This was originally Swain Street which ended shortly behind the photographer. It led to a quarry through which flowed the Gower Hey Brook.
In the 1930s the quarry was filled in, the brook culverted and a new road built to Gerrards bypassing Stockport Road through Gee Cross.
The new road was named after Henry Enfield Dowson (1837-1925) who became the minister of Hyde Chapel in 1867 and served for 51 years.
So Swain Street became subsumed by Dowson Road.
A contribution to ABC Wednesday.
When I see the chimneys on the rooftops it makes me think of Mary Poppins.
ReplyDeleteA crumpet at the cafe would be lovely.
Definitely an archetypical English street!
ReplyDeleteROG, ABC Wednesday team
Gee Cross was part of the address on the letters I used to write to my husband's wireless operator, - nice to see a picture of the surrounding streets.
ReplyDeleteLove the name of the cafe!
ReplyDeleteIt's not actually a cafe but a sandwich shop - they do great baked potatoes as well as lunchtime specials such as beef hotpot, sausage & mash ...
DeleteHi Gerald, I don't know how you always manage to find the appropriate word or name for the letter of the week. This is a typically street in a British town. When you see the chimney clusters on the roofs, you know:" this can only be the UK.
ReplyDeleteHave a great week, Gerald!
Wil, ABCW Team.
Looks like a really typical English street complete with signage for a cafe - love its name!
ReplyDeleteLeslie
abcw team
I have heard about crumpets, but I don't know how they taste like ... like a scone, or cake, or cookie?
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