estates in Milton Keynes with very similar houses to those in Runcorn (amongst all the Brookside style semis).

November 16th, 2005, 06:28 PM	#14
EarlyBird BАNNED Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Central Prezzagrad Posts: 3,174 Likes (Received): 0	Aah, the Crescents... memories...

November 17th, 2005, 01:54 PM	#16
chasedwar the man who builds cities Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Down in Albion Posts: 471 Likes (Received): 1	oh yeah, they were shocking, towards the end, when derelict hulme looked and was as rough as it gets, practically a no go zone, even for the dibble. I had a great geography teacher at school, cos i was bottom set, to get the yobs interested he opted for us to work on and sit the welsh GCSE exam and coursework. why? cos the bulk of it was about manchester, Hulme especially, do levels of multiple deprivation refleck the amount of imigrants in particular city wards. Did anyone get to see the show at the Urbis last year about these cresents? there was a sculpture, which represented the blocks, and it had photos of the people (mainly students and dossiers, junkies and tramps) that lived in them. Appartently they had searious cockroach problems, due to the under floor heating system. Near the centre of Shefield there is a block of flats that resembles the cresents of Hulme, I believe its now a listed building. I reckon they should have kept at least one Hulme cresent and restored it, to be kept as a reminder and example of what architecture was like at its most brutalist form. __________________ We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors we borrow it from our children.

November 17th, 2005, 01:59 PM	#17
EarlyBird BАNNED Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Central Prezzagrad Posts: 3,174 Likes (Received): 0	It really could be in an Eastern Bloc country. It's amazing the improvements they've made to this area.

November 17th, 2005, 02:13 PM	#19
chasedwar the man who builds cities Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Down in Albion Posts: 471 Likes (Received): 1	as you can see from the pic 'From bedroom window, 54 Harvington walk' alot of the graffiti was done by art students from the universities, maybe it was a subconscious attemp to brighted and make this decaying monster more acceptable and less nightmare'ish to look at, cos lets face it, it was a horrific place. __________________ We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors we borrow it from our children.

November 17th, 2005, 03:25 PM	#20
Richmond_Michael sguigles Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Manchester Posts: 170 Likes (Received): 0	omg how disturbing!!! - people actually lived there? eww!

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