Littleton Road 1

 

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The following is a trip down Littleton Road (the main road in the area) from the Cromwell Roundabout end of the road through to Cussons.

 

 

Two pictures of a cinema that used to be on Cromwell Roundabout. Roll your mouse over both images to see the same spot in 2009.

 

Finally two closer views of the cinema when it was for sale in 1962.

 

Two signs for the old Manchester Racecourse in 1989 some 26 years after the racing finished.

 

The Co-Op building on the junction of Littleton Road and Gerald Road in 1978. If you roll your mouse over the image you can see the same spot 35 years later on the 23rd May 2013.

 

The Co-op building on the 2nd November 1978. If you roll your mouse over the image you can see the same spot 35 years later on the 23rd May 2013.

 

An old picture of the Co-Op building on Cromwell roundabout in 1989. You can see the Racecourse and the flats in the background. Roll your mouse over the image for the same spot in 2009 sone 20 years later.

 

A picture of Cromwell roundabout taken in 1992. It is strange that 1992 now seems like a different era. Thanks to Paul Ashmore.

 

Cromwell roundabout, the old cinema in the middle and the Co-Op building on the right. Roll your mouse over the image for the same spot on the 23rd May 2009. Note that the layout and direction of Cromwell Road has changed

 

The roundabout at Cromwell on a typically wet day.

 

 

 

A corner shop on Littleton Road near the Cromwell Rounabout from 1981. Roll your mouse over the image for the same spot 28 years later in 2009.

 

A picture of the house on Littleton Road near the Cromwell Roundabout (1988). Roll you mouse over the image for the same in 2009.

 

A view of Littleton Road from the Racecourse in the 1980s.

 

 

Another two shots taken in the same area in 1981. Roll your mouse over the images for the same spots 28 years later in 2009.

 

An undated view (probably late 1970s or early 1980s) of the side of the houses on Littleton Road at the side of the Littleton Road Bridge

 

And a closer view of the same area.An undated view (probably late 1970s or early 1980s)

 

A view of the Littleton Road Bridge and the house at the side of it taken in 1975. You can see the same spot in 2009 in you run your mouse over the image.