Q1. This lost street in the heart of Manchester was once part of the city’s ‘Soho’ district. It was demolished and eventually replaced by the Arndale Centre, with a housing estate built on top of the shopping centre named in its honour.
Q2. A once bustling shopping street in Gorton, described as a place where people could "buy everything on one street". It’s now just a distant memory for many Mancunians.
Q3. This lost street in Chorlton-on-Medlock could be found north of Grosvenor Street, up to Altrincham Street, but was lost in the 1960s when C-on-M was cleared. Steps from this now vanished street led to the Altrincham Street viaduct.
Q4. In this picture, the now vanished street could be found running behind the wall alongside the warehouse. It was the site of Coronation Street’s first outdoor, brick-built sets.The building of the Corrie set meant this lost street ceased to be open to the public and was absorbed into the old Granada Studios, Quay Street complex.
Q5. This now vanished street shared its name with the ancient Roman thoroughfare which stretched all the way from Mancunium to Ribchester, Cumbria. At one time, the squawk and smell of fowl filled the air of the street, which led to Shudehill, home to a hen and poultry market supplying Victorian Mancs.
Q6. Once home to the Arndale bus station, this lost street disappeared following the IRA bomb of 1996 when the Arndale was remodelled and the bus station disappeared.
Q7. This lost street that crossed the boundaries between Chorlton-on-Medlock and Ardwick had a famous literary connection to its name.
Q8. This lost street bordered on Oxford Road and ran through what is now the Manchester Aquatics Centre and the Manchester Business School. The West part of the street still survives, but its eastern neighbour disappeared from the map in the sixties’ mass demolition programme.
Q9. Neighbouring Cromford Court, this vanished street was home to numerous clothes shops and was something of a Carnaby Street-style fashion district. Among the boutiques there was The Eighth Day - which thrives today as a health food shop and café - and Stolen from Ivor, in its earliest guise.
Q10. This lost street was home to a hotchpotch of small businesses just off Withy Grove. It was also home to several pubs including The Sugar Loaf, Weavers Arms, the White Hart and the Black Dog as well as The Master's Music shop. here!
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