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Rusholme What's The Story?

Published by atm947, 2016-05-30 06:49:38

Description: The ‘Rusholme – What’s the Story’ project has been capturing Rusholme’s diverse and ever changing history from the 1950's to the present day, celebrating the unique stories and voices of the people that make the spirit of the area. Through a programme of community activities, and oral histories, a new community archive has been created by the people of Rusholme including this book.

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Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:40 Page 2 I Rusholme – remembering Wilmslow Road past and present Part of the ‘Rusholme What’s the Story?’ community heritage project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund

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Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:40 Page 4Rusholme is an 'inner-city The ‘Rusholme – What’s the Story’suburb' a few miles south of project has been capturingManchester changing from a Rusholme’s diverse and ever changing19th century village to home history from the 1950's to the presentto people from near and far. day, celebrating the unique stories and voices of the people that makeIt is an area of historical and cultural the spirit of the area. Through asignificance with unique Victorian programme of community activitiesheritage, TV and music production and oral histories, a new communitypast and the bright lights of the archives has been created by thefamous ‘Curry Mile’. Rusholme has people of Rusholme including thischanged from a village to a home book, a tour of Wilmslow Road.for people of many different We hope you enjoy the book as muchbackgrounds with a recent university as we have making it.study citing over 70 languagesspoken around Rusholme’s WilmslowRoad, now popularly known as'Curry Mile'. 3

Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:41 Page 5 Our tour of Wilmslow Road starts at the corner of Platt Lane moving north towards Manchester city centre.4

Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:41 Page 6 Remembering the Casino ”bDaollwrnosotmairasndwaupssttaheirs was the picture house. I used to jive in the Casino ballroom. I had a teddy boy called Malcom and we used to go there every Wednesday and Saturday to dance the jitterbug. you name it, we did it!” Yvonne A conversation between James and Yvonne remembering the Casino Cinema: ” When we were 14 we would pretend to be 16 to get in and watch the film.” ” I used to borrow my Mum’s lipstick!” ” Sometimes we would get in. but I remember one woman on the box saying ‘I’ve seen you going to school and you’re not 16!‘” 5

Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:41 Page 7 Rusholme Congregational Church. 6

Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:41 Page 8 Looking north towards the Huntsman Pub taking in the Trocadero Cinema and the previous Moor Street. 7

Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:41 Page 9 Looking south capturing the corner of Claremount Road. 8

Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:41 Page 10 Walking to the corner of Grandale Street. 9

Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:41 Page 11 Looking towards Walmer Street. ”bpPStHTaiogaehvhtlaedweiutsmearrhebseedapanbwgytdlfa,oor,Iosoohoknaaennde.tderdIoSotwweofwanaetswmnhoitaysaayfvtttdfheeeharoeonienttturdmspehisIuetdtowlsihlda,neeawnsed’titohut. feel a thing.” GUY 10

Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:41 Page 12 The New Taj Mahal Restaurant, nestled between a tea shop and laundrette, was photographed, 40 years ago, on Wilmslow Road. It is the oldest image of a curry house recorded on this street in the Manchester archives. tt”FhhreeidOTayasjns, iagiefh.”ttBeAwrRoaRYuplidntalowraytsweondinin 11

Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:41 Page 13 Billboards on the corner of Great Western Street, advertising chocolate, ices and Belle Vue International Wrestling. Rusholme’s interest with wrestling continued with the St.Clair family, landlords of the nearby Welcome Pub. 12

Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:41 Page 14 The Great Western Motor Company and the Rusholme Cinema previously the Rusholme Theatre. 13

Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:41 Page 15 Harrod’s Depository Store previously the Walter Carter Depository built around 1875. 14

Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:41 Page 16We are half-way through our tour wtt‘”COahhhkeneeeyer1suwrCtpyheuBtrrn’eiistamtsnieldomBaa‘foBnstaxd-bEidtnyvrcghienhoDkawasumyge!-’”htIfAtdorNidirNenEd’tand complete the west side ofWilmslow Road at the corner ofMoss Lane East. Here you can seethe Whitworth Pub, now the homeof The Anchor Coffee House. 15

Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:41 Page 17 We restart our tour on the east-side at the junction of Wilmslow Road and Oxford Place with Daimler House and Westminster Bank, walking toward Banff Road. 16

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Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:41 Page 19 The Trustee Savings Bank now the home to the Spicy Mint restaurant. 18

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Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:41 Page 21 KITCHEN CHEMISTRY AT SPICY MINT The award winning Spicy Mint restaurant opened on Wilmslow Road 18 years ago under the name Spicy Hut. The restaurant’s owner, Shabir, has been working on the road even longer. “I’ve been working on Wilmslow Road for 26 years. I started as a pot washer in The Shere Kahn. From there I got promoted to waiter, then became a manager at Mughli restaurant. From there the opportunity came up for me to start from scratch and I started with the name Spicy Hut.” Shabir, who trained as a chemical engineer, is now carrying out what he calls “kitchen chemistry” through Spicy Mint’s innovative menu. Shabir and family ”Along the way I’ve been innovating with the business, observing the trends and bringing new dishes in. At the moment people want to go back to more authentic dishes, more traditional street food type curries. Their palate changes and we have to go with the times.”20

Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:41 Page 22This work paid off when the restaurant entered theNational Curry Chef awards in 2003, and came third inthe North West and first in Manchester. With around 15signature dishes, the varied menu offers something foreverybody in Rusholme“Our Lahoori Chana is like a street food which is full ofenergy. All the workers in the buildings around herelike it. Another dish which is popular at the moment isthe traditional and authentic Nehari, which is steamedlamb. Like the English have the Sunday roast, Pakistanis Spicy Hut rebranded tohave Nehari for their Sunday lunch. The lamb just melts Spicy Mint October 2015in your mouth! Our most popular signature dishes withgroups are our “Sizzlers”, which are flame cooked at the table, enhancing the flavour of the onionsand the meat.” Throughout its years on Wilmslow Road, Spicy Mint has seen much change and development, including in its customers. “90% of our clientele are regulars, who have been very supportive over the past 18 years. I’ve seen kids come in here in high chairs, and now they’re married and have their own children. It’s good to see that Spicy Mint has grown with them.”Spicy Mint signature ‘Sizzlers’ 21

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Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:41 Page 24 Continuing the tour from Dagenham Road to Denison Street, home to the Rusholme renowned Phillips-family shop. 23

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Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:42 Page 26 Arriving at Walmer Street East. 25

Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:42 Page 27 The ‘village’ shops continue to the Park Crescent junction with the changing tastes of Rusholme. ”esal(IWvepnwfeedioltrnlGyudifaalToimdtnunrScei’nstosA,thldNtlaheDehyebDceaaebttrunaetmkctwcoyohhofennaesuPtrml)os”dhi.ls,yebJbtA-eaacNcOnolEolofrotnfnwiehcsariehnngocaenpd 26

Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:42 Page 28Sanam sweet house and restaurant is one of It used to be a challenge Ooo(lffaeSkEftgaatnlsaotademrreingaPhGnrtodo: pMlSdeaa,rhwAtimbeesddo)uu’AldhQRmaaeysdyhu,idmo,w,onowewnrneoerfrWilmslow Road’s longest standing residents. for them, and they’d be sweating like crazy eatingSanam’s owner, Abdul Qayyum, grew up in the area and it! Today the curry is ourremembers Rusholme as it was when his father opened the national dish - and nowfirst Sanam in 1968, and moved to their current location on people even cook curriesWilmslow Road in 1976. “We’ve been here for 40 years now, at home. People havewe’ve grown up here and seen so many changes. In the 60s really got hold of theand 70s it was very mixed on this road - I remember the palette and theyfishmongers the green grocers and the bank. Before Sanam experience the herbs andwas here, this building was a health food shop, and next the spices, and come todoor was a ladies hairdressers.” the restaurant to enjoy the food.”Mr Rashid, following in the steps of his father openedEastern Gold in 1981 and explains how he saw the cinemas in Mr Rashid describes Rusholme as “a jewel in the crown ofRusholme contributing to changes in the area and its Manchester”, speaking proudly of Wilmslow Road.community. “The reason Asian businesses moved intoRusholme was because the Rusholme and Trocadero “This road has a reputation world wide - you can go abroadcinemas started playing Indian films, so Asians started and talk about Wilmslow Road and people will know it.coming from all over to watch them. So because they knew Rusholme is an area that attracts tourism from all over nowthe market was there, an Asian grocery shop opened, then - we have customers who are having weddings in Europea takeaway, then it snowballed - my father’s jewellery shop, but they come here to buy the clothes, jewellery and sweetsthen a clothes shop, then a couple of cousins opened for the weddings.”businesses on the road.” The three business owners all see Rusholme as a place theySanam was one of the first curry houses to arrive on Wilmslow are proud to live in and have been a part of its development,Road, and Mr Qayyum has seen big changes in the way a sentiment which is representative of their feelings aboutcurry is enjoyed now, compared with when they first Manchester in general. Mr Qayyum prodly adds “I think personally, Manchester is the best place to live in the UK. It’s opened. “In the early ‘60s and ‘70s very cosmopolitan, very friendly, and busy, but not mad busy curry was the thing to have after the like London! We are lucky to live here - to us Manchester pub. It wasn’t eaten like ‘normal food’, is home.” it was something for after a drink. People would come and get a Vindaloo and ask for it extra hot. 27

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Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:42 Page 31 Park Crescent to Rusholme Grove. 30

Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:42 Page 32 31 Rusholme Grove to Dickenson Road. ”ttcwsWRsftToohoahhhihhlseeoaroomrendotctprspde].oae.hulrwsOYogkebuoahoenahswsIoutcfsettacRwHpdhRhooloaouaoetiaaslntnuoplcndihdlsshoadolb[tetafenerglsohnfadnmoMt,dieesooSeonhrDihdnhneGirgoctasartrtokofrohonhhepodvatnnels’fenpehsi.dsos”ebhnag YVONNE

Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:42 Page 33 Barf ia ... love at first bite! The Barfia franchise opened a shop on Wilmslow Road in January 2016 bringing a new take on the old tradition of Indian sweets. Barfia’s owner, Sajida, explains how their sweets and desserts take a new twist on old favourites. “Our signature sweet is called Barfi, hence the name Barfia. It is an Indian sweet which is traditionally flavoured with ingredients such as rosewater, whilst our sweets and cakes offer the traditional Barfi with a modern twist, such as New York Cheesecake and Mint Chocolate Chip, which makes it very popular with young people.” 32

Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:42 Page 34 Barfia also takes a modern approach with its style, in both the shop’s interior design and the packaging it uses. “The thing that made Barfia stand out to me was the wrapping - traditionally, Barfi is wrapped in plain paper, but Barfia’s products are beautifully wrapped and very modern.” “The first time I tried Barfia was at a wedding - it was love at first bite!” 33

Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:42 Page 35 We cross Dickenson Road to the Birch Villa, now Hardy’s Well public-house. ”iRttdbniTtuaochrshrfalaeehturdrgdooblidteaoolmodimomaccvaeearnrseldaltalr..ldocWWnpa‘ikMuogeeribnathkhusgntssatcfaediulrhnnderotedwnatosmsgafthtausateeeelololrr,liawnlthokoghoovtigacseshphetrtaenordtp.” NORMAN 34

Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:42 Page 36Our tour comes to an end at the Finglands garage opposite Platt Fields Park and until recently home to the Finglands Bus Company before being purchased by FirstGroup transport company. We leave you will memories of journeys to and beyond Rusholme:”w[FcMWiointaeganhcwlcaFhohinnecudgslosldtmawbenpoeradrosnCeyiktatfaynoh]dlaerlfwotooahflyflefdaoiacscwyilasulbo.”ut Jcps”AaRooMurmstrEteShssoaonlofmdftemphaheeadosewpliobteerteflnrhdoeatimrhmahdixtiofohfmeafevr.a”eelnltBARRY 35

Rusholme Heritage.qxp_Layout 1 09/05/2016 12:40 Page 1 Thank-you to everyone who has contributed to the ‘Rusholme – What’s the Story’ project including residents, groups and community organisations. It has been amazing listening to your stories and memories. Thank-you to the Heritage Lottery Fund for funding ‘Rusholme – What’s the Story?’ and making the project possible. Thank-you to Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives, Manchester City Council for their continued support and providing access to their photographs and archives.


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