EAW002762 ENGLAND (1946). Belle Vue Zoological Gardens, the Greyhound Stadium and Kirkmanshulme Lane, Belle Vue, 1946

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Details

Title [EAW002762] Belle Vue Zoological Gardens, the Greyhound Stadium and Kirkmanshulme Lane, Belle Vue, 1946
Reference EAW002762
Date 11-September-1946
Link
Place name BELLE VUE
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 387655, 396170
Longitude / Latitude -2.1859591000075, 53.461877519272
National Grid Reference SJ877962

Pins

The animal exhibits were in this general area, in a thin line leading from the main entrance to about halfway down the miniature railway.

totoro
Thursday 14th of November 2013 10:19:35 AM
Smaller lake and the setting for grand fireworks displays each year.

totoro
Thursday 14th of November 2013 10:01:01 AM
The Ballroom block, destroyed by fire 17th January 1958 was replaced by the New Elizabethan Complex, with ballroom and disco running alongside each other.

totoro
Thursday 14th of November 2013 09:57:18 AM
Kings Hall - Kings is here plural in honour of George V and Edward VII. The hall was built in 1910 and enlarged in 1928. This hall is iconic- temporary home to the Halle Orchestra following the WW2 bombing of the Free Trade Hall, home of many pop concerts (Jimmy Hendrix, the Who, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple); Bingo and brass band contests- the last use of the hall was 14th Feb 82 when the last band to play was Glossop Schools Brass Band.

totoro
Thursday 14th of November 2013 09:53:09 AM
Kirkmanshulme Lane

totoro
Thursday 14th of November 2013 09:47:16 AM

totoro
Thursday 14th of November 2013 09:41:04 AM
Greyhound Racecourse. This was the first greyhound track in the UK, intended to attract the "rabbit coursers" of old, they didn't like it but the sport progressed anyway. (Shared with speedway when the speedway track was sold and developed much later on)

totoro
Thursday 14th of November 2013 09:37:10 AM
The Great Lake. The small island in the middle has a clock tower which was used to time the half hour boat sessions. It took its water from a branch canal to Stockport. When this was closed and drained in the seventies, the lake lost its water, was drained, filled in, and a ten pin bowling alley erected here.

totoro
Thursday 14th of November 2013 09:32:12 AM
Manchester Central Football Ground with Belle Vue Speedway around the pitch. Manchester Central AFC was soon replaced by Broughton Rangers Rugby League FC (1933). This area was later also used for a number of short lived sports and events (Baseball 1936). Later when this site became a car sales area the speedway used the greyhound stadium.

totoro
Thursday 14th of November 2013 09:17:31 AM
Manchester Corporation Baths and Laundry (Gorton).

trojanjohn
Friday 1st of November 2013 02:28:48 PM

User Comment Contributions

Belle Vue. For detailed site layout please refer to and contrast with image EPW017762.

totoro
Thursday 14th of November 2013 09:03:28 AM