The Sportsmans Tavern was an estate style pub on the left hand side of Regent Road, just before the River Irwell as you approach Manchester city centre This was Salford's first proper estate pub, opening in 1962 as the Queens Arms or 'Little Queens' as it was nicknamed after the small beerhouse it replaced, to avoid confusion with the 'Big Queens' down the road.
Queens Arms, Regent Road. (c) Salford Pubs of the 70s at flickr.
The shots here are taken from Ordsall Lane with the Piccadilly Plaza in the background in both. Today the Campanile Hotel sits of the site of the old Queens Arms / Sportsmans Tavern (as it was called for just its last 5 years) which was boarded up and ready for sale, or more likely demolition, in 1990 when the above snap was taken.
Queens Arms, Regent Road. (c) Salford Pubs of the 70s at flickr.
The shots here are taken from Ordsall Lane with the Piccadilly Plaza in the background in both. Today the Campanile Hotel sits of the site of the old Queens Arms / Sportsmans Tavern (as it was called for just its last 5 years) which was boarded up and ready for sale, or more likely demolition, in 1990 when the above snap was taken.
Former location of Sportsmans Tavern, Regent Road. (c) Google 2010. View Larger Map.
1. Salford Pubs Part Two: Including Islington, Ordsall Lane and Ordsall, Oldfield Road, Regent Road and Broughton, Neil Richardson (2003).
