tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981527888991373948.post757231866751834363..comments2024-03-29T10:30:43.802+00:00Comments on Pubs of Manchester: 184. Navigation, Holland Streetgranatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08551985686564886849noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981527888991373948.post-41495740649871597062024-03-22T00:07:20.512+00:002024-03-22T00:07:20.512+00:00I remember working here. When British Waterways pu...I remember working here. When British Waterways purchased the Rochdale Canal for the grand sum of £1, I worked on the locks at the rear of this pub. The rear of the pub backed up to the locks & was covered in barbed wire. It looked so out of place, but looked so much older & in character with the canal than the estate that surrounded it. I never went inside but the architecture outside Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981527888991373948.post-27326372589640322632020-10-22T20:01:53.214+01:002020-10-22T20:01:53.214+01:00In the 1950s a real community pub, which inter ali...In the 1950s a real community pub, which inter alia, organised coach trips to the 1957 Cup Final (Man Utd v Aston Villa), and (for children) Blackpool Illuminations, and where our neighbours hurried with my 85 year old gran on Sunday lunchtimes.stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05082508326608158267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981527888991373948.post-66142320550385874812020-10-22T17:51:40.937+01:002020-10-22T17:51:40.937+01:00October, 2020. The Navigation has been closed for ...October, 2020. The Navigation has been closed for sometime, and when I passed, looked as if it was being demolished, and replaced by housing. Shame, as the estate on the edge of which this pub sat, now has no pubs at all. stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05082508326608158267noreply@blogger.com