The Wellington was a Chesters pub that once graced this corner at the very end of Hyde Road, opposite where Fort Ardwick flats used to stand. Alan Winfield snapped the Wellington Hotel as a Chesters house on a visit almost 20 years ago in July 1992 [1], and it's shown in 1958 as a Threlfalls house when Hyde Road was a proper thoroughfare, lined with shops, houses and pubs. The Wellington was pulled down, probably some time in the mid-'90s, as I recall it when we used to pop in the Star, and as is usual, nothing has been built in its place. While Fort Ardwick [2] in front is long gone, the factory behind, which would also have supplied custom for the Wellington, remains unchanged in the last two decades.
Fort Ardwick, Coverdale Crescent. (c) ManchesterHistory.net with kind permission.
2. http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/gone/Fortardwick.html.
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