Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[bluemanchester]

platforms 13 & 14 were they the old Mayfield station adjacent to London Road Station before it changed its name to Picadilly Station

I lived on Fairfield Street for a few years in the late fifties and I seem to recall the entrance on Fairfield Street which you could use to go into the main station had a sign saying Mayfield above. That entrance closed years ago and maybe was pulled down to make the now taxi rank. May have a look next time I use the tram to the game.

 

[WARBABY]

I lived on Fairfield Street for a few years in the late fifties and I seem to recall the entrance on Fairfield Street which you could use to go into the main station had a sign saying Mayfield above. That entrance closed years ago and maybe was pulled down to make the now taxi rank. May have a look next time I use the tram to the game.

Yes there was an entrance there I rember when I erected the new canopy over the entrance that the read Picadiil Station in about 61/62

 

[Newman Noggs]

I lived on Fairfield Street for a few years in the late fifties and I seem to recall the entrance on Fairfield Street which you could use to go into the main station had a sign saying Mayfield .

Pretty sure it still does only because I noticed it recently and thought "I've never noticed that before"

 

[mcfcinprague]

I lived on Fairfield Street for a few years in the late fifties and I seem to recall the entrance on Fairfield Street which you could use to go into the main station had a sign saying Mayfield above. That entrance closed years ago and maybe was pulled down to make the now taxi rank. May have a look next time I use the tram to the game.

Yes, I remember the sign as well and the entrance on Fairfield Street is still there but not in use any more. They were connected by a high level footbridge

You may find this 6 minute video (photo stills) interesting

 

[bluemanchester]

Yes, I remember the sign as well and the entrance on Fairfield Street is still there but not in use any more. They were connected by a high level footbridge

You may find this 6 minute video (photo stills) interesting

Thanks for the video link. Interesting piece of history.

 

[mcfcinprague]

This guy has a video of Mayfield and some others you may find interesting about Manchester on Youtube

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

I lived on Fairfield Street for a few years in the late fifties and I seem to recall the entrance on Fairfield Street which you could use to go into the main station had a sign saying Mayfield above. That entrance closed years ago and maybe was pulled down to make the now taxi rank. May have a look next time I use the tram to the game.

The entrance is still there - all be it padlocked! An iron gate says Piccadilly Station on it with Manchester above it.
Looking at a picture of it now but dont know how to post it
Where was your house? Cant imagine houses being there!

 

[bluemanchester]

The entrance is still there - all be it padlocked! An iron gate says Piccadilly Station on it with Manchester above it.
Looking at a picture of it now but dont know how to post it
Where was your house? Cant imagine houses being there!

Just before Pin Mill Brow. There were 4 pubs on Fairfield Street and not many more houses.

 

[bluemanchester]

This guy has a video of Mayfield and some others you may find interesting about Manchester on Youtube

The entrance I am talking about I think is one on just about 2 minutes into that video

This guy has a video of Mayfield and some others you may find interesting about Manchester on Youtube

Another interesting video thanks. The entrance I am talking about is shown at about 2 minutes into that video. Whether it's still there I don't know but it was round about where the the bridge crosses the road with platforms 14 and 24 above. just
before you turn left into Travis Street. As I said next time I catch the tram to the Etihad I'll see if it's still there because it may have been pulled down along with the whole wall from London Road to Travis Street to make way for the new taxi rank and entrance to the Metrolink platform. Hope my memory
is not playing tricks.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Platforms 13 and 14 have always been part of what is now Piccadilly. Mayfield station was always a separate building which had 4 platforms.

I kissed my now wife for the first time on platform 14 back in 1993 waiting for her to get the train back to Bolton.

There will always be a white girder as a reminder of the day she had nowhere else to run, as her back was up against it thanks to the overcrowded platform.

To be 19 again...