This boozer in Longsight was captured in happier times by Alan Winfield in 1993, as seen at Pubsgalore [2]. In the '90s, O'Connor's was a Tetley's pub and as its name suggests, it was popular with the large Irish community around here. The pub was originally known as the Spring Bank Inn, a Walkers of Warrington house, as shown below from Manchester History [3], which by the 1970s had been taken over by Tetley's.
Spring Bank Inn, Stockport Road. (c) Spring Bank page at Manchester History [3].
Although the outdated googlemaps view above shows it next to Farmfoods, in the 1950s it was next to a Woolworths store. The Spring Bank / O'Connor's was recently been knocked down in about 2009 and the site is under redevelopment, as shown below from the Manchester History site [3].
Former location of Spring Bank / O'Connor's, Stockport Road. (c) Springbank page at Manchester History.
Although the outdated googlemaps view above shows it next to Farmfoods, in the 1950s it was next to a Woolworths store. The Spring Bank / O'Connor's was recently been knocked down in about 2009 and the site is under redevelopment, as shown below from the Manchester History site [3].
Former location of Spring Bank / O'Connor's, Stockport Road. (c) Springbank page at Manchester History.
1. Manchester Breweries of times gone by, Alan Gall.
2. www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/74284.
3. http://manchesterhistory.net/LONGSIGHT/PUBS/spring.html.
