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Saturday, 10th January 2004
Then and Now: Anson Road, Fallowfield THEN: Anson RoadA Hillman Minx, Triumph Herald and Morris Traveller - all very popular cars in their day - are among the stationary vehicles pictured here in the older image. It all demonstrates just how much the car had become an intimate part of life for everyone in the so-called Swinging Sixties. A poster hanging outside the Birch Park Skating Palace advertises a forthcoming concert by Brian Poole and the Tremeloes.  NOW: Anson RoadToday, the busy location - at Anson Road, close to the Dickenson Road junction, in Fallowfield - shows little sign of change to the surroundings and architecture, despite a gap of more than 40 years between the two pictures. Where the renowned roller rink and Hanson greengrocers once stood is now the hub of shopping for people living at nearby Longsight, Rusholme and Birchfields Park. The parade of shops includes Venus Foods, an exotic food centre that not only benefits from its position at the heart of a vibrant residential area, but also attracts plenty of customers from its spot just two miles south of Manchester city centre.
l The archive photograph is part of a collection chronicling Manchester's changing face in the past 250 years on a computer at Manchester Central Library.
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