The Bristol Inn was a rarity for Manchester in that it was a Younger's house, belonging to the Edinburgh brewer. From the 1930s they were swallowed up into Scottish Brewers, Scottish & Newcastle and then Heineken, before Wells & Young's recently bought the brand back. The Bristol Inn was in the middle of this block of Bristol Street towards Radnor Street, was a small boozer with a special brass plate in the doorway which read:
"1888 - On this newel post her most gracious majesty Queen Victoria rested her royal hand."
It's not known whether the Queen actually visited the pub but her and Prince Albert did pass down Stretford Road in 1857 en route to the Art Treasures Exhibition at Old Trafford [1]. The Bristol Inn opened in 1864 [2] so maybe the plate came from the exhibition and was incorporated into the beerhouse. Pictured above in 1966 as Hulme was being pulled down for redevelopment, the Bristol Inn had closed two years earlier in 1964 as a Scottish Brewers house [1]. The old location of the Bristol Inn was roughly where Rawkin Close is in modern Hulme.
"1888 - On this newel post her most gracious majesty Queen Victoria rested her royal hand."
It's not known whether the Queen actually visited the pub but her and Prince Albert did pass down Stretford Road in 1857 en route to the Art Treasures Exhibition at Old Trafford [1]. The Bristol Inn opened in 1864 [2] so maybe the plate came from the exhibition and was incorporated into the beerhouse. Pictured above in 1966 as Hulme was being pulled down for redevelopment, the Bristol Inn had closed two years earlier in 1964 as a Scottish Brewers house [1]. The old location of the Bristol Inn was roughly where Rawkin Close is in modern Hulme.
2. The Old Pubs of Hulme Manchester (1) 1770-1930, Bob Potts (1983).
