Friday, 16 March 2012

Blue Bell, Reather Street

 
Blue Bell, Reather Street, Collyhurst, 1929. (c) Bob Potts [1].

The Blue Bell stood from 1836 to 1963 before it was lost to development.  It was on Reather Street which used to run from Rochdale Road towards Oldham Road in Collyhurst, and it is all-but-lost except for the short Reather Walk today.  The Blue Bell was an Empress Brewery, Walkers of Warrington and then Tetley's house before the compulsory purchase order for development came [1].

1. The Old Pubs of Rochdale Road and neighbourhood Manchester, Bob Potts [1985].
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6 comments:

  1. Anonymous18 January 2016 at 06:09

    If this is Reather St & Oldham Rd, then the Blue Bell must have become the "Vulcan" and a Threefalls Pub at some point prior to 1963? Or was it a different pub?

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  2. Unknown20 January 2021 at 14:46

    Born 1955 5 or 6 doors up from this pub it was always called the blue bell we used to clime over the back wall and collect the empty bottles and take them back in the front for 1d back . Age 7

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  3. Unknown13 January 2022 at 15:29

    I WENT IN THE BLUE BELL AGE 8 FOR A PINT FOR A WOMEN WHO WAS BED RIDDEN 20 YEARS MRS MC KENNA BRIGHT STREET.
    ALWAYS BLUE BELL THROUGH THE FORTIES.

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    1. Anonymous25 February 2023 at 08:04

      I think I remember Mrs McKenna and she had two sons. I lived in Reather St opposite Bright St.

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  4. Unknown13 January 2022 at 15:33

    FORGOTR NAME HERBERT MC HUGH BORN 1942 BRIGHT STREET NEXT STREET TO BLUE BELL.

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  5. Anonymous19 January 2023 at 11:01

    My Grandad was the landlord of this pub in the 1950’s. Frederick Edwards.

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