What a lovely photo. Have a look at genuki for some modern day photos,
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Kirkmanshulme/ Maybe this will help? A list of Longsight churches quickly taken from my trusty copy of 'Longsight Past & Present' by Gay Sussex. Might jog someone's memory.
Calvinistic Methodist Church, Daisy Bank Rd aka The Welsh Church, built c1913, closed 1951.
College Chapel Methodist Church, Dickenson Rd, built 1907, closed 1978. Reopened as the Church of the God of Prophecy
First Church of Christ. Scientist, Daisy Bank Rd, Victoria Park. 1903 – 1971, now the Edgar Wood Centre
Independent Chapel, Lime Grove (Ivy chapel), opened 1853, closed 1933
Longsight Free Christian Church (Unitarian Chapel), Birch Lane/Plymouth Grove corner. Opened in the 1880s, closed 1948.
Longsight Baptist Church, Slade Lane, opened 1900. Later became the Church of God 7th Day
Longsight Methodist Church, Stockport Rd, 1853 - 1966
Longsight Presbyterian church, Stockport Rd opened 1870
North Rd Methodist Chapel, East Rd, opened 1911, extended 1959. Name changed to Northmoor Rd Methodist Church in 1968.
Roby Congregational, Dickenson Rd, 1911.
St Agnes C of E, Hamilton Rd, consecrated 1885
St Clements C of E, Gray St consecrated 1876 (now demolished)
St Johns C of E, St Johns Rd consecrated 1846 – only church in Longsight with a graveyard. In 1929 was amalgamated with St Cyprian's of Stanley Grove
St Josephs RC Church, Plymouth Grove, opened in 1915. (site originally housed the St Josephs Technical School Chapel)
St Roberts RC Church, Hamilton Rd. The current church was built in 1970 but an earlier building was there before it.
Re-organised Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Beresford Rd. Opened in 1923.
No mention in the book of Bethshan Tabernacle, Slade Hall Grove, but I would guess by its architecture that Bethshan was built later than this photo.
If anyone knows about ecclesiastical robes, could help to identify the denomination of the vicar, if not the man himself? I used to go to North Rd Methodist Sunday school & I don't recall the ministers wearing full robes like this, but maybe they did for weddings.
Good luck!
Barbara