A trip down memory lane around Manchester....

Kippaxpete said:
Anyone remember legendary pub, Tommy Ducks, located behind the Midland Hotel? It was notorious for having hundreds of pairs of knickers pinned to the ceiling and real coffins used as tables! The pub's emblem was two ducks shagging mid-flight, something you'd never see in these 'enlightened' times. It's thought that a former landlord, Thomas Duckworth, wanted his name emblazoned across the front. However, the sign-writer employed to do the job ran out of space and shortened it, thereby giving rise to the name. I recall my uncle taking me in there as a kid - much to the disapproval of my mum - when it was the last building standing in the midst of a huge piece of wasteland. Sadly, unscrupulous developers demolished it in the dead of night in 1993.
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Damn right I do -but the exact location is hard to find nowadays
 
Kippaxpete said:
Anyone remember legendary pub, Tommy Ducks, located behind the Midland Hotel? It was notorious for having hundreds of pairs of knickers pinned to the ceiling and real coffins used as tables! The pub's emblem was two ducks shagging mid-flight, something you'd never see in these 'enlightened' times. It's thought that a former landlord, Thomas Duckworth, wanted his name emblazoned across the front. However, the sign-writer employed to do the job ran out of space and shortened it, thereby giving rise to the name. I recall my uncle taking me in there as a kid - much to the disapproval of my mum - when it was the last building standing in the midst of a huge piece of wasteland. Sadly, unscrupulous developers demolished it in the dead of night in 1993.
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I went in there with my girlfriend after watching a film at the Odeon on Oxford Road. The following day it had been demolished. Yes, there were knickers on the ceiling, but I had no idea the tables were coffins. I never noticed that.

I remember my mother being upset on hearing about its demise. Apparantly, it was a favourite haunt of American GI's during the 2nd world war, and my mum had many happy memories of being in there at the time. She had a GI boyfriend for a while until he was sent down south just before D-Day.

I remember the City council being pissed off with it's demolition, and saying they would be as obstructive as possible regarding the re-development of the land it stood on. I don't think their resolve lasted too long.
 
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Ribble73 said:
Damn right I do -but the exact location is hard to find nowadays
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There is a Premier Inn just south of St Peters Sqare, opposite the Midland Hotel. It was on Bishopsgate, off Lower Mosley St, at the bottom of the dip where the office block now sits.
 
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NPBlue said:
I went in there with my girlfriend after watching a film at the Odeon on Oxford Road. The following day it had been demolished. Yes, there were knickers on the ceiling, but I had no idea the tables were coffins. I never noticed that.

I remember my mother being upset on hearing about its demise. Apparantly, it was a favourite haunt of American GI's during the 2nd world war, and my mum had many happy memories of being in there at the time. She had a GI boyfriend for a while until he was sent down south just before D-Day.

I remember the City council being pissed off with it's demolition, and saying they would be as obstructive as possible regarding the re-development of the land it stood on. I don't think their resolve lasted too long.
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Went a few times when at the BT training school on Oxford Rioad
 
I remember as a kid in the 70's in the early hours after a night out at Tiffany's on Oxford Road, going into Midland Hotel (where Mr Rolls met Mr Royce btw) and ordering two hot chocolates in the lounge which were delivered by a white suited waiter, all 'sir this' and 'sir that' - us in our Oxford bags and platform shoes. Very sofis!

Told my eldest son that as part of 'when I wer a lad...' so he tried it when he was next in town and was told to piss off in no uncertain terms, how times change.
 
NPBlue said:
There is a Premier Inn just south of St Peters Sqare, opposite the Midland Hotel. It was on Bishopsgate, off Lower Mosley St, at the bottom of the dip where the office block now sits.
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When I worked at The Midland Hotel in the 70’s use to drink there …..back door for afternoon drinks usually with Bootle St plod in next room, after it got knocked down ended up in Cox’s Bar on the other side of the hotel
 
ColinBellsjockstrap said:
Just some things I remember as a kid.....

Trolley buses on Ashton New Road and Hyde Road.

Catlows corner shop, Abbey Hey Lane, Gorton.

Gorton Cross Street, Wheelers Records, Phil Green hardware shop.

Playing on the big rock in Ardwick Green park.

Messing about on the escalators in Lewis's

Robinson's records, Market Street Manchester.

Beatties model shop. Manchester

Donaldson's sports shop Gorton.

Cookes sports shop. John Dalton Street.

The "Way Inn" Boutique. Third floor Kendals, Deansgate.

Fields where Makro is now in Irlam

Catching the 53 bus from Belle Vue to Maine Road to watch Johnny Crossan etc.

Suggs sports shop at Merseyway in Stockport

Sports Motorcycles, Liverpool Road (Steve Wynne)

Paraffin lamps on the roadside in thick smog

Manchester United programme covers..Shirts Red/ Knickers White.

Fields before Hattersley estate was built.

Wrestling at Belle Vue Jackie (TV) Pallo/ Mick McManus

Sports Motors Plymouth Grove (Lotus dealers)

Godley's TV Shudehill

Mazel's Radio London Road, Piccadilly

Cowan's bike shop Gorton

UCP Tripe shop Hyde

Fields where Wright Robinson school is now

Seeing George Best in his Lotus Europa and Franny in his pale blue XJ6

Paperchase Manchester

Saddleworth/Diggle railway stations

The Jester coffee shop Hyde

Bowers and Schofields sports shops Ashton u Lyne

The "Moon" Disco Dukinfield

The Black Cat cafe Hazel Grove

Rosette sellers outside Maine Road

Paulden's department store

Manchester Exchange railway station.

Ashton and Stalybridge Baths

Booth Hall children's Hospital Rochdale Road

The Embassy Club with Bernard's Rolls Royce parked outside BJM 1

Programme shop on Lloyd street?, Moss Side




Sadly, only the rock left in Ardwick Green Park......:)



Any more memories?
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The original Pauldens shop burning to the ground.
 
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