Seen in 1899, in the 1900s, and here in 1904 (note the Jepson's Temperance Hotel next door for the more straight-laced customer), the Manchester Arms was converted from a house of residence to a public house at the end of the 19th century. Here are a couple of rear views from 1904 and 1910 from the Corporation Street side. The Manchester Arms was demolished in the mid-1970s to make way for the Picc-Vic cross-town underground scheme, which of course, never materialised.
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The Picc-Vic Manchester Underground. (c) wikipedia.
Another sadly unrealised underground railway system for Manchester was detailed in the largely unknown 1967 'Manchester Rapid Transit' study which was hotly debated in Parliament. This would have been a partly elevated, partly ground level, and partly underground network running from the Airport and Altrincham in the south, to Bury and Middleton in the north. The proposed line to the south would have travelled for miles beneath Wythenshawe, and in the city centre beneath Oxford Street and Corporation Street.
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Manchester Rapid Transit, 1967. (c) MarkO at skyscrapercity.
1. www.images.manchester.gov.uk.
I went in here a few times in the early 1970's.
ReplyDeleteThey used to have a topless disc jockey playing records and also a stripper gyrating along to the music.
My memories seem to recall this all took place in a pokey, smokey little room that only had one entrance, the result being the poor stripper, having finished her routine, would end up getting groped something rotten as she tried to leave the room.
The perpetrators would be the railway workers who worked at nearby Victoria Station.
It was a great pub. Such a shame so many great Manchester pubs like this have been demolished.
Yes I remember it well, a real old sort of pub, I was a railwayman & visited often, never got to grope the srippers though lol
ReplyDeletedoes anyone remember the landlords surnamename ? i worked with his son Ray, a plumber and i'm trying to find him.
ReplyDeleteI am ray my surname is coverdale and I now live in moston and I'm still plumbing
ReplyDeletehi Ray, do you member me ? we worked at Fram Gerrards renonvating houses and we used to go and watch kung fu movies. we both came off my motorbike one night in the rain, conveniently outside a pub. some good memories and would be nice to hear fro you, send me an email sometime pal.
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DeleteThe official Manchester United supporters club was founded in the pub around 1969ish by, among others, Mike Goldstone, Dave Smith and Jack Turner.
ReplyDeleteMike Goldstone was my cousin. Unfortunately, he passed away several years ago.
DeleteCheers, Howard.
Do you remember a runaway staying with you in the early 60s and going to the free trade hall
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A whole bunch of we United supporters used to congregate in the Manchester Arms after home games throughout the 1960s. I have often wondered what has become of some of my friends from those days - Ellis from Wigan, John from St Helens, Peter Edgerton, Keith, and so many others.
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I remember the pub, I remember the Barmaid was topless and had Green Shield stamps on her Nipples. We used to go in on the way to watch City at Maine Rd.
ReplyDeleteI remember going in here when I was 16 in 1974. If the Stripper hadn't finished before the music, the DJ would just lift the needle and drop it back somewhere in the middle of the record. I remember the Gents was just a trough and had no roof so anyone in the taller buildings across the road could see right in. The stripper looked ancient but probs only in her 30s. First time I'd seen cellulite. Happy days and better times. Wish I could go back.
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