It opened in November 1959 and just about staggered into the 21st century. Near the end it seemed to have a number of fresh openings followed by swift closures and is now a supermarket.
Its attraction were the small front rooms which were just the right size for a gathering of a few friends or when you fancied escaping from the usual haunts.
It was opposite the cinema but I never remember visiting it after a film.
Picture; December 1959, R.E.Stanley, m49581, courtesy of Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives, Manchester City Council
It was my local and I was there on the day it opened. The front room was "Gentlemen Only" and the men were always complaining about the Landlords wife who kept on sitting in the room. One of the popular drinks was a gill not served now. Whilst my poison was a brown split another drink you don't here of. How times have changed.
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