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''Source:'' [[Manchester City Council]]: {{citeweb|url=http://www.manchester.gov.uk/downloads/file/11856/a26x_moss_side_ward_population_factsheet_2009|title= A26x Moss Side ward population factsheet 2009: Accessed 10.07.04}}
''Source:'' [[Manchester City Council]]: {{citeweb|url=http://www.manchester.gov.uk/downloads/file/11856/a26x_moss_side_ward_population_factsheet_2009|title= A26x Moss Side ward population factsheet 2009: Accessed 10.07.04}}


Moss Side and neighbouring Hulme traditionally constitute the heart of Manchester's Black African and Black Caribbean community and a number of commercial and social organisations which cater for these communities are based in this area. Social organisations include the West Indian Sports and Social Club, the Chrysalis Project,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freewebs.com/chrysalis-manchester/index.html |title=Chrysalis Project}}</ref> and the nearby {{citeweb|url=http://www.acmhs-blackmentalhealth.org.uk/ |title=African Caribbean Mental Health Service}}<ref name="blkhist01">{{cite web |title= Greater Manchester Black History Trail| publisher= Acts of Achievement | url=http://www.actsofachievement.org.uk/blackhistorytrail/| accessdate= 2009-04-18}}</ref>. Commercial organisations include Caribbean bakeries and patty shops, as well as grocery and clothes shops, mainly centred on Claremont and Princess Roads. The Caribbean Carnival of Manchester is held in Alexandra Park every August.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caribbeancarnivalofmanchester.co.uk/ |title=Caribbean Carnival of Manchester}}</ref> Moss Side is also home to a population with a keen interest in green politics and sustainable living, with initiatives such as the {{citeweb|url=http://www.themossciderproject.org/ |title=Moss Cider Project}} which promotes the production of cider from apples grown in Moss Side and the surrounding area <ref name = "mossciderproject">{{cite news|date=2010-09-27|title=Neighbours become brewers and create 'Moss Cider'|first=Dan |last=Thompson|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1332505_neighbours_become_brewers_and_create_moss_cider|publisher=[[Manchester Evening News]]|work=[[Manchester Evening News]]|accessdate=2010-09-28}}</ref>.
Moss Side and neighbouring Hulme traditionally constitute the heart of Manchester's Black African and Black Caribbean community and a number of commercial and social organisations which cater for these communities are based in this area. Social organisations include the West Indian Sports and Social Club, the Chrysalis Project,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freewebs.com/chrysalis-manchester/index.html |title=Chrysalis Project}}</ref> and the nearby {{citeweb|url=http://www.acmhs-blackmentalhealth.org.uk/ |title=African Caribbean Mental Health Service}}<ref name="blkhist01">{{cite web |title= Greater Manchester Black History Trail| publisher= Acts of Achievement | url=http://www.actsofachievement.org.uk/blackhistorytrail/| accessdate= 2009-04-18}}</ref>. Commercial organisations include Caribbean bakeries and patty shops, as well as grocery and clothes shops, mainly centred on Claremont and Princess Roads. The Caribbean Carnival of Manchester is held in Alexandra Park every August.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caribbeancarnivalofmanchester.co.uk/ |title=Caribbean Carnival of Manchester}}</ref> Moss Side is also home to a population with a keen interest in green politics and sustainable living, with initiatives such as the [[Moss Cider Project]] which promotes the production of cider from apples grown in Moss Side and the surrounding area <ref name = "mossciderproject">{{cite news|date=2010-09-27|title=Neighbours become brewers and create 'Moss Cider'|first=Dan |last=Thompson|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1332505_neighbours_become_brewers_and_create_moss_cider|publisher=[[Manchester Evening News]]|work=[[Manchester Evening News]]|accessdate=2010-09-28}}</ref>.


The Millennium Powerhouse Centre caters for 8-25 year olds and includes a music studio, fitness studio, dance studio, sports hall and offers information to young people along with recreational and sport groups.<ref name ="mangov01">{{cite web | title= Millennium Powerhouse Centre| publisher= Manchester City Council | url=http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=812categoryID=500079&documentID=4140&pageNumber=2| accessdate= 2009-04-18}}</ref> The Windrush Millennium Centre, which provides adult education and other community facilities, is on Alexandra Road
The Millennium Powerhouse Centre caters for 8-25 year olds and includes a music studio, fitness studio, dance studio, sports hall and offers information to young people along with recreational and sport groups.<ref name ="mangov01">{{cite web | title= Millennium Powerhouse Centre| publisher= Manchester City Council | url=http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=812categoryID=500079&documentID=4140&pageNumber=2| accessdate= 2009-04-18}}</ref> The Windrush Millennium Centre, which provides adult education and other community facilities, is on Alexandra Road

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Moss Side is an inner-city area and electoral ward of Manchester, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies 1.9 miles (3.1 km) south of Manchester city centre and has a population of around 17,537. Moss Side is bounded by the neighbourhoods of Hulme, Rusholme, Fallowfield, and Old Trafford, on the north, east, south and west respectively.

Moss Side is the home of many immigrants and a large ethnic minority population, the result of several waves of immigration to Britain.

In and around Moss Side are the public parks of Whitworth Park and Alexandra Park. The east of Moss Side is close to the Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan universities and is a popular area for students to live.[1] Between 1923 and 2003, Moss Side was the location of Manchester City F.C.s stadium, at Maine Road.

There are two breweries in Moss Side. The Royal Brewery brewed Kestrel, McEwan's and Harp Lager, but is now managed by Scottish and Newcastle for the production of Foster's Lager. Hydes Brewery brews traditional beers including Hydes' Bitter and the cask version of Boddingtons – the latter since the closure of the Strangeways Brewery in 2005.

History

Main article: History of Manchester

Historically a part of Lancashire, Moss Side was formerly a rural township and chapelry within the parish of Manchester and hundred of Salford. Following the Industrial Revolution there was a process of unplanned urbanisation and a rapid increase in population size. The industrial growth of the area resulted in a densely populated area, so much so, that a part of the township of Moss Side was amalgamated into the expanding city of Manchester in 1885, with the rest joining in 1904.[2]

Mass development in Moss Side occurred at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries when large numbers of red brick terraced houses were built, and soon attracted numerous Irish immigrants and other working people.

During the Manchester Blitz of World War II many of the terraced houses were damaged by German bombing on the night of December 22/23 1940.

Migrants from the Indian subcontinent and Caribbean settled in the locality during the 1950s and 1960s, and by the 1980s Moss Side was the hub of Manchester's Afro-Caribbean community.[3]

During the 1960s and early 1970s Manchester City Council demolished many of the Victorian and Edwardian terraced houses to the west of Moss Side and replaced these with new residential properties.

The Royal Brewery

In 1981 the Moss Side area was one of England's inner city areas affected by a series of riots. Analysts trace the 1970s origins of Manchester's gang crime to social deprivation in the south-central part of the city — Hulme, Longsight and Moss Side — where it was difficult to make money by legitimate means.[3] A parallel trade in illegal narcotics and firearms gave rise to Manchester's nickname of "Gunchester".[4]. "Turf wars" between rival drugs 'gangs', resulted in a high number of fatal shootings.[3] During what has been termed the Madchester phase of the history of Manchester, narcotic trade in the city became "extremely lucrative" and in the early 1990s a gang war started between two groups vying for control of the market in Manchester city centre - the 'Cheetham Hill Gang' and The 'Gooch Close Gang', in Cheetham Hill and Moss Side respectively.[5]. There were several high profile shootings associated with gangs and drugs in this area during the 1990s and into the 21st century, albeit at a declining rate.[4][6]

Many of the flats in neighbouring Hulme were demolished in the late 1990s to make way for new low rise homes. Housing on the Alexandra Park Estate in the west of Moss Side has been renovated and the streets redesigned to reduce the fear of crime.[7]

Since the early 1990s there has been a steady rise in the Somali population in the area as a result of people seeking asylum. In the 2000s, there has also been a concentration of Iraqi and Romanian asylum seekers in Moss Side.

Governance

Further information: [[:Manchester City Council]]

Manchester Central constituency is represented by the Labour Party MP Tony Lloyd.

Moss Side is a ward within the local authority of Manchester City Council. The ward is represented by Labour Councillors Sameen Ali, Alistair Cox and Roy Walters.[8]

Geography

Great Western Street runs through the centre of Moss Side

Moss Side lies on the A5103 (Princess Road), the main road out of Manchester towards Northenden, Manchester Airport, the M56 motorway and Chester. Parallel to this is Alexandra Road which continues as Alexandra Road South past Alexandra Park (Alexandra Road was formerly one of two main shopping streets in Moss Side). Landmarks on Princess Road are the Royal Brewery and the Princess Road Bus Depot (built originally for the tramways in 1909 and still in used by Stagecoach Manchester).

The western border of the Moss Side Ward is bounded in part by Withington Road. Parts of the eastern border are bounded by Wilmslow Road, where it meets Whitworth Park, and Parkfield Street. To the south the border includes Alexandra Park, Horton Road and part of Platt Lane. To the north the ward border mainly runs along Moss Lane East.[9].

The built environment of Moss Side is broadly characterised as a high-density residential area. This includes mainly Victorian and Edwardian terraces to the east and centre, with more recent developments, primarily the Alexandra Park Estate, built in the 1970s to the west of Princess Road.

Moss Side has benefited from redevelopment and regeneration which has included improvement of the housing and residential environment. There has been substantial renovation of existing housing stock, such as local terrace housing and the Alexandra Park Estate (South Manchester Regeneration Team 2007). A large brownfield site on Great Western Street is currently being redeveloped by Moss Care housing. The former Maine Road site is in the process of redevelopment, as mixed housing, with many homes completed and occupied, along with a health centre and a primary school, and it is planned to redevelop the site formerly occupied by Bilsborrow primary school (now demolished) and the Stagecoach bus station, due to be demolished in March 2011[10][11][12].

The Moss Side Sports and Leisure Complex was upgraded for the 2002 Commonwealth Games and has a gym and a variety of other sporting facilities (north of Moss Lane West).

Demography

Further information: [[:Demography of Greater Manchester]]

In 2007, the Moss Side ward was estimated to have a total population of 17,537, of which 8,785 were male and 8,752 were female [13]. Moss Side is noted as an area with a greater population density and a faster population growth than other areas of the city of Manchester[13]. Demographic statistics, issued by Manchester City Council, for the Moss Side ward, point to a significant shift in the demography of Moss Side, both in terms of the ethnic origin of the population and the age structure, from the middle of the last decade and projected into the middle of this decade - as illustrated in the tables below[13]. Most notable is a marked percentage increase in the Black African, Indian, Chinese and 'Other' communities, and of those in the under 10 and 25-35 age groups, suggesting an increase in families with younger children.

The changing ethnic origins of Moss Side residents

Residents by Ethnic Group and Change 2007-2011
Moss Side Manchester average
Number Percentage Change 2007-2011 Percentage
2007 2011 2007 2011 Number Percentage 2007 2011
All groups 17,537 18,745 100.0% 100.0% 1208 6.9% 100.0% 100.0%
All White groups 7,904 7,812 45.1% 41.7% -92 -1.2% 75.8% 73.1%
All Non White groups sub total: 9,633 10,933 54.9% 58.3% 1300 13.5% 24.2% 26.2%
Mixed 1,111 1,099 6.3% 5.9% -11 -1.0% 3.3% 3.2%
Indian 582 720 3.3% 3.8% 138 23.8% 2.7% 3.2%
Pakistani 717 682 4.1% 3.6% -34 -4.8% 6.1% 5.7%
Bangladeshi 234 233 1.3% 1.2% -1 0.0% 1.0% 1.0%
Black Caribbean 1,868 1,587 10.6% 8.5% -271 -14.5% 1.9% 1.6%
Black African 2,898 3,805 16.5% 20.3% 908 31.3% 3.1% 3.9%
Chinese 644 884 3.7% 4.7% 240 37.3% 2.7% 3.6%
Other ethnic groups 1,580 1,912 9.0% 10.2% 332 21.0% 3.4% 4.0%

Source: Manchester City Council: "A26x Moss Side ward population factsheet 2009: Accessed 10.07.04".

The changing age structure of the Moss Side population

Estimated change in age groups for 2011 and 2015
Moss Side All persons Change 2007-2011: Change 2011-2015:
2011 2015 Number % change Number % change
All Ages 18,745 19,794 1208 6.9% 1048 5.6%
0-4 1,841 1,995 317 20.8% 154 8.4%
5-9 1,317 1,551 116 9.6% 234 17.8%
10-14 902 959 -133 -12.8% 56 6.2%
15-19 1,445 1,332 -149 -9.3% -113 -7.8%
20-24 2,898 2,770 146 5.3% -128 -4.4%
25-29 2,483 2,643 414 20.0% 160 6.4%
30-34 1,759 2,103 394 28.9% 344 19.5%
35-39 1,098 1,244 6 0.5% 147 13.4%
40-44 1,052 1,057 46 4.6% 5 0.5%
45-49 863 899 67 8.4% 36 4.2%
50-54 668 724 31 4.9% 56 8.4%
55-59 476 528 -36 -7.1% 52 10.9%
60-64 524 493 90 20.8% -31 -5.9%
65-69 460 537 -23 -4.8% 77 16.7%
70-74 383 368 -27 -6.6% -15 -3.8%
75-79 284 294 -22 -7.1% 10 3.6%
80-84 177 174 -28 -13.4% -3 -2.0%
85+ 115 122 -1 -1.0% 8 6.6%
Manchester 492,800 520,500 34,664 7.6% 27,700 5.6%

Source: Manchester City Council: "A26x Moss Side ward population factsheet 2009: Accessed 10.07.04".

Moss Side and neighbouring Hulme traditionally constitute the heart of Manchester's Black African and Black Caribbean community and a number of commercial and social organisations which cater for these communities are based in this area. Social organisations include the West Indian Sports and Social Club, the Chrysalis Project,[14] and the nearby "African Caribbean Mental Health Service".[15]. Commercial organisations include Caribbean bakeries and patty shops, as well as grocery and clothes shops, mainly centred on Claremont and Princess Roads. The Caribbean Carnival of Manchester is held in Alexandra Park every August.[16] Moss Side is also home to a population with a keen interest in green politics and sustainable living, with initiatives such as the Moss Cider Project which promotes the production of cider from apples grown in Moss Side and the surrounding area [17].

The Millennium Powerhouse Centre caters for 8-25 year olds and includes a music studio, fitness studio, dance studio, sports hall and offers information to young people along with recreational and sport groups.[18] The Windrush Millennium Centre, which provides adult education and other community facilities, is on Alexandra Road

Education

Manchester Academy school in Moss Side

In 2003, the Ducie High School was replaced by the independent run "Manchester Academy". with the aim of overcoming barriers to education and achievement faced by young people in the community. In April 2009, the Manchester Evening News reported the Academy has met with success in raising educational standards in the area, with, an above national average of, 62% of pupils achieving A-C grades at GCSE, in 2008, compared with 13% at the former Ducie High School.[19]. In November 2009, it won the "Academy Partnership Award".at the UK "Education Business Awards"., whilst, in July 2010, Academy pupils were named as national debating finalists at the "Debate Mate". competition at the House of Lords.

The area has three primary schools: St Mary's Church of England, Claremont, and a new primary school on the site of the former "Maine Road" football stadium which has been formed from the merger of St Edward's, and Bishop Bilsborrow Memorial Roman Catholic primary schools.[10][20]

The Windrush Millennium Centre on Alexandra Road provides facilities for courses of college and adult education, including some run by the City College Manchester and Manchester College of Arts and Technology. Manchester City Council runs the Greenheys Adult Learning Centre on Upper Lloyd Street.[21]

Religion

The original St James's Church, Princess Road, was built in 1887-88 (architect John Lowe): of red brick in the Perpendicular revival style. This has now been replaced by a modern brick building which also contains offices used by local community groups.
The former Swedenborgian Church is also of 1888 and neo-Gothic in style.[22]

Sports

From 1923, Moss Side was the location of Manchester City F.C.'s stadium at Maine Road which on several occasions in its early years drew crowds of more than 80,000. However its capacity was gradually reduced over the years and by the mid-1990s it held just under 35,000 spectators all seated. Plans to rebuild the stadium to seat 45,000 were abandoned in favour of moving to the City of Manchester Stadium. Maine Road has since been demolished and a mixed development of two-, three-, and four-bedroom houses, flats, a health centre and a primary school has been built on the site.[11]

Notable people

See also: List of people from Manchester

The author Anthony Burgess, although born in Harpurhey, lived in Moss Side as a child.[23] The political activist Emmeline Pankhurst was born in Moss Side.[24]

Notes

  1. ^ South Manchester Regeneration Team: Moss Side and Rusholme District Centre Local Plan, page 52. Manchester: Manchester City Council, 2007.
  2. ^ "Greater Manchester Gazetteer" (Document). Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names - M to N. {{cite document}}: Unknown parameter |accessdate= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |url= ignored (help)
  3. ^ a b c Ravenscroft, Nick (2006-09-11). "Killing surprises few in Moss Side". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
  4. ^ a b Randell, Tom (2006-09-15). "North West: Trying to banish 'Gunchester'". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
  5. ^ "A street guide to gangs in Manchester". bbc.co.uk. 2003-01-06. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
  6. ^ Osuh, Chris (2009-04-07). "Gooch Gang Smashed". Manchester Evening News. Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
  7. ^ South Manchester Regeneration Team: Moss Side and Rusholme District Centre Local Plan, page 35. Manchester: Manchester City Council, 2007.
  8. ^ "Councillors by Ward: Moss Side". Manchester City Council. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
  9. ^ "Map of Moss Side Ward". Manchester City Council. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  10. ^ a b Osuh, Chris (2009-01-25). "Bus site to become estate". Manchester Evening News. Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  11. ^ a b Osuh, Chris (2007-03-02). "Transfer to Maine Road". Manchester Evening News. Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  12. ^ BBC, News (2010-09-27). "Moss Cider brews community spirit in Manchester". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 2010-09-28. {{cite news}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  13. ^ a b c "Moss Side ward population factsheet 2009". Manchester City Council. Retrieved 2010-07-10. [dead link]
  14. ^ "Chrysalis Project".
  15. ^ "Greater Manchester Black History Trail". Acts of Achievement. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  16. ^ "Caribbean Carnival of Manchester".
  17. ^ Thompson, Dan (2010-09-27). "Neighbours become brewers and create 'Moss Cider'". Manchester Evening News. Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
  18. ^ "Millennium Powerhouse Centre". Manchester City Council. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  19. ^ Qureshi, Yakub (2009-04-28). "Reborn school a class act". Manchester Evening News. Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
  20. ^ "School Finder: Moss Side". Manchester City Council.
  21. ^ "Greenheys Adult Learning Centre". Manchester City Council.
  22. ^ Pevsner, N. (1969) Lancashire: 1. Penguin Books; pp. 333–334
  23. ^ Ratcliffe, Michael (2007) Anthony Burgess. In: "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford University Press
  24. ^ The birth indexes for the December Quarter of 1858 for the Chorlton registration district (vol. 8c, p.529) record her name as Emiline Goulden, but she never seems to have used that spelling.

References

  • Crofton, H. T. (1903). "Old Moss Side, Manchester". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Porter, J. (1904). "In and Around Moss Side". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • South Manchester Regeneration Team (2007). "Moss Side and Rusholme District Centre Local Plan". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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