Platt Bridge

Anyone know where this is in Platt Bridge

Don't you mean 'IN' Platt Bridge?

It is across from the top of Lily Lane.  The road the bus is on is Templeton Road, which we called the 'Tram Lines'.



The trolly bus is park directly across the road in this modern view.

As a side story, the buildings to the left of the bus as we look at the image are public toilets... the very same ones tram and trolley bus drivers used to use before the return trip.... giving rise to the nickname... 'Platt Wazz'. They just had time to nip for a wazz before setting out again.

There's a lot of birds in that pic

They is not birds... they is Heinkel He 111 bombers heading to Liverpool

There's more of them there birds here as noted by this mon

Ticsmon wrote:I think them 'helicopters' is brids!

Anyroadup,   the photo it's copied off must be before 1908 !

From here

Liverpool Rd Platt Bridge

The pub on the left used to have Edwardian mucky pics of women on the walls inside, I wonder if they were of locals taken at that period in time

Naughty Mitten wrote:There's more of them there birds here as noted by this mon

Ticsmon wrote:I think them 'helicopters' is brids!

So could the birds above the tram be … Platt Brids.

Really enjoying this thread. I’ve been through Platt Bridge many times but know little of its not-that-distant history.

Naughty Mitten wrote:The pub on the left used to have Edwardian mucky pics of women on the walls inside, I wonder if they were of locals taken at that period in time

Little Fifteen on Wallgate has old fashioned risqué pics on its walls too.

St Nathaniels Platt Bridge Aprox 1920

Health and safety would have a field day. Photo by Frank Orrell

Found on Ebay. Platt Bridge railway station

Here is a better one of Platt Bridge Station...



... and here is one putting it in context where it was, You can see the platform building to the mid right..

I’ve walked past that building with no idea there was once a railway station there, thanks, Cadfael.

Still Standing! Tram Street Depot, Platt Bridge
Article & pictures by Gareth Prior (June 2020) - www.britishtramsonline.co.uk

Cadfael wrote:Platt Bridge Station...


... and here is one putting it in context where it was,  You can see the platform building to the mid right..

Just seen Lolly’s Sep 2020 thread - Victoria Hotel Platt Bridge

Lolly links to this urban explorer’s video from Aug 2020: