My parents and generations before them grew up in Hulme, the area next to Moss Side. My Dad has told me that Moss Side was considered 'posh' when he was a young boy. Alexandra Road still exists and is on the Whalley Range side of Moss Side (i.e. on the other side of Princess Road). It is a long road, and quite a few of the properties round there are large properties. There is a park - Alex Park on one side. According to my parents they often walked to Salford from Hulme and it was around a 15 minute walk, so I would estimate from Moss Side you could add on another 10 minutes. Have you looked on the central library website local image collection? There are photos of the houses on the Alexandra Road, do you have the number of the house? Viv Sally Haden <haden.sally@googlemail.com> wrote: Hi folks, In my continuing pursuit of Manchester's Victorian glass makers and glass manufacturers, I have found that John DERBYSHIRE, one owner of the company which made the now-collectable Derbyshire pressed glass, was living in Moss Side from about 1873 to about 1878. It was an interesting address: "Ebenezer House, Alexandra Road, Moss Side" My question is, was Moss Side a 'posh' area at that time, or perhaps it had a few large old merchants' houses? John, as a glass manufacturer who was doing well, might be expected to live in quite a good house, but the puzzle is the area. It is in the opposite direction I would expect him to go. He grew up in Hulme and had recently opened a new glassworks in Salford on Regent Road, and his relatives were concentrated in Hulme, Stretford and Salford. It would be quite a distance for him to travel across the town to get to the Salford works, wouldn't it? There must have been a good reason for him to choose Moss Side. Can anyone tell me more, or even locate the address (Mike?!?). Does the house appear on the 1849 OS maps Mike? Perhaps the house (with that interesting name) was owned by a religious denomination and as a lay preacher he was renting it, or maybe he was there for the sake of his children's schooling.... Any thoughts would be much appreciated! Sally in Yorkshire ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. Other people can learn from them! ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Now you mention it, I have walked south west from Chorlton on Medlock on the border of Moss Side through to Regent road in Salford to go to a dance on a Saturday night. Mike Morris Toronto Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "VIVIEN ENGLAND" <viv.england@btinternet.com> To: <eng-manchester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 4:17 PM > My parents and generations before them grew up in Hulme, the area next to > Moss Side. My Dad has told me that Moss Side was considered 'posh' when > he was a young boy. Alexandra Road still exists and is on the Whalley > Range side of Moss Side (i.e. on the other side of Princess Road). It is > a long road, and quite a few of the properties round there are large > properties. There is a park - Alex Park on one side. According to my > parents they often walked to Salford from Hulme and it was around a 15 > minute walk, <snip>