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The Ivy
Congregational Chapel opened its doors in 1853. In its heyday it was
Longsight's most fashionable church but declining congregations led to
its closure in 1933.
You can see it in the
map below, dated 1930,
near the junction of Stockport Road and Lime Grove. Notice that
in the image above there is a Fire Station lamp on the far left.
The map indicates that at that time there was a fire station on Hayley
Street where the library was located in the 1950s.
The red arrow indicates the Ivy Chapel in the images above and below. That aerial photograph was taken on May 13, 1953.
The building
found a new home as an amusement centre and a garage but did not
survive the
redevelopment scheme of the 1960s.
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