The ex-mill town with 'huge potential' being held back by a squabble over an empty building
manchestereveningnews.co.ukJust a few tram stops away from Manchester city centre sits a town crying out for a change of fortune. What's holding it back is a dispute over an empty building.
Once you step off the tram into Droylsden one of the first sights you will see is The Silly Country, a bustling bar in the shadow of the iconic Concord Suite building.
Beyond Silly Country there’s an abundance of shop shutters down and very little sign of life in what was once a bustling shopping precinct.
As one shopper observed, after seeing what was on offer, people might get back on the tram swiftly. Nicholas Brogdale told the Manchester Evening News: “It’s like any other town, there are a lot of these defunct precincts across the country. “The owners of the shops have hiked up the rent.
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