The Manchester street with stories and secrets hiding behind every corner
The Oxford Road corridor is home to three great Mancunian universities, the Commonwealth Games’ former aquatics centre, and allegedly Europe’s busiest bus route.
“Joseph Whitworth,” Nic replied. “They started building this gallery in 1889, just two years after he passed away. He was born in Stockport, but on his deathbed, he was in Monaco. Nic explained: “There’s also a true crime mystery to do with this place too. On April 26, 2003 some paintings on display from van Gogh, Picasso and Gaugin were burgled by a cat burglar. A couple of days later, a little further down the road at a public toilet, they were found rolled up. Just left there!
“He was making contacts within the music industry and Guy Garvey was one of those. Then, when the band ran its course, he wanted to set up the gigs rather play them. His first successful venture was a night at the old Koffee Pot café. That was a good spot for a lot of up-and-coming bands like Badly Drawn Boy and Elbow.
Again, music is the reason for our next halt — the RNCM — but Nic makes time to point out the small black plaque for Ernest Rutherford on the side of Whitworth Hall, next to Manchester Museum. Rutherford was the first to split the atom — doing so in 1911. “After a few years they moved under Gorton Cathedral and this sat empty for a long long time. It was not until 2008 that it became a venue. With lockdown, it meant the original management had to step down, but the people who run Gorilla came in to save it.”
“It’s probably one of the only family owned music shops left in this town. Johnny Roadhouse passed it on to his son, Johnny Roadhouse Junior, it’s nice that it’s not corporate.” “It opened on September 20, 1930, and that is why it was called the Regal Twin, it stayed as a cinema for a long time. In 1985 the Canon Media Group bought it and they were convinced that there would be a cinema revival in the 80s.
“I wonder what it was like in there, it must’ve been chaotic as anything,” Nic said of the Hacienda. “The atmosphere was unparalleled.
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