Saturday 1 March 2014

Ram, Oldham Road

Ram, Oldham Road, Miles Platting. (c) Manchester Local Image Collection. Click here to view full image [1].

The original Ram was next door to the Empress Electric Theatre on Oldham Road in Miles Platting.  While the Grade II-listed Empress (see the 1912 plans, and in 1961) was sadly knocked down in 2006 after a mysterious fire, the Ram was lost in the 1960s. 
 
Empress, Oldham Road. (c) HistoryMe [1].

The Tetley's house, the Ram, is seen here in 1961, actually attached to the Empress.  A replacement estate pub-style Ram was built on the same Oldham Road site in the 1960s, but this is also long-gone - as is the distinctive Unitarian Chapel a few doors up the road, lost in 2009.

Former location of the Ram, Oldham Road. (c) Google 2014. View Larger Map.

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