Eccles Precinct.....The Final days

[@patrickjohncurley8384]

Nags head used to be the fox vaults. Nice to see the Grapes is still open.

[@marclowther3823]

Used to love Play Inn! Spent all my pocket money in there on albums when I was a kid in the 80's :)

[@patrickjohncurley8384]

Mario’s chippy was brilliant

[@paulmcallister8948]

The Oobi Doo! That brings back memories of one we had in Kirkby in the late 70s/early 80s! 🤔👍

[@dominicestebanrice7460]

In the early 80s I think the tandoori place at the top of the steps was a great Indian restaurant called the 'Salina' or something like that; full of piss heads on any given night (me included) but with a mad Irish lightweight boxer on staff to keep peace......memories of mayhem! I was thinking back to my time working with hundreds of other people right next door at the Royal Ordnance Factory ("ROF") in Patricroft - skilled, well paid, secure jobs.....ancient history now sadly. Watching this from 11 time zones & nearly four decades distant is poignant but heart-warming too; thanks for taking the time & effort to create this content; it's excellent.

[@pk-honestly]

Appreciate that thanks for the comment. All we will have left of old Eccles will be You Tube vids and pics soon.

[@kathyl17]

That was a really nice thing to do Paul since you have so many memories there. Very interesting! x

[@simoncarter-k5o]

My mates mum the Town hall pub late 70s,early 80. Used to play on that car park. And get all the stuff out of the skips from Morrisons, Some ended up in the curry.. The alley way North way, Shops, pie in the sky, Farrels shoe repairs, Tims jewellers, Fabric shop. Flower shop. Changes mens clothes shop.Walter the jewish Taylors. , Jims butchers,, Inch by inch, sandwich shop, Just gents barbers, Touch of class ladies clothes , Fruit and veg shop, Wheel aways at the bottom.

[@SM-ot6up]

Lets not forget Marios chippy

[@pk-honestly]

Had to do it with all the memories since I was a kid in the 70s. Really sad though we will never get to see these things ever again.

[@timbert4672]

Blimey, that Greggs is still there! Remember Cider Bri? He was always hanging around outside there and that 99p shop.

[@ross9555]

So sad to see the place in this state. So many memories as a child. I remember all the shops being full and hundreds of people everywhere you looked. And yes I always wanted to know what was at the top of the ramp but my dad always went in the underground bit of the car park 😂

[@pk-honestly]

@ross9555 I tried to get up close but it wasnt possible to get anywhere near the top, gates closed and no authorisation signs everywhere. I tried to cover as much as I could though. Soon be part 2 when the old place starts getting demolished. Very sad for me.

[@Star1957-s5l]

The shape of things to come you can almost hear the death nell of places like these

[@andrewyoung1152]

The Oddfellows Arms was popular with Eccles College students in the Eighties. Doesn't look like many of the pubs are left now.

[@Eccles_History]

Done the same myself. I managed to go onto the first floor next to the car park. Close up one floor up, it really is in a bad state.

[@debijaynewoods5709]

My nana used to work at Oobidoo

[@pk-honestly]

What a great name for a shop

[@Bufffaddybuffdaddy]

No Salford maternity meaning no Salford born…only if home birth… 3 floors in hope hospital back in day. Not a open unit now.. got a unit on ingleside it’s temporary closed as usual…

[@Bufffaddybuffdaddy]

It’s better than Salford shopping centre. ….absolutely bustling with folk these places in the day All Shyte holes now

[@Redford97]

Used to eat my dinner on here when i went to college up the road. Be sad to see the place be smashed to bits but its massively out of date now, it does need flattening.

[@pk-honestly]

Still pulls at my heart strings with memories

[@TruthBombTom]

It's definitely an eye sore mate 😂😂😂 looks horrendous that multi story building. The only thing that's worse in Salford is the Swinton Library

[@TruthBombTom]

Lived here (not here specifically thankfully), but within the M30 postcode, for 20 years. This area really needs investment, evidently. Lots of great people live in Eccles, looks like a third world country now though, impoverished.

[@themissinfowar6629]

By investment I hope they mean a new Pound Bakery (っ˘ڡ˘ς)

[@pk-honestly]

​@@themissinfowar6629 to be honest mate i think they are expecting the new Monton 😮

[@christopherkennedy314]

New Sub🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🫡💯

[@valskelland7438]

Stop swinging your camera around so fast its horrible

[@fartinbrundle5495]

Let’s be honest it’s been a dump for decades good riddance