A now seldom used Mancunian colloquialism for an area of derelict ground.
As children growing up in 1970's inner city Manchester, we would spend many hours playing on nearby crofts - usually old pe-existing bombsites from WW2, or rubble strewn areas left over from the slum clearances of the 50's and 60's.
As children growing up in 1970's inner city Manchester, we would spend many hours playing on nearby crofts - usually old pe-existing bombsites from WW2, or rubble strewn areas left over from the slum clearances of the 50's and 60's.
"C'mon Tommy, we're going to build a new den on the croft, cos them Rusholme lads have ragged the old one!"
by RedDan333 April 10, 2010