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| The Lancashire Hotel in the 1970s. |
The Lancashire Hotel was situated at 78 Manchester Road on the corner of Bloom Street. A beerhouse had stood here since at least 1823 by various names. It seems that the pub became the Lancashire Hotel in 1883 and was known as the Lancashire Vaults thereafter. This was due to the previous owner calling the pub the New Vaults after buying and extending the pub around 1872. The Lancashire Hotel was a popular live music venue from the 60s to the late 70s as it still had its own concert room. In 1981 the Lancashire Hotel closed and remained derelict until Sainsburys bought it in 1987. The former Lancashire Hotel was demolished later that year.
I remember Shug the landlord and the space invaders games, sometimes we went in to see the rockers in the big room. head banging to freebird.
ReplyDeleteYes i remember shug and his mrs, we always played pool there
DeleteMy dad used to be the landlord at that pub when I was a kid
ReplyDeletemet my wife in there. spent many good nights in there (with and without freebird lol), seemed to go downhill when that scotish bloke took over and painted everywhere black.
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