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Cheadle Hulme's 4 main
themes combined.
Elegant Street Furniture
Precinct Entrance
Summer Baskets 2005
Oak Meadows Gates
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3rd
Millennium
As ever, Cheadle Hulme continues to evolve. Over the decade of
the new millennium it has increased in density with ever abundant fill-in
housing plots, the replacement of petrol stations with flats or Tesco
Express, yhe arrival of numerous new restaurants, the refurbishment of bus stops with new stands and high kerbs to
help the disabled, more traffic lights, a lot more red paint on the roads,
elegant black and gold street furniture in the village centre, Christmas
lights and Oak Meadow receiving a makeover - much of the latter three
items thanks to the Cheadle Hulme Partnership activities. Broadband (high speed) internet is ubiquitous - just as well since travel
by rail, car or foot has become intermittent (closures for repair), slow
(too much traffic whilst awaiting finishing of the MAELR route), or simply
dangerous.
The
area has enjoyed recent summer heatwaves alternating with downpours and
the locals have celebrated a Jubilee and a World Cup. The police station has closed
and become a block of flats, the post sorting office became a pub, and rumours abounded regarding the loss of the former Woods Lane Secondary
School but that development has stopped due to an old clause in the deeds
of the land. And, of course, we still await the refurbishment of the railway
station and bridges! However, the area is still relatively green,
prosperous (rocketing house prices) and desirable suburbia. The
Conservation Area has also been expanded (Link,
Link)
To
take note of increased internet speeds pictures are now larger and with
better resolution and many can be clicked on to give even larger full
screen images. happy viewing!
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Station Road with
rebuilt Millington Hall (John Millington Pub) and moved and rebuilt
Daisies florist. |
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Millington Hall / John
Millington Pub |
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Daisies florist (2005
version). |
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Station Road south side
with Blockbuster video and Tesco Express where the BP Petrol Station
used to be. |
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The Cheadle Hulme next
to the railway station has also had a makeover. |
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Shopping precinct. |
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The 157 bus to
Manchester outside Whittakers Chippy next to the advice centre - a
bunch of things that haven't changed in 30 years! (Well except for
the price of fish and chips). |
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Station roads shops are
now mainly building societies ad solicitors. |
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View of above from Oak
Meadow. |
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Oak Meadow newly
refurbished a haven opposite the shops above. |
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View along Station Road
towards the extinct police station. |
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The jungle of traffic
lights at the Station Road / Queens Road / Albert Road end of
Cheadle Hulme produce many a good traffic queue. |
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Church Road shops with
Wings Chinese restaurant, Busy Bee Newsagent, Crissan dresses and of
course the ever reliable Snapes Ironmongers. |
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