Dog & Partridge, Bolton Road

Dog & Partridge, Bolton Road, Irlams O'Th' Height. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

The Dog & Partridge closed about 4 years ago after two shooting incidents in as many months.  Ironically this old Bass house is now in use as a doctor's surgery, The Height General Practice.

Dog & Partridge, Bolton Road, Irlams O'Th' Height. (c) SSP Health.

This end of Salford is known as Irlams O'Th' Height, so named after the Irlam family who ran another pub nearby, the Pack Horse, and because as it stands at the head of the Irwell Valley.

Dog & Partridge, Bolton Road, Irlams O'Th' Height, 1973. (c) Salford Pubs of the 70s at flickr [1].

Until its closure, this stretch of Bolton Road boasted a hattrick of pubs - the Wellington, Dog & Partridge and the Waggon & Horses.  It is telling that the Pub Co-owned boozer was the one to go, while the two Joseph Holt estate pubs survive.

Wellington, Dog & Partridge, Waggon & Horses, Bolton Road, Irlams O'Th' Height. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

1. www.flickr.com/photos/61756486@N05.

Pop Inn, Platt Lane

Former Pop Inn, Platt Lane, Rusholme. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

Above what used to be a Co-Op on the corner of Yew Tree Road and Platt Lane was Co-Op Hall, a dance venue that was opened as the Pop Inn in the swinging sixties.  Originally the Pop Inn was unlicensed like many of Manchester's clubs, but in later years it became licensed to try to boost attendances.  The entrance to the club was actually on Yew Tree Road, and the double doors led to a neon-lit staircase which was wallpapered with a floral, puce effect.  The tunes were Motown, Rhythm 'n' Blues and Pop, and an early style of line-dancing was practiced here by the youthful revellers [1].  

Former Pop Inn, Platt Lane, Rusholme. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

The 1960s and '70s City players who used trained opposite here at the Platt Lane training ground in Rusholme were probably more interested in visiting the pubs and clubs in the city centre than a teetotal line-dancing club.  These days the Co-Op is now a continental supermarket and the old entrance has details of the Muslim community centre which is now housed here.  While the Pop Inn probably closed in the '70s, MCFC still have a presence here with the youth teams based at Platt Lane, but not for long as they will soon be relocating to the new Etihad Campus at Clayton Arm.

1. www.manchesterbeat.com/venues/rusholme/popinn/popinn.php.

Hulme Labour Club, Bonsall Street

Hulme Labour Club, Bonsall Street, Hulme, 1995. (c) Mick Pye with kind permission.

Looking grim here in the mid-1990s, the Hulme Labour Club is shown at the archive in happier times just after it opened, in 1971 as part of the new, regenerated Hulme.  Why the council or the owners eventually decided to brick up the windows is rather obvious when the disturbing history of this disastrous 1970s Hulme redevelopment is considered.  The Hulme Labour Club played host to famous bands back in the day, such as The Fall in 1977 and Fast Cars the following year.  However, by the mid-'80s the place had closed and was being used as a squat, perhaps by the sort of chaps shown below (it's "Dave Hulmanoid" with the hat).

Hulme Labour Club, Bonsall Street, Hulme, mid-'90s. (c) Mick Pye at Manchester District Music Archive [1].

Digging through the archives brings up this sorry story from 1982 in The Tribune:  "AT AN election night social in the Hulme Labour Club in May, two gay men suffered an unprovoked attack which resulted in both of them requiring hospital treatment.  The club, which has a long record of discrimination against gay people, has refused to condemn the attack or take any action against the attacker whose identity is widely known as a member of Hulme Labour Club.  Hulme Labour Party has now decided to break all connections with the club and will picket it every Friday evening."  Bonsall Street still spans Princess Road today, just south of Stretford Road; the club is, of course, gone.

1. www.mdmarchive.co.uk/archive/showartefact.php?aid=8607&vid=631.

Church Inn, Palmerston Street

Church Inn, Palmerston Street, Ancoats. (c) Neil Richardson [1].

On the corner of Russell Street and Palmerston Street, the Church Inn was a Groves & Whitnall house that lasted until 1966.  It was known locally as "Bill Illingworth's", the landlord, who was also a partner in Illingworth & Ingham's builders of Old Trafford [1].  The old location of the Church Inn is roughly where the pin is on this modern day map of Palmerston Street on the Ancoats / Beswick border.

1. The Old Pubs of Ancoats, Neil Richardson (1987).

Clarence, Slater Street

Clarence, Slater Street, 1920s. (c) Bob Potts [1].

The Clarence was the last pub standing on Slater Street before the properties were all bought up and knocked down under a 1960s Compulsory Purchase Order.  The Clarence was a Threlfalls house that stood  here just off Rochdale Road from 1851 to 1964 [1].  The street still runs through this part of inner city north Manchester (just about Collyhurst) today but has been renamed Sudell Street.

1. The Old Pubs of Rochdale Road and neighbourhood Manchester, Bob Potts (1985).

Burns Tavern, Slater Street

Burns Tavern, Slater Street, 1912. (c) Bob Potts [1].

The Burns Tavern was a Walkers of Warrington house which stood on Slater Street from 1850 to 1930.  By the time it had closed, the Burns Tavern had passed to Tetley's of Leeds [1], wand even in the halcyon days of the pub trade, must have been quite usual for a large out of town brewery to take a small backstreet boozer in another city.  Slater Street has been renamed Sudell Street these days, and runs parallel to and east of Rochdale Road, just past the Marble Arch.

1. The Old Pubs of Rochdale Road and neighbourhood Manchester, Bob Potts (1985).

Britannia, Whit Lane

Britannia, Whit Lane, Salford, 1973. (c) Salford Pubs of the 70s at flickr [1].

When it closed in 1974, the Britannia Inn on the corner of Clegg Street and Whit Lane was known locally as "Yeb's" after an old landlord from the late 1800s called Abraham Roscoe.  Why Yeb's is unclear but he was behind the bar of his Holt's pub for 20-odd years and it stuck.  The Britannia opened in the 1850s boasting a tap room, sitting room, lobby, parlour and kitchen.  Joseph Holt took ownership in 1893 and the pub passed from Yeb to three subsequent family members (which may explain how the nickname stuck) before its closure on 4th July 1974 [2].  The precise location of the old Britannia isn't clear.

1. www.flickr.com/photos/61756486@N05.

2. Salford Pubs Part Three: Including Cross Lane, Broad Street, Hanky Park, the Height, Brindleheath, Charlestown and Weaste, Neil Richardson (2003).

Clarence Hotel, Whit Lane

Clarence Hotel, Whit Lane, Salford, 1973. (c) Salford Pubs of the 70s at flickr [1].

This pub was on the corner of Enys Street and Whit Lane and started out as a beerhouse attached to a brewery on Suspension Road (now known as Gerald Road) in the 1830s.  Originally the Whit Lane Tavern, it was then renamed the Church Inn when St George's Church opened in the 1850s.  In 1883 the beerhouse was replaced by the Clarence Hotel and it was granted its full licence in 1886.  Threlfalls Brewery took over soon after and it passed to Whitbread before it was demolished in the mid-1970s [2].  The appoximate location of the Clarence Hotel was here on the small lower stretch of Whit Lane that still survives.

1. www.flickr.com/photos/61756486@N05.
2. Salford Pubs Part Three: Including Cross Lane, Broad Street, Hanky Park, the Height, Brindeheath, Charlestown and Weaste, Neil Richardson (2003).

Kersal Hotel, Moor Lane

Kersal Hotel, Moor Lane, Kersal, 1990. (c) deltrems at flickr.

When Kersal Moor was the venue for the Manchester Racecouse in the 1700s and 1800s, there was an alehouse opposite to cater for spectators and participants.  Its first name was probably the Running Horses, as recorded in 1776, and in the next century the pub was known as the Racehorse, the Turf Tavern and the Griffin & Turf Tavern.  It was described as having a bowling green, archery grounds, gardens, and booths that were rented out to Manchester shopkeepers on race day [1].

Former location of Kersal Hotel, Moor Lane, Kersal. (c) Google 2012 View Larger Map.

When the Manchester Racecourse moved from Kersal to Castle Irwell in the 1840s, the Turf Tavern's brewhouse was sold and the pub was converted into a hotel.  The Kersal Hotel had 15 rooms and it now boasted "the best bowling green near Manchester."  Boddingtons Brewery bought the Kersal Hotel in 1893 and rebuilt it into the grand pub shown here on the corner of Oaklands Road and Moor Lane.  It only offered three bedrooms now but was still was described as "the largest and most up to date hotel in the district [1]."

Kersal Hotel, Moor Lane, Kersal. (c) Salford Pubs of the 70s at flickr.

In more recent times the pub was also known as the Kersal Moor Hotel and it survived into the 1990s, still under Boddingtons.  Sadly, the pub closed in the mid-'90s and was left empty for almost a decade. It was finally demolished in 2004 and has since been replaced by a block of new-build flats.  At the Lost Pubs of Prestwich Historypin site you can see a nicely done before-and-after shot of the Kersal Hotel and what's since replaced it [2].

Kersal Hotel, Moor Lane, Kersal. (c) Lost Pubs of Prestwich by S100py [2].

1. Salford Pubs Part Two: Including Islington, Ordsall Lane and Ordsall, Oldfield Road, Regent Road and Broughton, Neil Richardson (2003).

2. http://historypin.appspot.com/LostPubsofPrestwich/#9.

Bird In Hand, Back Borough Street

Bird In Hand, Back Borough Street, Charlestown. (c) Neil Richardson [1].

Tucked away on Back Borough Street off Whit Lane when this street used to run all the way down to Broughton Road / Cromwell Road, the Bird In Hand beerhouse opened in about the 1840s.  It was bought by Cardwells Brewery and passed to Wilsons when they bought up the smaller brewery and its pubs in 1899.  The Bird In Hand had a different Wilsons frontage to most of its pubs as it was hidden away behind the Whit Lane shops.  It had a its sign above the door angled so that it could be seen by passers-by on Borough Street.  Like most pubs in this part of Charlestown, it was lost in 1973 following the clearances [1].

1. Salford Pubs Part Three: Including Cross Lane, Broad Street, Hanky Park, the Height, Brindleheath, Charlestown and Weaste, Neil Richardson (2003).

Three Terriers, Union Street

Three Terriers, Union Street, Charlestown. (c) Salford Pubs of the 70s at flickr [1].

This Charlestown boozer opened in the 1860s and was a Boddingtons Brewery house by the early 1900s.  The Three Terriers stood on Union Street, which still just about runs through the area, and the pub stood on its own for a while after the rest of the street was cleared.  The Three Terriers was eventually knocked down in the mid-'70s after closing in 1973 [2].

1. www.flickr.com/photos/61756486@N05.

2. Salford Pubs Part Three: Including Cross Lane, Broad Street, Hanky Park, the Height, Brindleheath, Charlestown and Weaste, Neil Richardson (2003).

Gardener's Arms, Pendleton Street

Gardener's Arms, Pendleton Street, Charlestown. (c) Neil Richardson [1].

A lost pub on a lost street, the Gardener's Arms stood on the corner of Pendleton Street and Pump Street in the Charlestown area of Salford. It can be traced back to 1838 and the first  brewery to own it was Issott's Brewery of Ardwick, in 1894.  By then some of Pendleton Street was already disappearing to make way for Cromwell Road, and in the early 1900s, Wilsons Brewery took the Gardener's leasehold. They owned the boozer by 1926 and gave it the classic Wilsons cement render and 'Sign of Quality' draughtboard sign, as seen above in the 1950s but which disappeared in the '60s.  The Gardener's Arms closed in 1973 as part of the Whit Lane compulsory purchase order [1].

Gardener's Arms, Pendleton Street, Charlestown, 1972. (c) Salford Pubs of the 70s at flickr [2].

1. Salford Pubs Part Three: Including Cross Lane, Broad Street, Hanky Park, the Height, Brindleheath, Charlestown and Weaste, Neil Richardson (2003).

2. www.flickr.com/photos/61756486@N05.

Wheatsheaf, Broad Street

 Wheatsheaf, Broad Street, Salford. (c) Salford Pubs of the 70s at flickr [1].

This little Salford pub was in a row of shops of Broad Street between Chapel Street and John Street, and was originally known as the Independent Oddfellows Arms in the earlier half of the 1800s.  The Watson & Woodhead Brewery had the Wheatsheaf by the end of the century and by the time of the First World War, the Manchester Brewery Company (a Walker & Homfray subsidiary) had the pub.  The brewery added a distinctive, inset curved front window and coloured tiling, and the Wheatsheaf lasted until 1970 when it closed as a Wilsons house [2].  As the Wheatsheaf shut, landlord John Shortman moved to the newly built Woolpack, which is sadly closed these days. 

Wheatsheaf, Broad Street, Salford. (c) Neil Richardson [2].

1. www.flickr.com/photos/61756486@N05.

2. Salford Pubs Part Three: Including Cross Lane, Broad Street, Hanky Park, the Height, Brindleheath, Charlestown and Weaste, Neil Richardson (2003).

Shakespeare, Stretford Road

Shakespeare, Stretford Road, Hulme. (c) Bob Potts [1].

The Shakespeare opened on the corner of Renshaw Street and Stretford Road in 1842 and was a Stopford Brewery house before Walker & Homfray took it [2].  It closed in 1967 as a Wilsons house [1], typical of the style with its whitewashed frontage.  Since the regeneration of Hulme in the 1970s, Renshaw Street has been known as Epping Street, and the site of the old Shakespeare is these rather grim box-flats near the Hulme Arch.

Former location of the Shakespeare, Stretford Road, Hulme. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

1. The Old Pubs of Hulme and Chorlton-on-Medlock, Bob Potts (1997).
2. The Old Pubs of Hulme Manchester 1770-1930, Bob Potts (1983).

Waterloo / Neptune Inn, Preston Street

Waterloo, Preston Street, Hulme. (c) Bob Potts [1].

Shown above in 1952, the Waterloo was at No.10 Preston Street, and was formerly known as the Neptune Inn when it opened in 1844 [2]. The Waterloo had time as a J H Lees (different to today's J W Lees), Walker & Homfray and finally Wilsons house, before it closed in 1965 [1].  Preston Street used to run from Upper Moss Lane to Warde Street, and the Waterloo was at the top end, where today Ellis Street meets Warde Street.

1. The Old Pubs of Hulme and Chorlton-on-Medlock, Bob Potts (1997).
2. The Old Pubs of Hulme Manchester (1) 1770-1930, Bob Potts (1983).

Victoria, Crown Square

Victoria, Crown Square. Copyright (c) Manchester Local Image Collection..

The Victoria was at the other end of Crown Square to the Stanneylands Vth, part of an office block, possibly a barristers chambers.  This Tetley's pub had a ground floor entrance and you went up some stairs to the bar on the first floor.  Mike Coatman remembers the Victoria having a unique atmosphere: "It was frequented by defendants from the Magistrates and Crown Courts, together with the solicitors and barristers who were prosecuting or defending them."

The photo of the Victoria shown above was taken by H. Milligan in the 1970s and is Copyright Manchester Local Image Collection.  Displaying the image adheres to their policy of allowing not-for-profit sites to display a limited number of images in low resolution.  Please click here for information on the photo, and here for a larger, higher resolution image.  The Archive Collection is a fantastic resource - just type in a street name or location and up pops some fantastic old pictures.

Horse Shoe, Back Hope Street

Horse Shoe, Back Hope Street, Higher Broughton. (c) Goole 2012. View Larger Map.

The Horse Shoe beerhouse opened in 1862 as competition for the nearby Star Inn which had opened around 1855 as still survives today, run as a regulars' cooperative.  The Horse Shoe became an Openshaw Brewery house and they rebuilt it into the fine building which still stands today at the top end of Back Hope Street.  

 
Horse Shoe, Back Hope Street, Higher Broughton. (c) Salford Pubs of the 70s at flickr.

The Horse Shoe became a Bass Charrington house in the 1980s but retained its Openshaw Brewery signage.  Its listed status means the Openshaw Brewery advert and etched windows survive but sadly the pub closed in 2000 and is today used as a nursery.

Horse Shoe, Back Hope Street, Higher Broughton. (c) Brewery History Society.

Horse Shoe, Back Hope Street, Higher Broughton. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

1. Salford Pubs - Part Two: Including Islington, Orsdall Lane and Ordsall, Oldfield Road, Regent Road and Broughton, Neil Richardson (2003).

2. www.flickr.com/photos/61756486@N05.

William The Fourth, Robert Hall Street

William The Fourth, Robert Hall Street, Ordsall. (c) Neil Richardson [1].

On the corner of Ellesmere Street and Robert Hall Street, the William The Fourth opened in 1878, lasting just shy of a century as it closed in 1972.  The William The Fourth was a firstly a Walkers & Homfray house before it passed to Wilsons in the 1950s.  In 1975, Wilsons built a new estate pub, the Chequerboard to replace the old beerhouse, and it still survives today as the Welcome under Lees Brewery [1].  Ellesmere Street has been lost to the new St. Joseph's RC School, as has the stretch of Robert Hall Street where the William The Fourth used to stand.  Its approximate location was where Mayflower Avenue would intersect with Robert Hall Street if it continued west.

William The Fourth, Robert Hall Street, Ordsall. (c) Salford Pubs of the 70s at flickr [2].

1. Salford Pubs - Part Two: Including Islington, Ordsall Lane and Ordsall, Oldfield Road, Regent Road and Broughton, Neil Richardson (2003).

2. www.flickr.com/photos/61756486@N05.

Burlington, Union Street

Burlington, Union Street, Greenheys. (c) Bob Potts [1].

This pub was rebuilt in 1938 but lasted only three more decades before it was closed in 1967.  The Burlington was an Empress Brewery then Peter Walker & Sons pub on Union Street off Greenheys Lane, Boundary Lane and Burlington Street.  These days the former site of the Burlington is this off licence and supermarket.

Former location of the Burlington, Union Street (Greenheys Lane). (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

1. The Old Pubs of Hulme and Chorlton-on-Medlock, Bob Potts (1997).

Royal Hotel, Lloyd Street

Royal Hotel, Lloyd Street, Greenheys. (c) Bob Potts [1].

The Royal Hotel on Lloyd Street was immediately round the corner from the still just-about-surviving Ducie Arms (the Ducie on Devas Street was sadly shut on a Saturday afternoon when we tried it).  Shown above in the 1930s, it is shown in 1970 as a Whitbread house, The Royal.  The pub shut the same year and today the street is known as Lloyd Street North.

Former location of Royal Hotel, Lloyd Street North, Greenheys. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

1. The Old Pubs of Hulme and Chorlton-on-Medlock, Bob Potts (1997).

Beehive, Temple Street

Beehive, Temple Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock. (c) Bob Potts [1].

The Beehive was an Empress Brewery house on Temple Street off Rusholme Road.  It closed in 1931 and all traces of the street are gone [1].  Its location was somewhere off Grosvenor Street near Downing Street, and this 1920s photo shows it from Jackson Street looking to Altrincham Street.  Interestingly, the photo of the Beehive in Bob Potts's book has "sold" handwritten on it, confirming it was taken in the early 1930s just before its closure.

1. The Old Pubs of Hulme and Chorlton-on-Medlock, Bob Potts (1997).

Big Fiddle, William Street

Big Fiddle, William Street, Salford. (c) Neil Richardson [1].

The Big Fiddle beerhouse closed as under Walkers of Warrington in 1936 on the east side of William Street, just of Chapel Street in old Salford.  Dating back to around 1852, the Big Fiddle became a Walkers house in the 1890s and lasted until 1936 when its closure was blamed on sales being down due to general pub trade conditions [1].  William Street was lost under the Trinity Way ring road, but to give an idea of its location, it used to stand only a few dozen yards to the rear of the Kings Arms on Bloom Street.

1. Salford Pubs - Part One: The Old Town, including Chapel Street, Greengate and the Adelphi, Neil Richardson (2003).

Rob Roy, Arlington Street

Rob Roy, Arlington Street, Salford. (c) Neil Richardson [1].

The Rob Roy stood on the corner of Mount Street and Arlington Street in the Adelphi district of Salford, opening in 1830.  The pub was rebuilt partially in the 1880s, giving it a tiled frontage and an 1888 date on the gable end.  By this time the Rob Roy was a Mottram Brewery house, named after Richard Mottram, a local councillor, who owned the brewery in Brewery Street.  Cornbrook Brewery took over the Mottram Bewery pubs in the 1890s and expanded the Rob Roy by buying up the shop next door on Mount Street.  In 1961 the pub passed to Charringtons Brewery but just a few years later, the Rob Roy was included in the January '67 St John's Primary School compulsory purchase scheme and was pulled down in 1968 [1].  Both streets are still in existence today but the site of the old Rob Roy is nothing more than the meeting point of two footpaths in between the new housing and the school.

1. Salford Pubs - Part One: The Old Town, including Chapel Street, Greengate and the Adelphi, Neil Richardson (2003).

Alexandra Inn, Lower Broughton Road

Former location of Alexandra Inn, Lower Broughton Road, Lower Broughton. (c) Salford Pubs of the 70s at flickr [1].

The Alexandra Inn stood on the corner of Montague Street and Lower Broughton Road, a site which is still there today marked by this tree at the corner of Heath Avenue.  The beerhouse opened in the 1860s, becoming a Groves & Whitnall house which passed to Greenall Whitley's before its closure in 1976.  The Alexandra had been spared from the original Lower Broughton clearance area.  However, a public enquiry sealed its fate in 1974 [2], and rather than a boozer, this tree now serves the new population.

Former location of Alexandra Inn, Lower Broughton Road, Lower Broughton. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

1. www.flickr.com/photos/61756486@N05.

2. Salford Pubs - Part Two: Including Islington, Ordsall Lane and Ordsall, Oldfield Road, Regent Road and Broughton, Neil Richardson (2003).

Masons Arms, Robert Hall Street

Masons Arms, Robert Hall Street, Ordsall. (c) Salford Pubs of the 70s at flickr [1].

The Masons Arms stood from 1874 to 1971 on the corner of Brighton Street and Robert Hall Street in Ordsall.  The first licensee of this Hardy's Crown Brewery beerhouse, Grace Megson, had her licence transferred from the old Masons Arms on Chapel Street.  The tenant during WWI, Samuel Torkington, almost lost his licence due for allowing "treating" (buying someone else a drink, which was illegal during wartime).  The Masons passed to Cornbrook, then finally to Bass Charrington when it closed in 1971 for development [2].  Brighton Street has gone, but the old location of the Masons Arms is opposite the Royal British Legion on Robert Hall Street.

1. www.flickr.com/photos/61756486@N05.

2. Salford Pubs - Part Two: Including Islington, Ordsall Lane and Ordsall, Oldfield Road, Regent Road and Broughton, Neil Richardson (2003).

200. Railway, Wellington Road North

Railway, Wellington Road North, Stockport. (c) Adam Bruderer at flickr.



Railway, Wellington Road North, Stockport. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

199. Midland / Dillons Whistlin' Jig, Wellington Road North

Midland, Wellington Road North, Stockport. (c) Adam Bruderer at flickr.

Dillons Whistlin' Jig, 2001, now Midland, Wellington Road North, Stockport. (c) Lord_Lucan at flickr [1].

1. www.flickr.com/photos/70325985@N00/98346327.

198. Crown, Heaton Lane

Crown, Heaton Lane, Stockport. (c) deltrems at flickr.

Crown, Heaton Lane, Stockport. (c) calflier001 at flickr under Creative Commons.

197. Pineapple, Heaton Lane

Pineapple, Heaton Lane, Stockport. (c) Adam Bruderer at flickr.

196. Swan With Two Necks, Princes Street

Swan With Two Necks, Princes Street, Stockport. (c) deltrems at flickr.

The Swan With Two Necks is a superb old boozer in the dying heart of Stockport.  It is rightly on CAMRA's Heritage Pubs list, and there is a fine selection of photos of the interior courtesy of Mick Slaughter.  Mid-Saturday afternoon and the pub was pleasingly rammed, and we were squeezed into the snug over decent pints of Robinson's bitter, these days rebranded as Unicorn.  Another bonus point comes in the form of traditional outdoor toilets and the drinking yard.  The Swan With Two Necks is definitely one to look out for during any visit to Stockport.