Richmond Inn, Syndall Street, Ardwick. (c) David Lever at archiveplus flickr under Creative Commons [1].
The Richmond Inn, shown at the archives in 1965 and 1970 as a Chesters house, stood at number 16-18 Richmond Street [2] in Ardwick. It was on the corner of the just-surviving (as Syndall Avenue) Syndall Street off Stockport Road. As shown in this fine 1969 photo, the sad sight of a pub left standing while the communities around it are demolished is an all-too-familiar one to pub historians.
Richmond Inn, Syndall Street. (c) Old Maps [3].
The impressive Nicholls Ardwick High School is in the distance in the above photo, which is from September 1971 [1]. The Richmond Inn and Richmond Street are both long-gone and this corner of Ardwick has seen the infamous and brutal Fort Ardwick come and go in recent decades.
Richmond Inn, Syndall Street. (c) Old Maps [3].
The impressive Nicholls Ardwick High School is in the distance in the above photo, which is from September 1971 [1]. The Richmond Inn and Richmond Street are both long-gone and this corner of Ardwick has seen the infamous and brutal Fort Ardwick come and go in recent decades.
1. www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplus/14488888201.
2. http://pubshistory.com/Lancashire/ManchesterR/RichmondInnSyndal.shtml.
3. www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/383500/398500/13/100874.
The picture is actually of The Rutland which was located lower down Syndall Street towards Stockport Road and on the corner of Syndall Avenue. The Richmond was on the corner of Syndall Street and Richmond Street and the Landlady for many years was Mrs Eva Boyle.
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