Red Rose, Greenbrow Road, Newall Green. (c) Gene Hunt at flickr.
STOP PRESS: The Red Rose has reopened!
One of the more recent Wythenshawe estate pubs to close, the Red Rose stands at the top of Greenbrow Road on the corner with Firbank Road in Newall Green, near the Roundthorn Industrial Estate. It was a keg-only Greenalls house when Alan Winfield visited in 1995, and even if it does reopen it's unlikely to be a real ale haven on this estate.
Red Rose, Greenbrow Road, Newall Green. (c) Gene Hunt at flickr.
The Red Rose and some of the neighbouring houses around here are characterised by corrugated iron cladding, and the story goes that some of these buildings were temporary, post-war pre-fabs which have remained and been converted into standard council housing.
Red Rose, Greenbrow Road, Newall Green. (c) Google 2013. View Larger Map.
It's really sad that Newall Green has so little cask ale on offer. Apart from The Newall Green (Joe Holt's) I can't bring another to mind - although there may be more.....perhaps they're hiding.
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in the middle to late seventies i used to do maintenance in this area greenbrow etc and it was known as tin town because of the cladding they were notoriously difficult for electricians
ReplyDeletethere were others built in timperly aswell
I bet this pub would be better if it was cleaned properly
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