Fascinating pictures show famous faces and major events to every day life
These photos show Didsbury and work and play through the years and guaranteed to transport you back in time.
Taken between the 1960s and early 2000s, they show everything from famous faces to day to day life on streets, events and more.
In the sixties, you can see sunbathers enjoying the Galleon Pool and singer Lulu at ABC Studios.
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In the seventies, you can see what The Grove and Barlow Moor Road looked like during the decade.
Fast-forward to the 1980s is a Victorian building saved from demolition.
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In the 1990s there was a Royal visit from Princess Diana and in the early 2000s, auditions took place for trainee reps.
Unearthed from our archives Mirrorpix and beyond, here are 21 Didsbury photos through the decades.
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Singer Lulu at ABC, Didsbury, rehearsing for a TV show with her group The Luvvers. May 16, 1964
Fridays Nightclub, Didsbury. January 26, 1995
Sandie Shaw and Ken Dodd appear on the ABC Television show Doddy’s Music Box. Pictured in the 1912 Rover car used in the show, which is filmed in Didsbury January 24, 1967
Goran Ivanisevic in action at the Manchester Open in Didsbury. June, 1991
Bitterly cold winds greeted competitors for the Northern Lawn Tennis Tournament at Didsbury. Christine Truman pulls up her coat collar on arrival. June 2, 1964
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, inspects the work at the Abbeyfield Society Home, Didsbury. October 25, 1965
Sunbathers enjoy the Galleon Pool in Didsbury in June 1960
Princess Diana visits Didsbury on November 25, 1991
Trainee rep practices his routine in front of colleagues. The Britannia Country House Hotel, Didsbury. 2002
Ye Olde Cock Inn, Didsbury, Manchester. February 16, 1995
Broadway, Didsbury, Manchester. January 13, 1988
Barlow Moor Road, Didsbury, Manchester. August 1973
A Victorian building, originally built for the Mercantile Bank of Lancashire, which has been saved from demolition, at Lapwing Lane, Didsbury.. August 24, 1986
Houses at The Grove, Didsbury. July 3, 1971
Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden, Didsbury. February 16, 1995
Two blocks being built at the Shirley Institute, Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, which campaigners say partially block The Towers, one of the city’s most important listed buildings. February 9, 1989
Victorian House ‘Wood Lawn’, Mersey Road, West Didsbury, which developers planned to demolish and replace with two blocks of flats. February 1, 1988
Didsbury Library, Wilmslow Road, was built in 1915 and opened by the late Alderman Fletcher Moss. It is one of the four biggest district libraries in the City of Manchester. October 26, 1961
Victorian lodge in Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, within the St James’ conservation area. The Didsbury Civic Society fear that plans to develop the property, currently used as a retirement home, may destroy the area’s character. January 28, 1980
Nativity Play, The Willow Nursery, Didsbury. November 28, 1990