Friday 01-02-2019 - 13:57

Oxford Road wasn't always home of 100 Magic buses, and the commute of hundreds of students. Take a look at what's changed and what's stood the test of time on one of Manchester's most iconic streets from 1930 to now.

McDonald's,1987. 

Credit: The Manchester School of Art slide library at Manchester Metropolitan University special Collections

What is now the Footage pub, with electric trams, 1935.

The Footage as a snooker club in 1971. 

Credit: The Manchester School of Art slide library at Manchester Metropolitan University special Collections

The Footage as a Bingo hall is 1985.

Credit: The Manchester School of Art slide library at Manchester Metropolitan University special Collections

Ackers Street and the Holy Name, early 1960s

Credit: The Manchester School of Art slide library at Manchester Metropolitan University special Collections

Trams on Oxford Road, 1930.

Credit: The Manchester School of Art slide library at Manchester Metropolitan University special Collections

 

 Oxford Road, Refuge Assurance Building, 1957

The BBC and Refuge Assurance Building on Oxford Road, 1974

BBC on Oxford Road, 1990

Credit: The Manchester School of Art slide library at Manchester Metropolitan University special Collections

 

 

Studio 1 to 5 in 1972. 

Credit: The Manchester School of Art slide library at Manchester Metropolitan University special Collections

 

The Eighth Day, 1973

Credit: The Manchester School of Art slide library at Manchester Metropolitan University special Collections

 

Manchester University, 1971. 

Credit: The Manchester School of Art slide library at Manchester Metropolitan University special Collections

 

Oxford Road Station from above, 1959.

Oxford Road Station, 1974.

Credit: The Manchester School of Art slide library at Manchester Metropolitan University special Collections