Thanks for this - I lived in the area during the 90s and remember it well, especially the crescents and the old roads you mention. Proper trip down memory lane (no pun intended!)
I taught a guy who went to Manchester to study Mathematics and he ended up living in the Hulme project as a squatter. I visited Manchester in, I think, 1992 to see the Henry Rollins Band and he was in the audience and he invited me and my friend back for a cup of tea It was fairly problematic at that time. I didn't fancy leaving my car there overnight.
I did use this road on my first and only time in Manchester (coming up from The Midlands and entering via the end of the M56), and i thought it looked really out of place with the rest of the surface level Princess Road.
The slip roads off the parkway into Hulme were closed off both ways to prevent gunmen from Moss Side gangs having easy getaways after shooting people in Hulme.
I wouldn't think that would work - you'd just allow more traffic to reach the junctions either side and it would be a wider instead of a shorter queue.
Not in my experience, it moves a lot better and it's now far safer to cross as a pedestrian or cyclist. Getting rid of the merge or die arrangement helped massively too.
The worst thing about that junction is drivers from the A57(M) eastbound getting to the A5103 southbound but using the left lane even though the right lane is for right turn *or straight on*.
@@BrynBuck Didn't realise it was a place where people would choose to cross, so if it's safer that can only be a good thing. But when I used it drivers coming off Princess Rd wanting to head east on the A57(M) weren't given enough time and just ended up blocking westbound traffic, obviously, the drivers shouldn't have proceeded unless the way was clear, but it just didn't seem very efficient.
We lived for more than 2 years in Hulme, worked even more there and it was really interesting to hear this. Thanks again!
Thanks for this - I lived in the area during the 90s and remember it well, especially the crescents and the old roads you mention. Proper trip down memory lane (no pun intended!)
Great second video! Keep em coming!
I taught a guy who went to Manchester to study Mathematics
and he ended up living in the Hulme project
as a squatter.
I visited Manchester in, I think, 1992
to see the Henry Rollins Band
and he was in the audience
and he invited me and my friend
back for a cup of tea
It was fairly problematic at that time.
I didn't fancy leaving my car there overnight.
Brilliant Video, sounded like one massive headache that Greater Manchester had.
Nice video Bryn. Very interesting
Great video, very interesting!
I did use this road on my first and only time in Manchester (coming up from The Midlands and entering via the end of the M56), and i thought it looked really out of place with the rest of the surface level Princess Road.
The slip roads off the parkway into Hulme were closed off both ways to prevent gunmen from Moss Side gangs having easy getaways after shooting people in Hulme.
I wonder why that road is always as congested. Maybe it could be widened to cope with more traffic.
I wouldn't think that would work - you'd just allow more traffic to reach the junctions either side and it would be a wider instead of a shorter queue.
@@BrynBuck So true.
That new "improved" throughabout junction thing under the A57(M) is flipping awful.
Not in my experience, it moves a lot better and it's now far safer to cross as a pedestrian or cyclist. Getting rid of the merge or die arrangement helped massively too.
The worst thing about that junction is drivers from the A57(M) eastbound getting to the A5103 southbound but using the left lane even though the right lane is for right turn *or straight on*.
People used get killed on the old layout. It's a big improvement for that alone.
@@BrynBuck Didn't realise it was a place where people would choose to cross, so if it's safer that can only be a good thing. But when I used it drivers coming off Princess Rd wanting to head east on the A57(M) weren't given enough time and just ended up blocking westbound traffic, obviously, the drivers shouldn't have proceeded unless the way was clear, but it just didn't seem very efficient.
@@Jamesdestafford crikey, didn't realise that.
Does anyone actually like signalised junctions in place of roundabouts?
Nope
No