Midland, Hyde Road

Midland, Hyde Road, Belle Vue. (c) Gary Taylor at manmates.co.uk [1].

The Midland was both a station hotel - being opposite Belle Vue Station - and place for visitors to the Pleasure Gardens to visit for refreshments or accommodation.  It was also a Belle Vue Brewery outlet [2].  We used to park at the Midland in the late '80s, early '90s when watching the Aces speedway team at Kirkmanshulme Lane, after their Hyde Road stadium was demolished. 

Midland, Hyde Road, Belle Vue. (c) manmates [3].

I'm not sure I was ever dragged inside the big old pub though.  The Midland was on the corner of Glencastle Road (now disused) and Hyde Road but was demolished in 2002 [2] or 2003 [3] to be replaced by very little.

Former Midland, Hyde Road, Belle Vue. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

1. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alscot1/GortonBaths.htm#Midland2.
2. http://manchesterhistory.net/bellevue/midland.html.
3. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alscot1/Bellvuetrain.htm.

Farmers Boy, Port Street

Former Farmers Boy, Port Street (centre). (c) Neil Richardson [1].

The Farmers Boy was a short-lived beerhouse that was only open in the 1860s for a few years.  It was situated a couple of doors down Port Street from the Crown & Anchor.  In the above photo from 1986, the old Farmers Boy was in the central empty shop.

Former Farmers Boy, Port Street. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

Of course these days, Port Street is best know for the superb Port Street Beer House which opened in 2010.  A careful comparison of the above shots shows that the left hand side of the @portstreetbeer used to be the Farmers Boy beerhouse.

Port Street Beer House, Port Street. (c) variousstuff.

1. The Old Pubs of Ancoats, Neil Richardson (1987).

General Peel, Robert Hall Street

General Peel, Robert Hall Street, Ordsall. (c) Salford Pubs of the 70s at flickr.

Just off Oldfield Road, the General Peel stood on the corner of Trafford Street (now gone) and Robert Hall Street in Ordsall.  The original General Peel was pulled down in 1873 and its replacement was a Cornbrook Brewery house which passed to Boddingtons in the early 1900s.  The General Peel lasted until 1972 when it was yet another victim of the redevelopment of Ordsall, and its replacement is the Ordsall Neighbourhood Office community centre.

Former location of General Peel, Robert Hall Street. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

1. www.flickr.com/photos/61756486@N05.

2. Salford Pubs Part Two: Including Islington, Ordsall and Ordsall Lane, Oldfield Road, Regent Road and Broughton, Neil Richardson (2003).

Duke of Edinburgh, Tatton Street

Duke of Edinburgh, Tatton Street, Ordsall, 1927. (c) Salford Pubs oft the 70s at flickr [2].

The Duke of Edinburgh opened as a beerhouse in the 1860s but it soon gained full public house status when the licence of the Polytechnic Tavern on Greengate was transferred here.  Threlfalls had taken over the pub by the 1880s and the Duke of Edinburgh stood here on the corner of Oxford Street and Tatton Street until it was demolished due to Ordsall redevelopments in 1971 [2].  These days Tatton Street is much shorter then it was originally and the site of the old Duke of Edinburgh was roughly where it ends today.

Former location of Duke of Edinburgh, Tatton Street. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

1. www.flickr.com/photos/61756486@N05.

2. Salford Pubs Part Two: Including Islington, Ordsall and Ordsall Lane, Oldfield Road, Regent Road and Broughton, Neil Richardson (2003).

Rock, Hyde Road

Rock Inn, Hyde Road, West Gorton. (c) Peter Southall at Closed Pubs [1].

Shown as The Rock in 1971 then the Rock Inn two years later, this boozer will be memorable for anyone who supported Belle Vue Aces when they rode at Hyde Road.  The Rock was pretty much opposite the main entrance to the old speedway stadium, which was sadly demolished in the late '80s to make way for a car auction site [2].

Hyde Road, Belle Vue Aces Stadium, West Gorton. (c) speedwayplus.

As shown here [1] and at the archives, the Rock was a Tetley's house on the corner of Boundary Street and Hyde Road, but the pub has also gone the way of the stadium (and the Belle Vue Pleasure Gardens before it).  These days a flat iron, pub shaped gap marks the spot of the old Rock.

Former location of the Rock, Hyde Road. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

1. www.closedpubs.co.uk/lancashire/manchester_m18_rockinn.html.
2. www.speedwayplus.com/HydeRoad.shtml.

St Lukes Tavern, King Street

St Lukes Tavern, King Street, Salford. (c) Neil Richardson [1].

A few dozen yards before West King Street meets St Stephen Street in Salford today, the original King Street used to meet up with the lost Broughton Street.  Here, the Bee Hive beerhouse opened on the north side in 1821 but it was soon renamed St Lukes Tavern when the new landlord moved from a pub of the same name on Long Millgate, Manchester.  Mild and bitter were offered along with French brandy, Islay whiskey and "Best Old Port from the wood".  Threlfalls took over the St Lukes Tavern in the late 1800s - it's pictured in Neil Richardson's book in the 1920s - and the pub stood until it was victim of the first St Mattias clearance in 1954 [1].  The Canon Green Court flats sit here today.

1. Salford Pubs - Part One: The Old Town, including Chapel Street, Greengate and the Adelphi, Neil Richardson (2003).

Salisbury Hotel, Trafford Road

Salisbury Hotel, Trafford Road, Ordsall. (c) Salford Pubs of the 70s at flickr [1].

The Salisbury Hotel was a huge Groves & Whitnall house built in about 1895 at a cost of £5,000 at the entrance to the docks on Trafford Road, originally as a commercial hotel for the ship canal merchants.  The Salisbury failed to attract the class of custom intended, as was described as being used by "land sharks, crimps, sailors' robbers and disorderly women" who brawled committed "acts of indecency" (as the brewery hadn't built enough toilets).  In more recent times the Salisbury passed to Greenall Whitley in the 1960s but closed in early 1980 after a fire.  A renovation saw it reopen in August that year, but it closed for good in 1985 and was demolished the following year [2].

Salisbury Hotel, Trafford Road, Ordsall. (c) Neil Richardson [2].

1. www.flickr.com/photos/61756486@N05.

2. Salford Pubs Part Two: Including Islington, Ordsall Lane and Ordsall, Oldfield Road, Regent Road and Broughton, Neil Richardson (2003).

Britannia, Robert Street

Britannia, Robert Street, Newton Heath. (c) Alan Winfield with kind permission [1].

Robert Street used to run off Oldham Road but in the last decade or so has been lost to a 'Searchlight' warehouse on Fletcher Street.  The Britannia was an old Tetley's house on Robert Street that was visited and photographed by Alan Winfield in 1993 [1].

Former location of Britannia, Robert Street. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

1. www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/75296.

Brown Cow, Silk Street

Brown Cow, Silk Street, Salford. (c) Neil Richardson [1].

The Brown Cow beerhouse was open by the 1840s on the corner of North George Street and Silk Street, becoming a Cornbrook Ales house by the 1890s.  The Brown Cow was included in the 1956 St Matthias clearance scheme to be replaced by flats, and closed in 1960, the year it is shown here [1].  The exact corner where the Brown Cow once stood is today marked by the car park of the Adelphi Court Silk Street flats.  Of course, this part of Salford is known as the Adelphi by Salfordians and Mancunians of a certain age.

Former location of Brown Cow, Silk Street. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

1. Salford Pubs - Part One: The Old Town, including Chapel Street, Greengate and the Adelphi, Neil Richardson (2003).

Irwell Inn, East Robert Street

Irwell Inn, East Robert Street, Salford. (c) Neil Richardson [1].

Bridgewater Street and Springfield Lane still run through this part of old Salford near the River Irwell, and in the past, East Robert Street linked them, running along the river bank, just north of where East Philip Street is today.  On the corner of Bridgewater Street and East Robert Street, the Irwell Inn opened in about 1857 as a large beerhouse and provision shop.  Groves & Whitnall had the Irwell Inn by the 1890s and it lasted until 1966.  The Irwell Inn in pictured in 1929 under landlord Thomas Leach [1].

Former location of Irwell Inn, East Robert Street. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

1. Salford Pubs - Part One: The Old Town, including Chapel Street, Greengate and the Adelphi, Neil Richardson (2003).

Yorkshire House, Hall Street

Yorkshire House, Hall Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock, 1912. (c) Bob Potts [1].

The Yorkshire House was a small beerhouse on the corner of Renshaw Street and Hall Street.  Today, this equates to just north-west of where Boundary Lane and Burlington Street meet at Greenheys Lane.  The Yorkshire House was a Walkers of Warrington house, previously known as the Wheatsheaf, and it closed in 1926.  Licensee Charles Turtle is pictured outside exactly a century ago [1].

1. The Old Pubs of Hulme & Chorlton-on-Medlock, Bob Potts (1997).

Milton Hotel, Milton Street

Milton Hotel, Milton Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock. (c) Bob Potts [1].

On the corner of Stockport Road and Milton Street on the border of Ardwick and Chorlton-on-Medlock the Milton Hotel was a Chesters house that closed in 1971 [1].  The pub is shown at the archives from Milton Street in 1969 and from Stockport Road, also in 1969.  Milton Street used to run from Plymouth Grove, over Stockport Road to Hyde Road, but it has been lost to the new housing around here.

1. The Old Pubs of Hulme & Chorlton-on-Medlock, Bob Potts (1997).

Church Inn, Stockport Road

Church Inn, Stockport Road, Levenshulme. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

The Church Inn on the corner of Yew Tree Avenue and Stockport Road has become a recent Levenshulme pub casualty.  It was demolished in 2010, after spending recent years stood on its own on this corner.  

Church Inn, Stockport Road, Levenshulme. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

These photos from the archive show the Church Inn as a Groves & Whitnall house in 1959, 1964 and 1970 as part of what was then known as Levenshulme Terrace... the last piece pulled down being the Church Inn:

Church Inn, Stockport Road, Levenshulme. (c) Kevin Butterworth at levyboy [1].

1. www.levyboy.com/around_town.htm.

Midway, Stockport Road

Midway, Stockport Road, Levenshulme. (c) quantum bunny at flickr under Creative Commons.

The Midway was rebuilt in 1904 as this imposing pub at the junction of Matthews Lane and Stockport Road in Levenshulme.  The original Midway dates back an impressive 300 years earlier, first licensed in 1604 and shown here as Midway House in 1900 and 1902 just before its replacement (1907).  To the left of the Midway is a supermarket car park which was once a bowling green, as shown by the sign on the wall in 1959.  Sadly, the Midway has closed and has been taken over by an obscure college having been a cash & carry at some point previously.  The pub may have had an Irish name in the 1990s but I'm not sure.

Midway, Stockport Road, Levenshulme. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

Princess Inn, Rochdale Road

Princess Inn, Rochdale Road, Collyhurst. (c) Bob Potts [1].

Paget Street still runs east off Rochdale Road in Collyhurst today, but when it also ran west, on the corner stood the Princess Inn, a Groves & Whitnall house.  The Princess opened in 1864 and it was named after Alexandra Terrace which was how this stretch of Rochdale Road was known (itself named after Princess Alexandra who married the Prince of Wales - Kind Edward VII).  Just 9 years after it was granted its full public house licence, the pub was closed due to a compulsory purchase order in 1969 [1].  Replacing it are the houses and flats of the Collyhurst Road estate.

Former location of Princess Inn, Rochdale Road, Collyhurst. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map [1].

1. The Old Pubs of Rochdale Road and neighbourhood Manchester, Bob Potts (1985).

Three Tuns, Rochdale Road

Three Tuns, Rochdale Road, Collyhurst (c) Bob Potts [1].

The Three Tuns was at 568-570 Rochdale Road on the corner with Churnet Street, Collyhurst.  A Manchester Brewery then Threlfalls house, it closed in 1970 under a compulsory purchase order [1].  More than 40 years have passed but nothing has been built on this corner, while the western end of Churnet Street has been 'pedestrianised' for the benefit of the Thornton Street estate beyond.

Former location of Three Tuns, Rochdale Road, Collyhurst (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

1. The Old Pubs of Rochdale Road and neighbourhood Manchester, Bob Potts (1985).

Baltic Fleet, Shuttleworth Street

Baltic Fleet, Shuttleworth Street, Charlestown. (c) Salford Pubs of the 70s at flickr.

At the top end of Shuttleworth Street near Broughton Road, the Baltic Fleet stood until the early 1970s having opened in 1852.  The beerhouse was bought by Empress Brewery and it then passed to Walkers of Warrington when they absorbed the former company in 1929 [1].

Former location of Baltic Fleet, Charlestown. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

The Baltic Fleet closed in 1971 as the Charlestown area of Salford underwent regeneration (not so successfully - it has recently been named the most deprived area in the country).  The exact location of the old Baltic Fleet was where Rockley Gardens is signposted in modern day Charlestown.

Baltic Fleet, Shuttleworth Street, Charlestown. (c) Neil Richardson [1].

1. Salford Pubs Part Three: Including Corss Lane, Broad Street, Hanky Park, the Height, Brindleheath, Charlestown and Weaste, Neil Richardson (2003).

Lord Nelson, Shuttleworth Street

Lord Nelson, Shuttleworth Street, Charlestown, 1915. (c) Neil Richardson [1].

Today Charlestown Community Primary School and council houses sit in this area between Lissadel Street and Broughton Road East in Charlestown.  Row after row of terraced houses used to be in its place, with one of the streets running north being Shuttleworth Street, on which the Lord Nelson stood.  It was on the corner of Sligo Street and probably opened in the 1850s, becoming a Kays Atlas beerhouse in the early 20th century.  By the 1930s, Stockport's famous Robinsons Brewery owned the Lord Nelson and did so until it finally closed in 1969 [1].

1. Salford Pubs Part Three: Including Corss Lane, Broad Street, Hanky Park, the Height, Brindleheath, Charlestown and Weaste, Neil Richardson (2003).

Sun Inn, Phoebe Street

Sun Inn, Phoebe Street, Ordsall. (c) Salford Pubs of the 70s at flickr [1].

Shown here on a jolly girls' outing in the 1920s, the Sun Inn stood on the corner of Nutter Street and Phoebe Street, Ordsall, opening in the 1860s.  It was owned by Cornbrook Brewery by the turn of the century, and before it closed in 1972 it had become a Bass house [2].  The lower end of Phoebe Street where the Sun Inn once stood remains, although where today it starts to bend round to join Trafford Road, in the past it carried on due south to meet up with West Park Street.

Former location of Sun Inn, Phoebe Street. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

1. www.flickr.com/photos/61756486@N05.

Globe Inn, Wesley Street

Globe Inn, Wesley Street, Ancoats. (c) Neil Richardson [1].

The Globe Inn was a beerhouse which stood on the end of a row of back-to-back houses on Wesley Street in Ancoats.  This street, which connected Woodward Street to Daniel Street, was later renamed Hudson Street, but today it has been replaced by this green space in front of this high-rise Woodward Street block of flats, as seen from Firbeck Drive.  The Globe was a Walkers of Warrington house and also sold provisions, closing in 1936 [1].

Former location of Globe Inn, Wesley Street. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

1. The Old Pubs of Ancoats, Neil Richardson (1987).

Philips Park Inn, Bradford Road

Philips Park Hotel, Bradford Road, Miles Platting. (c) Neil Richardson [1].

The Philips Park Inn opened on Bradford Road in the 1850s, a fairly rare fully-licensed house.  It became a Threlfalls Brewery pub and lasted until 1960 when it closed as the Philips Park Hotel [1].  The precise location of the old Philips Park Inn was opposite the pedestrianised end of Gleden Street today; most of this area has changed beyond recognition and is largely ex- and current council houses.

Philips Park Inn, Bradford Road, Miles Platting. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

1. The Old Pubs of Ancoats, Neil Richardson (1987).

Bowling Green, Brookburn Road

Bowling Green, Chorlton. (c) Alan Brown, published by Andrew Simpson at Chorlton History [1], to be featured in 'Chorlton-cum-Hardy, A Community Transformed'.

The Bowling Green still ticks alongs nicely as a local's pub on Brookburn Road today, just off the thriving Chorlton Green, but it's only been there in its present form for just over a century.  The original Bowling Green Hotel dates back to about 1780 and stood until 1908 when it was demolished after the present pub was built [1].  It's not clear whether the original Bowling Green was on Brookburn Road or somewhere close by, but that may be St Clements Church in the photograph below.

 

Bowling Green, Chorlton. (c) Tony Walker, publishged by Andrew Simpson at Chorlton History [1], to be featured in 'Chorlton-cum-Hardy, A Community Transformed'.

1. http://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/2012/04/drinking-in-bowling-green.html.
2. http://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/2012/01/old-bowling-green-hotel.html.

Mosley Arms, Ridgway Street

Mosley Arms, Ridgway Street, Ancoats/Miles Platting. (c) Neil Richardson [1].

Historically, the boundary between Ancoats and Miles Platting runs from Butler Street bridge to near the end of Bradford Road, so that Ridgway Street is just on the Ancoats side.  Just off the lost Boundary Street on Ridgway Street stood the Mosley Arms, known locally as "Roney's" after a landlord.  The Mosley was a Wilsons house and is shown above in the 1950s advertising Wilsons "Wembley" Ales.  This beer was linked to Manchester City's 1934 FA Cup win, and of course City have moved to the area with some recent Wembley triumphs too.  The Mosley Arms used to stand where Cranfield Close is today.

Wilsons Wembley Ale. (c) Neil Richardson [1].

1. The Old Pubs of Ancoats, Neil Richardson (1987).
2. A History of Wilsons Brewery 1834-1984, Neil Richardson (1983).

Crown / Ceili Inn, Stockport Road

Ceili Inn, Stockport Road, Longsight. (c) With permission from Graham Todd at ManchesterHistory [1].

The Irish theme pub, the Ceili Inn, was demolished in 2000 to make way for a rather ugly branch of the Islamic Bank at the Slade Lane junction with Stockport Road in Longsight.  It's fair to say that this change from Irish to Islamic reflects the make up of modern Longsight, although Longsight and Levenshule still retain their Irish links.  The Ceili Inn was previously the Crown and is pictured as a Wilsons house at the archives in 1969 and 1970.  By 1974 the Crown had undergone external refurbishment and here's the rear also in 1974.  Thanks to Graham Todd for the image of the Ceili Inn.

Former location of Crown / Ceili Inn, Stockport Road, Longsight. (c) Google 2012. View Larger Map.

1. http://manchesterhistory.net/LONGSIGHT/PUBS/pubs.html.