This was the Wellington which has a long history dating back into the early 19th century if not earlier.
Depending on your age, you may well remember this pub as the Wellington or the Cavalcade, while if you grew up in the age of the Teletubbies, and the four Turtles, the site will have a succession of names of which include FUGU, Zizzi and more recently CAU.
Further back in time it was the Grey Horse but like its neighbor directly opposite it will have acceded to the rise of patriotic feeling after the defeat and be named after one of the two great military heroes of the day.
So, while its smaller rival became the Nelson, ours morphed into the Wellington, but it hasn’t always been the large impressive pile it became.
Back in the 19th century it was one of several more humble cottages which were there by 1818 and may stretch back into the 1780s.
Location; Wilmlsow Road
Pictures; CAU, 2020, from the collection of Andrew Simpson, and the Wellington in the early 20th century
So, while its smaller rival became the Nelson, ours morphed into the Wellington, but it hasn’t always been the large impressive pile it became.
Back in the 19th century it was one of several more humble cottages which were there by 1818 and may stretch back into the 1780s.
Location; Wilmlsow Road
Pictures; CAU, 2020, from the collection of Andrew Simpson, and the Wellington in the early 20th century
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