The Corporation at the top end of Cross Lane on the corner of Paxton Lane, is another of this lane's many lost pubs. Like the Paddock across the road, it's been closed a while but still stands, having been converted to a takeaway - these days L.A. Pizza, and in the past, Salford Chippy.
Corporation, Cross Lane, Salford. (c) Richard Rogerson at closed pubs.
The Corporation is a newer build than the older Paddock, and may have been built to cater for the high rise flats and council houses that neighbour the pub. Its proximity to The Crescent (left, in the below shot) and the university suggest that the students as well as the locals stopped using this pub (and the others of Cross Lane).
Corporation, Cross Lane, Salford. (c) googlemaps.
The thankfully retained signage advertising a "fine selection of traditional ales" suggests that decent ale was on offer, although "traditional" may refer to the 1970s and '80s tradition of kg, particularly in estate pubs like this. A few comments from locals have suggested this was a rough-arsed boozer towards its final days...
Corporation, Cross Lane, Salford. (c) googlemaps.
