This strangely-named pub, the Exile of Erin, was on Goulden Street in New Cross / Angel Meadow, off Oldham Road. Shown in 1958 it was a Cornbrook house, named after an Irish ballad from several hundred years ago. Not surprisingly, the Exile of Erin was a popular pub with the exiles of 'Irish Town' (as part of Ancoats, New Cross and Angel Meadow were known), and Irish gents would stride in with a flute and join in, jamming to the old rebel songs.
The Exile of Erin would have been close by to the sadly lost Hat & Feathers, and the Red Bull on Mason Street. Nowadays Goulden Street's Euro car park takes up part of the street, and although it's not obvious where the Exile of Erin once stood, it may well have been where the car park is. Along with nearby Angel Meadow, New Cross has not been documented as well as the city centre and Ancoats, so there will be many more long-gone pubs in this area to cover.
Goulden Street, New Cross. (c) Google 2010. View Larger Map.
The Exile of Erin would have been close by to the sadly lost Hat & Feathers, and the Red Bull on Mason Street. Nowadays Goulden Street's Euro car park takes up part of the street, and although it's not obvious where the Exile of Erin once stood, it may well have been where the car park is. Along with nearby Angel Meadow, New Cross has not been documented as well as the city centre and Ancoats, so there will be many more long-gone pubs in this area to cover.
Goulden Street, New Cross. (c) Google 2010. View Larger Map.
Goulden Street was once home to one of Manchester's most important police & fire stations, in the days when Ancoats and the surrounding area was perhaps the most crowded and violent part of town. Built around 1870, it had a bleak, windowless facade with a huge, still-standing chimney in the courtyard. Mounted police and were stationed here and their horses were stabled within. The main building has been demolished in recent years, and the complex looks like a derelict factory.
Inside Goulden Street Police & Fire Station, 2009. (c) camm33 at flickr.
