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| The Friendship Hotel in 1970. |
The Friendship Hotel was situated at 2 Mumps opposite what is now Nursery Goods Direct. It was built in 1795 as the Hat and Beaver. By looking at an 1851 map one can see that the Friendship had little competition at the time and the inn not having any stables nonetheless had its own brewhouse, yard and extensive gardens. In 1874 the pub was rebuilt becoming much larger in the process. The frontage of the ground floor changed in 1958 with some interesting additions - a revolving door, a canopy over the door, a fire escape and a new upstairs concert room. In 1969 the Friendship was served with a Compulsory Purchase Order to facilitate the building of a new bus layby (now gone with the Metrolink development) and was demolished in 1971.
I used to work for Oldham brewery in the early 60's, we used to deliver with 2 wagons 1 with barrels and the other with bottles unload into yard load empties then fill cellar then sit at the bar drinking (free) till 6-30 then back to brewery. try getting a job like that now.
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