Eccles Precinct.....The Final days

[@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.

[@moodyguymick]

Harry Price was the tailor.

[@Eccles_History]

Town Hall pub went up for auction in Feb 2024, no idea if it sold or not. Duke Of York is on the market for 1.5 million.

[@paulmcallister8948]

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

[@marclowther3823]

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

[@andyhesketh4023]

Lindale snooker was the old dance hall my mam and dad met there in the 50s and 60s

[@kathyl17]

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

[@Sixchannel1]

Fab video. Lived in Vicars St (over the glass bridge from Eccles Centre) in 70s. Then it was vibrant. Remember C&V JONES the travel agents? Before International supermarket it was Redmans where you could sit and have a mug of hot Bovril. Happy days.

[@Eccles_History]

Eccles is now as a vibrant as a funeral mate.

[@patrickjohncurley8384]

Mario’s chippy was brilliant

[@Eccles_History]

The sign is still up lol.

[@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.

[@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.

[@Chicken-x6q6d]

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

[@Iwanttodie695]

No it isn't

[@Eccles_History]

Phase one work has started, Greggs is now where the old RBS bank used to be.

[@patrickjohncurley8384]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@chrisshaw9836]

Mi mam used to buy me trainers on the square, addidas 4 stripe lol with velcro ha, used to run round that square seein how fast they were😂 Thorntons near the jewellers Needhams in the square Victor value Co op where the aldi was Leeds building society next to play inn Technics shop on church street was amazin Booths Tandies in the tunnel Burtons Dollycraft Bric a bracs Dance studio was it dancecraft? Shawcross Myladoors Loads more i can remember Was there a cafe called the larder?

[@moodyguymick]

The Court dance school,next door to the Broadway cinema.

[@CitrusBlue1973]

My mam used to tell me I would run faster in 4 stripes 😂.

[@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

[@EdwinRimmer-u3s]

I use to catch the school bus in eccles

[@Ronvitalis]

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

[@Ronvitalis]

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…

[@Deejay-73]

My nana used to work at Oobidoo

[@pk-honestly]

What a great name for a shop

[@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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🫡💯

[@fartinbrundle5495]

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

[@valskelland7438]

Stop swinging your camera around so fast its horrible

[@Eccles_History]

You'd be shaking if you saw the state of Eccles now lol.