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26.05.2022 - 19:33 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
An elderly man was arrested after telling developers to 'get off my property', claiming that he owns a former community centre set to be turned into flats.
Felix Daniels, one of the original trustees of the Nello James Centre in Whalley Range, was removed by police from the property during a consultation event. The 74-year-old, who recently suffered a stroke, demanded the developer leaves the property - which he says he still has the deeds for - during the five-hour event on Saturday (May 21) and tried to remove posters from the site.
It came as Mancunian property developer Views shared its plans to turn the derelict building in Withington Road into 35 new apartments with the public. However, members of the community have questioned how the building which was bought by a trust using funds donated by actress Vanessa Redgrave in 1971 and was used for decades was sold to the developer in the first place.
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The Walton Cottage Education Trust, which sold the property in January 2020 for £850,000, says it will have a new premises in Old Trafford by September. But trustees have refused to answer any questions about the new premises or the trust's finances over the last decade while the centre has been closed.
Now people are asking the trustees to come forward and explain what has happened so they can be satisfied that the building was sold legitimately.
Originally a private family home built in 1887 and called Walton Cottage, the British Red Cross used the building as an auxiliary hospital from 1914 to 1916. It is understood the British Red Cross owned the building until 1971 when the Walton Cottage Education Trust purchased it, with funds from Dame
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