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Then and Now: Shudehill

THEN: Shudehill in 1907

In fact, some might argue that the ghosts of Shudehill have survived despite the district being blitzed of its quaint thoroughfares and robbed Fagin-style of its character by the march of redevelopment and modernisation.

The city's market places, as numerous as they were interesting, offered a day-by-day mix of goods. At Shudehill, Smithfield Market, the most important in the city at that time, grew up in the late 18th century and expanded widely.

NOW: The area has been developed

The building on the corner of Hanover Street in 1907, pictured, is a typical example of how parts of Shudehill and its environs not only survived but retain even in the 21st century a reassuring sense of quality and permanence.

The archive photograph is part of a collection chronicling the changing face of Manchester during the past 250 years on a computer at Central Library.

Do you have any memories of Shudehill?

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