Midway, Stockport Road

Midway, Stockport Road, Levenshulme. (c) quantum bunny at flickr under Creative Commons.

The Midway was rebuilt in 1904 as this imposing pub at the junction of Matthews Lane and Stockport Road in Levenshulme.  The original Midway dates back an impressive 300 years earlier, first licensed in 1604 and shown here as Midway House in 1900 and 1902 just before its replacement (1907).  To the left of the Midway is a supermarket car park which was once a bowling green, as shown by the sign on the wall in 1959.  Sadly, the Midway has closed and has been taken over by an obscure college having been a cash & carry at some point previously.  The pub may have had an Irish name in the 1990s but I'm not sure.

Midway, Stockport Road, Levenshulme. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.