Ring O'Bells, Victoria Street. (c) northmanchester.net [1].
Where Victoria Street passes the Cathedral nowadays used to be just a footpath. Between the path and the River Irwell on the left was the Ring O'Bells, a popular venue for wedding parties heading out of the Cathedral - it's mentioned in The Manchester Man as being filled to repletion with wedding guests [2].
Apparently there was a long room upstairs and from the window you could look down onto the boats on the river. This room was described as "old, worm-eaten and dilapidated" with "step-dancing in perfection, and the beat of a Lancashire clog seems an excellent accompaniment to the violins".
The Ring O'Bells was shut in 1833 as the place had been "most infrequently conducted for a long time" [2]. This drawing shows the Ring O'Bells Tavern at the bottom of Hanging Ditch on the corner of Half Street.
Apparently there was a long room upstairs and from the window you could look down onto the boats on the river. This room was described as "old, worm-eaten and dilapidated" with "step-dancing in perfection, and the beat of a Lancashire clog seems an excellent accompaniment to the violins".
The Ring O'Bells was shut in 1833 as the place had been "most infrequently conducted for a long time" [2]. This drawing shows the Ring O'Bells Tavern at the bottom of Hanging Ditch on the corner of Half Street.
2. The Manchester Man, G. Linneaus Banks (1896).
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