"My biggest fear always, and I used to lose sleep over this, was 'what after football?' I look back, and my goal was to always make it as a professional in England. But now, I wouldn't swap that for this."
10.04.2023 - 05:27 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
'Once in a generation' plans were recently submitted to completely redevelop Wythenshawe Civic Centre.
The proposals were part of a £20m levelling up bid to revamp the town centre which include the creation of a new public square, cultural hub, food hall and 1,500 new homes. Although Manchester Council was to receive the disappointing news that their bid for the cash had been rejected, bosses vowed they were still "completely committed" to the redevelopment.
The proposed changes to the Wythenshawe Civic Centre have been widely welcomed by councillors and campaigners, with shoppers saying late last year the precinct was a far cry from the bustling hub it once was. The shopping centre opened in 1963, and has been expanded further since it was first built, most notably between 1999 and 2002. Here, the M.E.N's Lee Grimsditch looks at the precinct's ups and downs through the decades.
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In 1971, the Civic Centre Forum, containing a swimming pool, theatre, public hall and library, opened - completing a modern town centre in a vision of Wythenshawe as a 'garden city' away from industrial Manchester.
Meanwhile, nearby, a few years earlier, Wythenshawe's Golden Garter cabaret club had opened its doors to some of the biggest names in showbiz - with stars including Dusty Springfield and Roy Orbison walking the lavish gold and crimson carpets of the former bowling alley, on Rowlands Way.
However the fortunes of the Civic Centre took went into decline in the 1980s and 1990s. Paul Goggins, MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East from 1997 until his death in January
"My biggest fear always, and I used to lose sleep over this, was 'what after football?' I look back, and my goal was to always make it as a professional in England. But now, I wouldn't swap that for this."
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