Oaks Hotel, Barlow Moor Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy. (c) Manchester Local Image Collection. Click here to view full image [1].
Pictured in 1959, the Oaks Hotel on Barlow Moor Road, near to Princess Road, was built sometime after 1911. Its heyday sounded like the 1950s, '60s and '70s when it was a popular drinking den and later disco venue with the likes of Peter Stringfellow DJing there. The later '70s saw the pub used as post-punk venue with local bands like Slaughter & The Dogs and Ed Banger & the Nosebleeds (with the legendary Vini Reilly; The Durutti Column) playing there.
Oaks, Barlow Moor Road. (c) Robin at Manchester District Music Archive [2].
Andrew Simpson at the Chorlton History site remembers the Oaks as a huge, rambling, multi-roomed building which sadly was usually empty apart from funeral parties from the nearby Southern Cemetery. The Oaks closed in the early 1990s after a brief time as the Sports Bar and was demolished soon after [3]. These days a Premier Inn and its dull new-build pub, the Christie Fields, has replaced it.
Former location of Oaks Hotel, Barlow Moor Road. (c) Google 2013. View Larger Map.
Played there in the 1960s with the Manchester Road Runners support band for Dave Dee Dozy Mick and Titch everybody well drun
ReplyDeletethe oaks was not on the site of the premier inn but adjacent to it on the housing association building called great places.
ReplyDeleteSaw The Adverts, Slaughter & The Dogs, Johnny Thunders, Little Bob Story band, Spider Mike King, Nosebleeds, Siouxsie and the Banshees all at the Oaks. Rob Gretton (Joy Division / Factory) DJ'd
ReplyDeleteAll who are responsible for the destruction of a building with such beauty should be flogged
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DeleteI was a waiter at the oaks late 60s early 70s and played for their Sunday football team Friday night was disco with Jonny b good I think the landlady was mrs Smith along with her husband and 2son's one was called Mike
ReplyDeleteSorry the name was mrs Taylor great days and nights
ReplyDeleteUsed to go to the oaks disco early 70s .if I remember correctly admission was 50p .I travelled from Stretford but seeing a girl from near Longford park .nearest disco from where she lived .always a bit rough and plenty of fights in car park when throwing out time.but apart from that it was okay
ReplyDeleteThe Jam played there: May 5 1977
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ReplyDeleteThe sons name was Dave Taylor. I also worked there as a Waiter in late 60's. I remember dave taylor getting a White MGB GT for his birthday from his parents
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