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Thursday 12 August 2010

Manchester Millennium Pub Crawl


Manchester Millennium Pub Crawl. (c) Bernie Carroll Publications, Liverpool.

Acquired this geeky poster of Manchester's pub crawl circuit from a decade ago. It's different to any of the similar looking posters that some pubs in town display, and appears to be sponsored by J. W. Lees judging by the drawing of the brewery and a couple of Lees adverts dotted around the poster. It was drawn by Bernie Carroll and is available for a couple of quid from Beer Inn Print.


It contains 107 pubs within our boundary (plus many random ones from further afield) including a couple of possible news ones to us - Café Madrid and Rocket Bar. Can anyone shed any light on these?

GONE (RIP):
Swan With Two Necks
Pack Horse
Canal Bar
John Willie Lees
Paddy's Rat & Carrot
Royal George
White House
Hat & Feathers

CLOSED:
Rovers Return (Corrie!)
Rosie's
Courtneys
Cross Keys
Batys
Edinburgh Castle
Cheshire Cheese
Foo Foo's Palace
Lord Nelson
Pot of Beer
Rothwells
Lower Turks Head
Square Albert
Portland Arms / Azura Bar
Quo Vadis

CHANGE OF USE:
Land 'O' Cakes (now Bem Brasil restaurant)
Pig & Porcupine (now Lal Qila restaurant)
Smithfields (now Nosh restaurant)
Granby (now San Siro restaurant)
Kings (Maxwell's, now San Carlo restaurant)
Athenaeum (soon to close and become Brown's restaurant)

STILL OPEN
Grand Central
Old Garratt
Mr Thomas's Chop House
New York, New York
Churchills
Bank
Overdraught
Metz
Derby Brewery Arms
Old Nags Head
Hare & Hounds
Monroe's
White Lion
Manto's
Lass O'Gowrie
Crown (Deansgate)
Mitre
J.W. Johnson's (Living Room)
King (Northern)
Bar Icarus
Fringe
Sir Ralph Abercromby
Rain Bar
Oxnoble
Seven Oaks
Thirsty Scholar
Beer House (Angel)
Shambles (Wellington)
Peveril of the Peak
Circus Tavern
Band on the Wall
Revolution, Oxford Road
Gullivers
Wetherspoons, Piccadilly
City
Bulls Head
Idol's (Moho Live)
Grey Horse
Wheatsheaf
Burton Arms
Moon Under Water
Smithfield Hotel
Hogshead (English Lounge)
Crown & Cushion
Atlas
Generation X
Shakespeare
Sinclairs
Yates's Wine Lodge (Portland Street)
Mother Macs
Bridge Street Tavern
Town Hall Tavern
O'Shea's
City Road Inn
Dry Bar
Waldorf
Salisbury
Rising Sun
Squizzy Taylors (Joe's Bar)
Barca
Joshua Brooks
Huxters (Blue Parrot)
Castle
Ducie Bridge
Frog & Bucket
Blob Shop (Melodies)
New Union
Prague 5
Rembrandt
Via Fossa
Paddy's Goose
Sawyers Arms
Retro

UNKNOWN:
Café Madrid
Rocket Bar

2 comments:

  1. Every Red remembers Quo Vadis-it was near Henry's and became famous for awhile after Roy Keane was arrested there!

    I'm pretty sure the Grey Parrot was in Hulme. The other two ring vague bells, but I can't place them, although wasn't Rocket Bar some trendy music venue?

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  2. Of course, Grey Parrot was in Hulme. Nice to be reminded of Roy Keane carrying on the proud traditions of Best, Robson & Whiteside! Rocket Bar has a page on the Manchester Music Archive but not sure where or what it was.

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