Pubs of Manchester: Cecil Commercial Hotel, Cecil Street

Saturday, 12 July 2014

Cecil Commercial Hotel, Cecil Street

Cecil Commercial Street, Cecil Street, Greenheys. (c) Manchester Local Image Collection. Click here to view full image [1].

The Cecil Commercial Hotel must have been an impressive-looking hotel at No.63-65 Cecil Street in Greenheys, bordering Moss Side. Pictured in 1955, it was the falling down and seemingly vacant, and by time these two 1973 photos were taken, the old Cecil Commercial Hotel, along with all its neighbours, were well and truly derelict. The hotel has a little bit of impressive history, as it was here that Friedrich Engels lived - renting it under a pseudonym - from 1866-1868, when it was already the former Cecil Commercial Hotel. Part of Cecil Street still runs through Greenheys and Moss Side today, parallel with Lloyd Street North from Denmark Road before disappearing into the University campus.

Frederick Engels rented this building, formerly the Commercial Hotel, from 1866-1868 - See more at: http://images.manchester.gov.uk/Display.php?irn=59504&QueryPage=%2Findex.php%3Fsession%3Dpass&QueryName=BasicQuery&QueryPage=%2Findex.php%3Fsession%3Dpass&Anywhere=SummaryData%7CAdmWebMetadata&QueryTerms=Moss+Side+hotel&QueryOption=Anywhere&Submit=Search&StartAt=21&__utma=92605445.1394371572.1399646187.1404850715.1405178688.15&__utmz=92605445.1403814225.12.3.utmcsr%3Dgoogle%7Cutmccn%3D%28organic%29%7Cutmcmd%3Dorganic%7Cutmctr%3D%28not+provided%29&EMUSESSID=087113fdd2450a617724baf6d2ce4596&__utmb=92605445.43.10.1405178688&__utmc=92605445#sthash.9MfD99YS.dpuf

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