https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=7.479346651029668&lat=53.5343&lon=-2.9907&layers=10&b=1Is there such a thing as a map that superimposes the stadium onto the current street layout today?
Sad! My grandad did a bit of singing in pubs including the Parkside, and met my Gran there. They then lived at 109 Lloyd Street just down the road and my Mum was born there in 1938. They then moved to 173 Horton Rd, and although they divorced when my Mum was 12 my Gran and my Grandad(new hubby when my Mum was 15) lived there, with my Gr gr Auntie who passed away in 1973, until the early 1980’s when they were no longer able to look after themselves. They rented from a private landlord all those years, and still had the original fixtures and fittings and the air aid shelter in the back yard! My Great Gran and Great Aunt lived next door at 175 and another Gr Aunt lived at 181 with her husband. Life revolved around City and in the early 70’s I’d stay during the school holidays so I could go watch City train at Maine Rd and collect autographs. Sometimes they trained on the car park, and if they trained on the pitch I’d sneak in the door they left open in the main stand and hope Stan Gibson wouldn’t throw me out. Such a happy childhood and happy memories made in and around Maine Rd that even now I sometimes go out of my way to drive around there, but it is tinged with a speck of sadness that it’s all so different now.Not been past for ages but what saddened me most is that the Parkside is now apartments.
That pub was a huge part of the match day ritual (unless it was packed, then a few cans of stella from the off-licence over the road and we'd stand outside)
You are Frank Dreben and i claim my £5.Move on, there is literally nothing to see !
I used to live in Fallowfield as a kid and walked to Maine Road.
Approaching the Kippax turnstiles, I went down a gap between the houses called (appropriately, in view of the dog-shit lying about) "No.2 Passage"
Anyone remember it?
There is a round patch of grass with a concrete centre circle on Carnival place.I visited on one of my trips back and was saddened to see no evidence of our great club ever having been there :-(
I first went to Maine Road in 1967 and was instantly hooked by the atmosphere and yes, the unique footie smells! Plus we really did win something every season it seemed back then, not too shabby for a club with "no istory" ;-)
I moved out to the US in 2000, so nearly all my City memories are of Maine Road as I have only been to the Etihad 5-6 times and have not been able to develop a connection, which I understand is my fault not the club or the grounds.
And The Beehive has gone …………. nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo !!! Had many a pre-match pint in there watching our Caribbean friends playing the most aggressive game of dominoes I ever witnessed :-)