Fox Inn, Old Market Street, Blackley. (c) Roger Hall [1].
The Fox is a standard Joseph Holt's house on Old Market Street in Blackley, but this isn't the original pub. As pictured in Roger Hall's book (spot the outside urinal!) [1], the old Fox Inn was part of a row of cottages and may have been known as the Turf for a time, after the horses races which were hold on the fields behind Exchange Street. The Fox Inn was licensed in 1860 and was bought by Holt's in 1875, and they built a new Fox when the cottages were demolished [1].
Fox Inn, Old Market Street, Blackley. (c) Roger Hall [1].
1. The Pubs of Blackley, Roger Hall (1980).
The top Derby on Rochdale Road was formerly known as the Turf Tavern before Daniel Lees became bankrupt in 1856 and the premises were taken over by Thomas Bell.
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