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Sunday 3 January 2016

Vavasour Hotel, Sussex Street

Vavasour Hotel, Sussex Street, Lower Broughton, 1983. By Stanley Horrocks, with kind permission and (c) Rose Horrocks. 

The Vavasour Hotel was built in 1866 on the corner of Edward Street and Sussex Street to serve the (as described at the time) "new town" of Lower Broughton. Its name is explained by the builder, one Marmaduke Vavasour. The grand hotel had 10 bedrooms, a billiard room, club room and six rooms on the ground floor [1].

Vavasour Hotel, Sussex Street. (c) Paul Wilson with posthumous permission.

By the 1900s the Vavasour was owned by Threlfalls and in 1918, alterations were made, including the conversion of the kitchen to toilets and the kitchen moved up to the old billiards room. Although the Vavasor passed to Whitbread in the 1960s, it kept its Threlfalls signs and blue and cream colours into the 1970s as seen here [1].

Vavasour Hotel, Sussex Street. (c) Neil Richardson [1].

Even though the surrounding area was flattened of houses, the Vavasour survived through the '80s as some light industry moved into the area, and the pub was taken by Chesters. The brewery added red plastic canopies over the doorways and the street was changed to Cottenham Lane [1].

Vavasour Hotel, Sussex Street. (c) Paul Wilson with posthumous permission.

Sadly the Vavasour Hotel was demolished in 1990 although its near-neighbour, the Albert, remarkably survives down Short Street to the left. You can just make out the Silk Street flats in the background, above and below.

Former location of Vavasour Hotel, Cottenham Lane. (c) Google 2016. View Larger Map.

1. Salford Pubs Part Two: Including Islington, Ordsall Lane and Ordsall, Oldfield Road, Regent Road and Broughton, Neil Richardson (2003).

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  3. My grandparents ran the Vav from the 60's to it's closure I believe. I have many childhood memories, loved this piece, thank you.

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  4. the landlady was named dot I work at motor body services from 78 to 82 dot l

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  5. My parents Patrick and Magaret McDermott ran the pub after the war. I was born there in 1949 My dad died there in 1951. Anybody remember them

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  6. My Parents had the Vavasour Hotel from 1971 I believe and I was born here in 1972, due to the large amount of waste ground the area was known as Tin Town because of the amount of Travelling community living there many of which were the punters of the pub.

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  7. A kid played pool in there in the 80s he was unbeatable

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  8. My dad worked at granite surface coatings 78 to 87 , was called hill son and Wallace in the 70s , dot and Austin ran the vav then .

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    1. Who was your father? Iworked there as well.

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    2. Denis perrin , he was a driver at granyte , my brother worked in the factory . That photo of the pub is taken in granytes gates .

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  10. I was the kid who played pool in there in the 80s

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  11. Ah the VAV i remember it well Dot and Austin my Parents used to drink there, myself and my brother were given crisps and soft drinks outside

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