tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981527888991373948.post3578102095543482724..comments2024-03-28T09:18:11.578+00:00Comments on Pubs of Manchester: Farm Yard, Rochdale Roadgranatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08551985686564886849noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981527888991373948.post-50651306001676423132020-07-24T19:57:34.075+01:002020-07-24T19:57:34.075+01:00Our band used to practice upstairs 1980! and play ...Our band used to practice upstairs 1980! and play local giggs we went by the name of quey four great times great days Kev Bowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07606248586291168287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981527888991373948.post-45073826402330889772020-07-21T01:32:26.771+01:002020-07-21T01:32:26.771+01:00Used to do a great rock night every week in the la...Used to do a great rock night every week in the late 70's early 80's in the upstairs function room. So many memories from those nights. Nick Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981527888991373948.post-8638671876626773002018-03-04T17:48:54.320+00:002018-03-04T17:48:54.320+00:00Who built this hotel/ pub? The town hall in Stratf...Who built this hotel/ pub? The town hall in Stratford Ontario Canada is almost identical. Stratford Ontario was a woolens and furniture building town. How do I find tge architects for The Farmyard? catherine.uffen@rogers.com Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07838136127548444768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981527888991373948.post-75437825845491587572014-02-23T18:55:54.712+00:002014-02-23T18:55:54.712+00:00It had a brief stay of execution in the mid nineti...It had a brief stay of execution in the mid nineties...karaoke, small cocktail bar, dj even a nice restaurantetc...went really well for a couple of years but then as usual the local 'undesirables' started coming in....and within months what usually happens....happenedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981527888991373948.post-70883808961226520732014-01-24T08:19:33.533+00:002014-01-24T08:19:33.533+00:00I used to pass this when driving to work in the la...I used to pass this when driving to work in the late 80s and remember thinking how incongruously big it seemed for the neighbourhood. It must have been about the single most impressive pre-WW1 pub on the north side of Manchester, and you would expect to see a pub of that type in a suburban centre or on a major road junction. Surprising it made it into the 21st century, really.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com