The Soap Box on Culcheth Lane in Newton Heath has been closed for a number of years now, deteriorating badly, as seen by comparing these two photos, a couple of years apart.
Soap Box, Culcheth Lane, Newton Heath. (c) RightMove.
Previously called the Newton House as a Marston's pub, the odd three- and two-storey boozer actually has its entrance around the side so from most angles the way in was tough to fathom.
Soap Box, Culcheth Lane, Newton Heath. (c) Google 2013. View Larger Map.
The Soap Box has been up for sale at ever-dwindling pirces (£125,00 above; less than £100k last year).
Soap Box, Culcheth Lane, Newton Heath. (c) RightMove.
Soap Box, Culcheth Lane, Newton Heath. (c) NovaLoca.
Newton House, Culcheth Lane, 1984. (c) D.N. at ManMates Facebook [ ].
