> > es@gmail.com> > Subject: [LAN] Manchester address 1921 - 36 Ducie Street, > Chorlton-on-Medlock > To: <lancsgen@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <5b773c6b.1c69fb81.71986.113f@mx.google.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello all, > > > > I'm trying to locate the subject address, which was given on a birth > certificate. > > > > There appear to be three possibilities: > > > > The one alongside Piccadilly Railway Station approach, but > I'm pretty sure that this is not Chorlton-on-Medlock and there don't appear > to be many, if any, houses on it. > > Off Stockport Road, on the left coming out of Manchester, > about three quarters of a mile after Ardwick Green. > > Off Oxford Road, opposite the Royal Infirmary on, what I > would call, the Moss Side side of the road. > > > > The father's occupation is given as "Member of Municipal Fire Brigade", > which only adds to the confusion. > > > > I have been in touch with the Manchester Fire Brigade Museum and they have > been of some limited help, but neither of us can associate any of these > addresses with fire stations. > > > > At this time I believe that firemen worked a "continuous duty" system, > meaning they were on call around the clock, hence most of them lived > actually on the fire station premises or within a short run. > > > > My husband says the fire station was there until 15 or 20 years ago, near Piccadilly Station on Ducie St. Marie in Cheshire > > > -- > > > > > ------------------------------ >