The Tallow Tub on the corner of Chapel Street and Deal Street in Salford was pulled down in 1992 despite being a Grade II listed building and opposition from CAMRA and the Victorian Society. As with so many of Salford's pubs, a once thriving locals boozer was pulled down as the area decayed.
Tallow Tub, Chapel Street. (c) deltrems at flickr.
Former location of Tallow Tub, Chapel Street. (c) googlemaps.
In the early 1800s the pub was known as the Two Boards or Three Boards, reverting to the Dog & Partiridge, then adopting the Jolly Crofters name in 1825. It was the Spinners Arms by 1829, named after the woollen mill on Deal Street, then the Queens Arms in 1840. Licensee John Higgin was also a tallow chandler and the pub was nicknamed the Tallow Tub by the 1850s.
Tallow Tub, Chapel Street. (c) Salfordonline.
Threlfalls took over the Queens Arms towards the end of the nineteenth century and the Tallow Tub was officially renamed in 1969 [1]. Thanks to deltrems at flickr we have a photo of the pub out of the office window opposite, a 'Blue Bus' of Horwich trundling past.
Threlfalls took over the Queens Arms towards the end of the nineteenth century and the Tallow Tub was officially renamed in 1969 [1]. Thanks to deltrems at flickr we have a photo of the pub out of the office window opposite, a 'Blue Bus' of Horwich trundling past.
1. Salford Pubs - Part One: The Old Town, including Chapel Street, Greengate and the Adelphi, Neil Richardson (2003).
I used to frequent this pub on a regular basis, 1979 to 1988, when I used to work at the photography studio on the opposite side of Chapel Street, a site now occupided by the Lowry Hotel. In 1979 you could get an excellent lunch there for just 75 pence & washed down with a pint of Chesters 'fighting' Dark Mild. For a good part of that time it was run by Lil a hard working Scottish lady. A sad loss.
ReplyDeleteThat's lies Cyril ran the pub 80s and onwards
DeleteI would also like to set the reCord straight. .Cyril John Flanagan who Ran the tallow tub 80s and behond.Got carried away with a few beers in him tried selling me and a mate of mine the staircase which was over 100 years old it didn't plan out as staircase got smashed up trying to get it out .Cyril fucked of to mocka Parade lower Broughton and the pub lost its grade 2 statues and getting knocked down .tut tut Cyril shame on you
DeleteWhy on earth did they knock this pub down? I've searched the planning applications but found no mention of the demolition even though the database stretches back that far. If anyone can tell me why SCC demolished this building can they post it as a reply here?
ReplyDeleteMy comment IV made above yours is what happened to the tallow tub
DeleteI used to work there part-time in the early 1970's when the landlady was called Beryl (the boss) and her husband Phil. Great place to work. Used to serve both dark and light mild. Marvellous!.
ReplyDeleteMy Grandparents old Pub - Fred & Carole, they had from the late 80's - sad it has been pulled down
ReplyDeleteIam marrying there daughter next year
DeleteGood evening Mr Hodges
DeleteMy uncle Jack Fenney had it as the Queen’s Arms in the mid to late 60s before retiring to Blackpool. Around 1987, well into his 80s, he got me to take him on a nostalgia trip around Salford, including the pub, by then boarded up.
ReplyDeletei worked across the road from the tallow tub, at the comic factory, or D C thomsons, had a good few pints in the pub and Lil was a great lass she allways treated us good, she later got the salford arms down the road from the tub.
ReplyDeleteAlso worked at the comic factory, lily did have Salford arms then think she went to the lema and then the egerton
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