This is the journey made by Comrade Yuri Gagarin 12th July 1961 – as detailed in my previous post.
This is that same journey by bike and my observations of 19th August 2019.
Original Terminal Building LC Howitt and SG Besant Roberts 1962
Ringway Road
Shadow Moss Road
Simonsway
Brownley Road
St Andrews Church – JCG Prestwich and Son 1960
St Luke The Physician – Taylor and Young 1938-9
Altrincham Road
Church of the Latter Day Saints – TP Bennet and Son 1964
Princess Parkway
St Ambrose Reynolds & Scott 1956
Barlow Moor Road
Manchester Road
Upper Chorlton Road
Chorlton Road
Imperial Picture Theatre – W.H. Matley 1914
I had wrongly assumed for months that this was the AUFW Offices it wasn’t – it’s two doors down, the other side of the Imperial.
The stonework above the door is a clue, thanks awfully to my observant comrades – July 12th 2020.
The 59th anniversary of Yuri’s visit.
Modern Mooch 
I was l1 in July 1961. I attended Woodhouse Park (now Ringway) Junior School. Pupils in my class were taken to Shadowmoss Road to watch Yuri Gagarin pass.
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