Goodiers Lane was an old street which harked back to the rural Salford when a stream ran alongside it through fields to the River Irwell. New Ordsall was built in the 1870s around the Goodiers Lane which ran from Regent Road to Cross Lane South (later, Trafford Road). The Shakespeare beerhouse opened just before the new houses in the 1860s on the corner with Martha Street. Boddingtons owned the beerhouse by the end of the century. The Shakespeare suffered bomb damage during WWII but continued on until it closed in 1974 along with its neighbouring pubs for Ordsall's first redevelopment [2]. Goodiers Drive runs roughly through the same area today, a modern reminder of one of Salford older streets.
2. Salford Pubs - Part Two: Including Islington, Ordsall Lane and Ordsall, Oldfield Road, Regent Road and Broughton, Neil Richardson (2003).
I lived next door to this pub no 19 goodiers lane Salford 5 I was a young kid I used to play at the side of the pub and seen some funny things in the day as a kid ere
ReplyDeleteThe family name was Thomas at no 19 goodiers lane the first names were as follows father Alan Vincent Thomas. mother Jean Thomas.eldist Alan junior.sister Angela.then trevor.david.and darran Thomas they still live in the Salford area apart from darran who now lives in st Helens age now 54. Lovely place to live at the time even though we didn't have much we lived well.father Alan Thomas worked at boddington brewery as a supervisor Jean is wife was a housewife and a stern lady too
DeleteMy father Henry Ernest Simpson -born 1929-now deceased-lived in Goodiers Lane as a child.
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DeleteMy 2x Great Aunt, Bessie Smith and her husband to be, John Joseph Doyle lived at No.61 when they married at Stowell Memorial Church in 1905.
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ReplyDeleteMy granparents lived at #1 goodiers lane, right across the street from the Fox. My sisters and i would visit from the US and watched the lively events from the window. Lovely memories!
ReplyDeleteAnyone remember William jones who lived on the lane, he used to work in the pub in the 40’s
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