Sunday 6 June 2010

George & Dragon, Gartside Street


George & Dragon, Gartside Street, 1977. (c) Arthur Brougham with family's permission.

The George & Dragon was at No.1 Gartside Street on the corner of Bridge Street, just over the River Irwell into Manchester. The traditional frontage to this fine looking boozer is seen in this 1959 Archive photo. This, also from 1959, shows the pub looking from the bridge over the Irwell towards Deansgate, and the modern day view from pretty much this same spot shows that most Bridge Street's buildings are gone - the trees on the right hand side of Bridge Street mark the site of the George & Dragon.

Bridge Street / Gartside Street. (c) Google 2010. View Larger Map.

The bizarre looking building is the new Manchester Civil Justice Centre and to the right is the emerging Left Bank development. The Mark Addy pub is a stone's throw to the rear and right on the Salford side of the river. Back in the day the summer Manchester to Liverpool packet steamer would run from the New Bailey Bridge and passengers would get information and organise goods transport from the packet-house at the George & Dragon, then run by a Jane Weston [1].


George & Dragon, Gartside Street. (c) Arthur Brougham with family's permission.

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  1. Anonymous20 November 2015 at 14:42

    Spent many happy hours in there between 1978 when I started work, in the building next to it, Scottish Life House, and 1982 when it sadly closed. Was there for the last night in September 82

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  3. David-E13 January 2020 at 14:22

    Reposted due to putting incorrect date in previous post:-

    The Manchester Gritstone Climbing Club used to meet in there on Thursday nights around 1960. I used to have to wait outside during the meetings because I was only 10 or 11 - I was the youngest member.

    In February 1963, two members,Graham West and Micheal Roberts, were killed by a freak avalanche in Wilderness Gully above Dovestones Reservoir in Chew Valley.

    https://saddind.co.uk/dead-climbers-remembered/

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  4. Anonymous25 July 2023 at 19:37

    I used to do day release at the nearby St John's College in 1973 (later, College of Building) and myself and a couple of lads from college would head to the G&D for a lunchtime drink and a sandwich. Never crowded and easy to get served

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