The Aces, Clowes Street, West Gorton. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.
The Aces estate pub on Clowes Street in West Gorton is shown in happier times 20 years ago by Alan Winfield when it offered several real ales [1]. Named after the Belle Vue Aces whose old Hyde Road stadium wasn't far from here (their current home at the greyhound stadium is a bit further away), the Aces has been shut for a few years now.
Inside the pub had plenty of speedway memorabilia including photos of Aces legends, Peter Collins, Chris Morton & Co, and apparently race jackets and even a old bike were kept in the pub [2]. Trade from fans drifted away when the Hyde Road stadium was demolished in the late 1980s.
1. www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/25693.
2. www.speedwayplus.com/Aces.shtml.
I lived in the West Gorton area in the '50s and much of it was a slum that couldn't have been preserved,yet the subsequent rebuilding was of amazingly poir quality, so bleak that it deserved to be pulled down as it has been.
ReplyDeleteTop pub back in the day being a Beswick lad had many good drink with the west Gorton boys we knew The Bourkes The Matthew's Brothers Cunningham's shaws ... GED BLESS HIM Top Gaffer
ReplyDeleteMany happy memory's in their the staff and customers were so friendly and welcoming
ReplyDeleteLoved goin in there on a Friday and Saturday night was good nites in there.. Does anyone remember a guy named Thomas who went in there bk in the 90s he probably abt 45yrs now he was from Gorton?
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