Both Mersey Meadows and the Hollies, the street next door to us, are built on the site of the former Hollies convent School. Their history is quite interesting, and worth reading about: https://holliesfcj.com.
Interesting to see that the playing fields, now the sourceof debate, were “left in trust for the youth of Manchester”. Something clearly not listened to by HS2…
Annual football match in the 1970s.
Clearly shows the walkway down the playing fields before the work by the YMCA.
Source: https://holliesfcj.com.