The Bolton Arms at 83 New Bridge Street (now Trinity Way), north of Victoria Station, is seen here as a Youngers house in the 1970s. It was once owned by the literally literary-named William Shakespeare Yates. It's claimed there was a tunnel leading from the pub cellar to the nearby Cathedral, which had been bricked and whitewashed over [1]. In the 1970s it was a Scottish & Newcastle pub selling Tartan keg beers, and not surprisingly, was popular with Scottish folks. A few years earlier it had served Youngers by beer engine, indicative of the near-death of real ale in Britain in the '70s [2].
1. Underground Manchester, Keith Warrender (2007).
2. The Manchester Pub Guide, Manchester & Salford City Centres (1975).
I used to drink there!great pint of youngers ipa .landlord was an Indian gentleman aspi from bombay.loads of greek cypriots used the place that had clothing factories down the hill.the pub was leaning towards the street!great days
ReplyDeleteMy grandparents had the house next door to the pub, and my nana used to clean for them
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