The Knowhere Guide

Best and Worst in Droylsden, Greater Manchester*

Droylsden, Greater Manchester Triumphs and Tragedies

Favourite Building

• public toilets, market st. the only public toilets with an attendant i know of outside london. Hence they are very clean and safe.
• The Phoenix Social Club - Home of Droylsden Football Club
• The Royal Oak hotel!
• St Mary's Church
• The Concorde Suite

Demolish It Now Building

• Concorde Suite - for crying out loud - couldn't we have something a little more modern for the centre of our little town? Mind you, would anyone notice, because there is so much obstructing one's view of it anyway!!
• The old co-op building on edge lane. It has been empty for years and just attracts vandals.
• The whole of it! - Start again.
• Fairfield housing Estate
• Swimming Baths

The Best Things

• It's close to everywhere but not too close. The metro will be coming through in the next couple of years - accessability will improve.
• it is a decent area with decent people and good civic ammenities.
• Droylsden Branch of the Manchester Citys supporters club!
• Moravian Settlement, where the filming of Sherlock Holmes took place among other period dramas; friendly folk; cheap shopping

The Worst Things

• It looks shabby. Like it doesn't have a council taking care of it. There is no decent community centre, which would help bind us Droylsdenians together.
• The state of the roads. Pot-holes every where. Poor to non-existent youth clubs.
• The influx of the 'under-class' since the building of the commonwealth stadium up the road. Thanks!
• There has been an awful lot of street robberies in Droylsden recently, but this seems to be a trend in the Manchester area at the moment. Also there have been several Armed robberies in the Area recently.
• Not enough facilities for kids/teenagers.
• Not enough action - even though pubs abound! Council neglects play areas for our young ones; there isn't much to do in Droylsden :-<

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Last updated: 2008-05-07