South Shore Promenade
This part of the promenade starts at Manchester Square, the junction of the promenade, Rigby Road and Lytham Road, and continues south to Squires Gate Lane.
More ‘Street Scenes’ can be found in the A-Z of streets sections
Schottler’s Manchester Hotel & Terrace
Manchester Terrace looking north towards the Manchester Hotel and Tyldesley Terrace
Manchester Terrace looking South
2 Manchester Terrace, 233 Promenade. Demolished in the 1930’s for new Manchester Hotel
3 Manchester Terrace, 235 Promenade
4 Manchester Terrace, 237 Promenade
5 Manchester Terrace, 239 Promenade
Manchester Terrace looking North
Eaves Terrace, between Ormrod Place and Trafalgar Road
Eaves Terrace – Trafalgar Hydro.
Eaves Terrace – Misnamed Manchester Terrace
Eaves Terrace showing the Trafalgar Hydro
Eaves Terrace and Waterloo Bank
Waterloo Bank, between Trafalgar Road and Waterloo Avenue (now Barton Avenue)
Envelope dated 1891 sent to Oakville, Sea Bank at South Shore. Sea Bank was at the north end of a terrace on the promenade, between Waterloo Ave( now Barton Ave), and Wellington Road
Eccleston Bank & Bindloss Terrace, site of Lyndene Hotel, between Wellington Road and Woodfield Road
St. Chads Terrace, between Woodfield Road and St. Chads Road
Built in 1891
St. Chads Terrace, between Woodfield Road and St. Chads Road
Another view of St. Chads Terrace
4 St. Chads Terrace
Crystal Villas, between St. Chads Road and Crystal Road
Crystal Terrace, between Crystal Road and Alexandra Road
Vancouver Hotel on the site of Crystal Terrace. Later renamed The Royal Carlton and now has a lift shaft on the left of building
Crystal Terrace looking north
Another view of Crystal Terrace looking north
Kensington House, corner of Alexandra Road
379 Kensington Place, between Alexandra Road and Shaw Road. ‘The Cornhill’, Mrs. Lord
A later view from 1931. The name of the landlady is Mrs. Dearden
North of Waterloo Road, between Commercial Street and Shaw Road
The Tudor Rose Hotel was included in the block
Brighton Hydro, now the Colonial Hotel, north of the Queen’s Hotel
Brighton Hydro, now the Colonial Hotel
The Brighton Hydro when it was part of the Post Office Fellowship of Remembrance Holiday Centre group
The POFRHC is now called Classic Hotels
The Ballroom at Brighton Hydro
The Queen’s Hydro Hotel, also called the South Shore Hydro
The smaller building on the left of this view is now occupied by the Queen’s Hotel
Alexander Moore, a doctor and a prominent public man in the mid 1800’s built these smaller buildings and they became known as “Doctor’s Cottages”
Bel Air & Bella Vista, South Shore
South of the Queen’s Hotel, the terrace with the Viking Hotel and Talk of the Coast
The building on the left with the fancy front can be seen on the Queen’s Hotel picture
Early view of the Queen’s Hydro
Queen’s with early motorcar c.1921
Queen’s Hydro – 1928
Advert from 1933
Queen’s Hydro Hotel – 1940
South Shore promenade in front of the Queens Hydro
South Shore beach scene between Dean Street and Station Road
A later view showing the building on the corner, now demolished, next to the ‘Talk of the Coast’ and ‘Viking Hotel’
Sir Lindsay Parkinson & Co. Ltd – 1936 – Probably Station Road
Linden Lee, corner of promenade and Dean Street
Looks much the same today, but without the corner turret
The Vicarage, corner of promenade and Station Road. The upstairs can still be seen today as part of Pablo’s
The Vicarage as seen from the beach
Built in the late 1840’s, the 1851 census shows the Rev. Banner living there with his family
Miss Blower – Cafe. Later Tomlinson’s Cafe
Victoria Pier & Open Air Baths. Building work still going on at the front
Open Air Baths, South Shore, opened June 9th June 1923, Carnival Week
1923 Carnival Week. The Open Air Swimming Baths can be seen being completed
South Shore from the Pleasure Beach
Open Air Bath, Entrance, South Shore