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Old 2nd Feb 2018, 9:18 am   #29
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Default Re: Reddish Lane, Manchester archive photo

An interesting photograph. I wonder if the balcony was a means of escape if there was a workshop upstairs. If the shop/showroom had a fire the workers upstairs could exit via the balcony and a fireman's ladder.
The sign looks illuminated but possible small pygmy lamps and not neon.
Pity about the down-pipe from the gutters running across the shop front. It is still there in the Google street-view photo but has been re-positioned to be less conspicuous.

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