Saturday 11 January 2014

Brooklands Hotel, Marsland Road

Brooklands Hotel, Marsland Road, Sale. (c) Laurel & Hardy British Tours [1].

The Brooklands Hotel was built in 1872 [2] on the corner of Hope Road and Marsland Road in Sale, and is shown here in 1905.  It was owned by the Grand Hotel in Manchester as used as an annexe by them; Laurel and Hardy once stayed here for their Bolton show in 1947 [1].  Sadly the Brooklands Hotel was demolished exactly a century after it was built, in 1972, and replaced by the grim Marsland House offices.  The still-serving Brooklands Tap estate-style pub and a petrol station were also built on the plot.  The memory of the Brooklands Hotel lives on in a way, as the nearby 'Little B' pub is still named as such to avoid confusion with the 'Big Brooklands'.  Comparing this 1954 photo with the view today (below) shows how this tree-lined stretch of Marsland Road is remarkably unchanged half a century later.

Former location of Brooklands Hotel, Marsland Road. (c) Google 2014. View Larger Map.

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10 comments:

  1. Curmudgeon11 January 2014 at 16:02

    I've been past that junction many times but never knew that the Brooklands Tap was there,

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    1. Anonymous7 March 2024 at 11:49

      Still there :). just a little down the hill.

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  2. granata11 January 2014 at 17:01

    Brooklands Tap has the dubious honour of being Sale's only cask ale-free pub. Greene King so that's no loss really.

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  3. Sat In A Pub12 January 2014 at 11:53

    That was Whitbread when I used to drink in there. Not a bad range of beers,a ctually.

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  4. Anonymous18 January 2017 at 09:56

    Does anybody have any info of a male called Manik Rao around 1948-51 staying at the brooklands hotel whilst studying engineering at Manchester. He was indian origin any info much appreciated

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  5. Sam Anderson23 August 2019 at 11:25

    If we look at new picture of this hotel, it looks a modern and I hope it would be among luxurious hotels.
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  6. Unknown22 February 2020 at 14:55

    Have just found a coathanger from the old hotel

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  7. Simon26 December 2020 at 22:56

    I have a glass from the old hotel, my grandma worked there. Still use it - maybe I shouldn't.

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  8. Blogger23 November 2022 at 10:40

    no doubt, Old is Gold. new look of hotel definitely is the pack of facilities but the view of old Brookland Tap is attractive and marvelous piece of architecture . Gatwick South Terminal Car Parking

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