The Belmont was a big hotel and pub on Middleton Road, Crumpsall, off Bury Old Road south of Heaton Park. Shown here in 1968, a few years later in 1971 and above in 1990 [1], the Belmont now appears to be a child care centre. When Alan Winfield visited the Belmont Tavern in 1995 he noted it was a still a food-led Chef & Brewer-branded Wilsons house, offering Wilsons and Websters Bitter by way of ale [2].
Former Belmont, Middleton Road. (c) Google 2014. View Larger Map.
The Belmont was a real magnet for young people in the mid seventies as all the large roadhouse type pubs had makeovers to attarct the younger , trendier drinkers. As each pub was refurbed , there was a temporary migration to the newest thing before everyone settled back to the most convenient. The first was the Lion and Lamb ( later the Wrecker) in Blackley followed by the Belmont, Berkshire and Broadway amongst others. Ted S
ReplyDeleteWhen was the Belmont, Berkshire, golden , red and white lions ( blackley village) built?
ReplyDeleteI relief managed the Belmont Tavern in about 1996 it was a good pub and I did well there The company that I worked for sold it with a change of use to a school
ReplyDeletei made good friends there lovely staff, Mary, Pat and someone who I never forget Jon Crossley and his friends Ray & Sam
I look back on those times as happy ones
My mum and dad ran that place I remember Jon and Mary she always got me mini Mars bars
DeleteVisited there in the lste 80,s Laura and Danny pierce ran it then
ReplyDeleteThat was my mum and dad 😊
DeleteHarold & Evelyn Taylor were landlordsin mid 70s. It was THE place to go!
ReplyDeleteSaturday night at the Belmont followed by late-night lock in at CHCC!
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