Wednesday, 21 September 2011

Blackstock, Upper Brook Street

The Blackstock was a huge, multi-roomed boozer on the corner of Upper Brook Street and Blackstock Street.  These days the pub operates as a computer shop, but as recently as the 1990s it was a Whitbread-tied house offering a couple of real ales [1].  


Blackstock, Upper Brook Street. (c) Google 2011 - View Larger Map.

Despite being in a relatively under-pubbed area, close to thousands of students and hospital works, as well as the Ardwick and Chorlton-on-Medlock estates, the Blackstock has been closed for a over a decade.  At least the building has found a use, unlike the listed yet rotting Plymouth Grove nearby.  There is a photo of the Blackstock by Alan Winfield at Pubs Galore [1].

1. www.pubsgalore.co.uk/areas/chorlton-upon-medlock/greater-manchester.
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5 comments:

  1. Unknown12 April 2018 at 21:43

    I lived at no 12 tennyson street my name is Harry Coverley .God what a change now except the shops cant recognise my street .

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  2. Unknown20 October 2018 at 11:50

    When I lived in Dalton Hall, this was a natural, regular pub, indeed my introduction to 'going to the pub' no week passed without a visit or two!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  3. The True Self4 August 2019 at 12:26

    My father and mother worked in The Blackstock Hotel, Birmingham, England for several years, approximately 1938 - 1941. My mother was pregnant by then, and the bombing of Manchester almost drove her mad. Actually, it did drive her mad, so they both returned to Ireland where they were both born. Daddy had in his possession all his life the bell that was on the front counter that a customer would ring for service. I never knew if he stole it as a memento of the best years of his life, or not. The bell is still in existence,surviving both Mammy and Daddy, of course.

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  4. Anonymous16 September 2022 at 23:51

    My cousin had it when it was called fosters from 87 to 89 it was supposed to be a trendy bar like the dagmar in eastenders

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  5. Anonymous20 January 2023 at 19:09

    My aunt and uncle were landlords in 60’s
    On the top floor there was a beautiful Masonic Hall . It had a black white tiled floor with judges thrones at both ends and boxes of gold and silver cuffs and hats . We were not allowed in there but of coarse we snook in and played

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