tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981527888991373948.post6601867556024441773..comments2024-03-29T10:30:43.802+00:00Comments on Pubs of Manchester: 158. Whitworth, Moss Lane Eastgranatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08551985686564886849noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981527888991373948.post-9076073738734163772015-09-08T16:30:15.109+01:002015-09-08T16:30:15.109+01:00Why do some pub chains (and managers) seem tho thi...Why do some pub chains (and managers) seem tho think that changing good elements of a pub will improve things? I, too, remember the Whitty with fondness (as a student from 1981-84), and even in the following years it was usually packed, and served a great pint. It was always a successful student pub. I went back (obviously just before it closed), and it was desperately sad. All character had goneBryan Tonksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981527888991373948.post-12887815730591953092014-05-26T19:13:34.929+01:002014-05-26T19:13:34.929+01:00Ahhhh, The Whitworth; My local back in the early ...Ahhhh, The Whitworth; My local back in the early 90s and a pub I have many fond memories of. It served Burton Best Bitter, Pedigree and a guest from time to time, the beer was always good and the company fantastic! It was refurbished in 1992 and opened up at the same time losing a little of the character but none of the good atmosphere. I shed a tear or two when it closed, but I was not Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13428124925560494783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981527888991373948.post-55352551185188012092014-01-16T18:52:29.450+00:002014-01-16T18:52:29.450+00:00The Whitworth was my local as a student (1979-82 –...The Whitworth was my local as a student (1979-82 – mostly around 1981/2). I have very fond memories of the old Whitworth – from nearly having a fight over a misunderstanding with four large Sikhs (but then sorting it out and drinking with them for the rest of the evening), to a man offering to sell me a gun (not for real, I think), to finding out what happens when you have four quick pints after bonemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11940647463149152290noreply@blogger.com