Summer days in south Manchester No 2 early morning on Chorlton Green in 1975

For most of us this will be a familiar scene but it is now as much a part of history as any of those old monochrome images from the beginning of the last century.

We are on the green facing the Horse and Jockey with the Beech over to our right.

The only concession to outside drinking is the solitary bench by the entrance.

I can’t remember whether the pub went in for those rickety chairs and tables which would appear outside most pubs at the first hint of sun but I think not.

This would in turn explain why on most summer’s evenings the crowds would sprawl across the green late into the night, leaving a collection of glasses and empty bottles with the odd chip paper as a reminder of a night out.

Picture; from the collection of Tony Walker