Interesting video but I think you're slightly off with what you think is Gas Road! As someone who grew up in Macclesfield and spent half my life there, including well before the Silk Road ( North South relief road) was built in the late 1980s. I remember Gas Road with affection as I commuted along there daily and almost met my maker as some fancy Limo with the distinctive 'A1' plate, nearly piled into me coming down Hibel Road and hurtled around the roundabout just missing me, I had to brake sharply, then it went off down Gas Road, which was a short connecting road between the roundabout on Hibel Road and joined the roundabout at the bottom of Buxton Road (Waters Green area) It followed the River Bollin which was down to one side in a brick culvert and went under the Railway. In fact in your video you were on Gas Road looking over the wall into the Bollin Culvert @ 1:09 then later at 1:29 you can see the stone arch of the Bollin Culvert where it goes under the railway and just to the right that green railway bridge, the Road underneath is Gas Road. Then I'm fairly sure the Silk Road intersects where Gas Road would have joined Hibel Road. That grassy path you followed with the tents at the end looks to me like where the lorry park used to be adjacent to Gas Road and the roundabout behind a high brick wall, which looked to be the remains of an old building, as it had bricked up window openings, maybe the old Gas Works? I also remember the Tescos being built on an old coal yard which I believe used to be railway sidings or a goods yard and they had to reroute part of the Bollin around the Tesco carpark, quite a major job, lots and lots of roadworks! Also the top of Hibel Road was a T junction, where it joined Jordangate / Beech Lane, opposite there used to be a garage, which was demolished to make way for that Road that joins Hibel Road up to Churchill way roundabout. I remember the Silk Road was always a very contentious subject, many wanted it but nobody wanted it cutting through their area. There were several plans proposed, some to the west of the town, some to the east, nobody wanted it cutting through their area, so... In the end they built it almost right through the middle of the town. I also remember the old row of shops that had to be demolished along where the Silk Road met London Road. There was a motorbike shop called Redline motorcycles which eventually moved up towards Macc Town FC. There was also an old crockery shop which the locals nicknamed 'cat pee' corner, well if you ever want in you'd understand why?

its sureal seeing footage of a place i go to basically every day

I absolutely loved watching this, I grew up on Fence Avenue and played all round this area !! Thank you so much !! For all your hard work X

This was actually very interesting. Good work

Good content. I've lived in Macclesfield for over 20 years now and love exploring places.

Should have explained that the Arighi Bianchi building is of interest because of its wrought iron construction. And the Silk Road didn’t show up until the 80s, not the 60s.

Thanks for all the work ,very informative 👍

I used to live on Canterbury Court, Victoria Park Flats between August 1970 & November 1972, it an area I knew so very well I did enjoyed the video of Gas Road in Macclesfield, & you was on the right spot where Gas Road was, I now live in St Helens in Merseyside since 1972, There used to be a Cattle Market on Commercial Road that was just across Arighi Bianchi.

Remember it in the 70's..the brickwork on the right at 4:30 looks familiar as belonging to Gas Road.

Thank you Steve !

Very interesting video thank you

Pre gas works times there was a work house on the site that’s why there is a huge wall on commercial road!

I watched this and compared it to my installation of Google Earth Pro. On that you can actually see gas road in 1945 and pin markers on it then go forward in time right to 2021 and see very accurately where it was in a modern context.

Keep them coming lad

The Sik road started construction in the late 80s

Underpass!

There's no rush, slow down.

It was the 80s not the 60s

Hi steve can you contact me,I'd be interested in doing something about this for Cheshire Live