Tuesday, 19 July 2011

Alexandra, Moss Lane East


Alexandra, Moss Lane East, Moss Side. (c) Moss Side Durning... Facebook [1].

Known locally as the "Big Alex" (the "Little Alex" was nearby on Alexandra Road), the Alexandra Hotel was on the corner of Princess Road and Moss Lane East, opposite the Royal Brewery [2].  It was demolished in the early 1980s having suffered fire damage as part of the Moss Side riots of 1981 (see the pub, centre-left, below) [3,4].

Alexandra, Moss Lane East, 1981. (c) http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews.

It is shown in 1958 as a huge, imposing, turreted pub and looked even more impressive in 1906.  This one from 1975 is looking past the back of the Alexandra, past the brewery down Denmark Road.

Alexandra, Moss Lane East, Moss Side. (c) mancky.

The Big Alex was a Threllfalls / Chesters house, later Whitbread, and has now been replaced by the private Bridgewater Hospital.

Former location of Alexandra, Moss Lane East. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

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4 comments:

  1. suzanne18 October 2018 at 00:05

    I remember the Alex pub, opposite the brewery and the library, and a bit further down Princess rd was the Wycliffe cinema, spent many a happy saturday afternoon at the matinee.

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  2. Anonymous12 May 2022 at 13:12

    Moss Side was completely ruined by Manchester City Council. Widespread demolition instead of modernisation (some say corruption at work) disrupted and dispersed the community. The people were ignored for decades and still are.

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  3. Anonymous25 September 2022 at 10:10

    Those that did not live there have no idea.
    Yes rough, yes tough, but if you didn't go looking for trouble, or actively involve yourself in non lawful things. 99% plus of the time it was a great place to live.
    There not many places that that can be said about.
    Mainly the older more neglected areas where people had to stick together to survive. The destruction of moss side and many other parts of MANCHESTER was nothing less than criminal on its scope and that damage it wrought, I hope those responsible are squirming in there graves.

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  4. Anonymous7 June 2024 at 23:18

    Manchester City Council completely ignored the residents petitions against the demolition of much of Moss Side. So many fine properties that could have been spared and modernised. A good community that was disrupted. The area is beyond recognition now. So sad to see it.

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