Coomassie Hotel, Florin Street, Hanky Park, Salford. (c) Neil Richardson [1].
This oddly named boozer* opened in 1874 when the licence from the Cross Keys, Broughton Road, was transferred to a shop on the corner of Coomassie Street and Florin Street. The Sun Brewery owned the beerhouse and they unsuccessfully applied to rebuild it as a fully-licensed house a year after opening, also failing to gain a spirits licence in 1873. In the early 1900s the Coomassie was bought by Threlfalls Brewery and it survived until 1968 when it fell to the Hanky Park compulsory purchase order [1]. Hanky Park was obliterated during redevelopment in the '60s and '70s so it's hard to work out where Florin Street used to run on modern maps but I guess the Coomassie was too far from where Edgehill Close is today.
* Coomassie Blue is an old textile dye, these days used as a biochemical protein stain
1. Salford Pubs Part Three: Including Cross Lane, Broad Street, Hanky Park, the Height, Brindleheath, Charlestown and Weaste, Neil Richardson (2003).
60 years ago I used to live on florin street, I was 2yrs of age when we moved to Little Hulton. It was my nan and grandads house. 'FANTASTIC'
ReplyDeletei lived on florin st from the late 50s to the late 60s i was about 11 when we mover to the new flats on unwin st / churchill way my name is john simmons
ReplyDeleteI lived 81 Florin Street
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ReplyDeletei lived at 66 late 50s to mid 60s happy days.
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