Black Cat Cafe

A Memory of Timperley.

I was born in Wythenshawe in 1954. My father was the local Policeman, he had a large ramshackle allotment on the junction of Stockport road and Bloomsbury Lane. It was entered by the side of a building which for years was a Funeral Directors. Next to this was a coffee bar called the Black Cat. My father took a very dim view of establishments like the Black Cat and my teenage sisters were prohibited from frequenting the place. My dad described the clientele as "Beatniks" and of course this disaproval enhanced the allure of the place to my sisters! I think it burned down in the sixties sometime. Does anyone else remember the Black Cat?

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