![]() The
Health Centre sits on the west side of
Stockport Road between Mitre Road and St.
John's Road. The medical practice in
the centre describes itself as, "a family
run medical practice which has been
delivering expert medical care for
over 12 years." They add that
their team of doctors has, 110 years of
experience between them and are always
willing to help." The Centre offers a
number of clinics including: "Antenatal
Clinic run by midwives, Asthma and Diabetes
Check, Baby Clinic, Cervical Smear Testing,
Childhood Immunisations, Contraceptive
Services, COPD (cronic obstructive airways
disease), CVD (cardiovascular disease),
Family Planning Clinics, Heart Disease
Clinic, Longsight Medical Practice Community
Clinic, Minor Surgery Clinic, Postnatal
Clinic, Sure Start Clinic, and Well Persons
Health Check."
![]() ![]() Below is the
view from the corner of Kirkmanshulme Lane with St.
John's Road running off to the right. The
corner of Stockport Road and St. John's Road has
been an open space since the 1950s.
![]() ![]() In the 1950s a tall
section of advertising hoardings ran along the
Stockport Road side. The red arrow on the aerial
photograph above (dated 1953) indicates that
location. If you click on the link below you can
see it.
Stockport Road 1958 Beyond the hoardings was the Shaftsbury Cinema, located on the site of the present health centre. |