moss side early 80s

[mike winterwasp]

Ah but the Old Abbey was in Rusholme.

Thought it was in Hulme,somewhere off Cambridge Street ?

In the middle of a field bordered by Greenheys Lane on one side and Lloyd St on the other.

 

[DortmundDummy]

moss side british legion.upper lloyd st,can i mind your car sir,addidas kick,ska music,the robin hood pub,flickers,slazy jumpers,oh happy days, maine rd was fantastic.

My brother had his wedding reception in there, no trouble, but to be fair it was shite.

 

[NPBlue]

There was nothing wrong with going to Maine Rd.

OK, the 'mind your car' lads were out in force, but there was a lot of pleasure to be had if they missed you and nothing happened.

I remember my grandad telling me that in the '20's it was 'can I mind your horse'!

I never had a problem in Moss Side, apart from the horse shit on the cobbles and having to make way for Giant Haystacks squeezing past in the alleyways at the back of the Kippax.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

My dad had a shop in Moss Side for a couple of years in the mid eighties and I used to work there on a Saturday, finish early and walk to the game and stand on the Kippax.

Let's just say this wasn't the same type of walk I had to school in the morning. Good job I've always been quite 'street'.

 

[DortmundDummy]

My dad had a shop in Moss Side for a couple of years in the mid eighties and I used to work there on a Saturday, finish early and walk to the game and stand on the Kippax.

Let's just say this wasn't the same type of walk I had to school in the morning. Good job I've always been quite 'street'.

Ex girlfriend of mines mam n dad had a shop on the parkway, got burnt down in the riots, nowt to do with them being white obviously, though shops either side were untouched, make your own conclusions lefties ;)) 30 fucking years they had that shop, lovely people in the community but alass they were white, girlfriends dad poor sod died within 18 months of it and it was`nt old age

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

My dad had a shop in Moss Side for a couple of years in the mid eighties and I used to work there on a Saturday, finish early and walk to the game and stand on the Kippax.

Let's just say this wasn't the same type of walk I had to school in the morning. Good job I've always been quite 'street'.

Ex girlfriend of mines mam n dad had a shop on the parkway, got burnt down in the riots, nowt to do with them being white obviously, though shops either side were untouched, make your own conclusions lefties ;)) 30 fucking years they had that shop, lovely people in the community but alass they were white, girlfriends dad poor sod died within 18 months of it and it was`nt old age

Funnily enough I was talking to my dad about this shop today when we were discussing what Geoffrey Howe had said and he said it was a fucking nightmare to run - he's had one or two others across the City, in pretty rough areas too, so he was certainly no novice - arson being a particularly frequent modus operandi in Moss Side. Don't agree with the racial thing though as my dad was in business with a couple of asians and that didn't seem to help.

 

[Shirley]

Ah Moss Side in the 60's, one hell of a place in them days, lots of sleazy stuff to explore.
As teenagers me and my mate were beckoned into an alley after a night match and received our first ever blow jobs, still not certain to this day if it really was a woman.

 

[D Silva Surfer]

Ah but the Old Abbey was in Rusholme.

Thought it was in Hulme,somewhere off Cambridge Street ?

In the middle of a field bordered by Greenheys Lane on one side and Lloyd St on the other.

It is just off Cambridge St in the middle of Manchester Science Park.
I believe it is now owned by KRO Bars and used for their outside catering, but i think it can be hired out for functions.

 

[DortmundDummy]

My dad had a shop in Moss Side for a couple of years in the mid eighties and I used to work there on a Saturday, finish early and walk to the game and stand on the Kippax.

Let's just say this wasn't the same type of walk I had to school in the morning. Good job I've always been quite 'street'.

Ex girlfriend of mines mam n dad had a shop on the parkway, got burnt down in the riots, nowt to do with them being white obviously, though shops either side were untouched, make your own conclusions lefties ;)) 30 fucking years they had that shop, lovely people in the community but alass they were white, girlfriends dad poor sod died within 18 months of it and it was`nt old age

Funnily enough I was talking to my dad about this shop today when we were discussing what Geoffrey Howe had said and he said it was a fucking nightmare to run - he's had one or two others across the City, in pretty rough areas too, so he was certainly no novice - arson being a particularly frequent modus operandi in Moss Side. Don't agree with the racial thing though as my dad was in business with a couple of asians and that didn't seem to help.

If I bombed and burnt out my asian /black neighbours because of any reason you care to mention there would no doubt it would be deemed as racist, on the other hand if they did it to me, or my business shop and family its because i`m in the wrong area and silly of me to be there.... my ex G/F went to Oxford and is a recognised face on TV news, she sees it all, and hates the bias, and she was brought up in the Moss

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

I was born in Ridgeway Street (just off Kippax Street) 1970 in my grans house. Used to mind cars on match day on Cowesby Street (my nans house) in the early 80s. Remember well the times when the gates opened and me and my cousin could get in to watch the last 10mins from the back of the stand. Happy days.

My mum grew up on Ridgeway Street in the 40's. Went to Claremont Rd school and Ducie School - as did Judith Chalmbers and Neil Young (but not in the same year!)

Her Auntie Esther had a house on the corner of Claremont Road / Kippax Street and my first City game (City v Wolves 0-0 on Boxing Day 1974) my mum / dad went to stay at her Aunties while me and my two brothers went to the game - the only game the 3 of us went together as my eldest brother sadly died a few years later....