Church Inn, Everton Road, Chorlton-on-Medlock. (c) Bob Potts [1].
The Church Inn was a Chesters house on the corner of Churchill Street and Everton Road in Chorlton-on-Medlock near the Longsight border. Standing at No.90 Everton Road, the Church opened in 1855 and lasted 115 years, closing in 1970 [1]. Everton Road is notable as being the birth place of John Maher, later Johnny Marr, guitarist in one of Manchester's most celebrated bands, The Smiths.
1. The Old Pubs of Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Bob Potts (1980).
I was a baby in this pub late 50s when mum and dad had it. Cliff and Barbara Ravenscroft.
ReplyDeleteHi my Dad and his brothers drank and played music in the Swan on Everton Road in the early 60's, the Donnellys. Were you still there around that time? I know Irish radio (RTE) recorded them playing for the radio in 1962 in thw Swan
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