Did a walking pub crawl for my birthday a few years ago. We walked to Nelson tavern up the dirt track coming from droylsden. Then on to the windmill. Then to the very quite eight bells. Then we walked to the willow. That was the end of our walking it was taxis after that to woodhouse gardens. What a way to spend a Saturday afternoon/evening.
Yes, the Woodhouse Gardens - a good pub back in my day. Excellent pint of John Willie Lees. My local in Failsworth was the Pack Horse, near the Pole. A cracking and historical little boozer, now sadly gone. We pass it in on our SC coach on the way to the Etihad and it almost breaks my heart to see it's been converted into offices.
My old man still goes in the Nelson on a Monday night, Mani's dad still does too.
Back in the day, we would go from Newton Heath (I lived on Albert Gardens, off Averill St, last street before it becomes Failsworth) up to The Black Horse, then Mare & Foal, and The Bridge before our favourite pub, The Pack Horse. Clearly we were fans of Marston's beers. Great times.
The Nelson, do they still have Cobra on tap in there? Bit random considering it’s not a curry house. I used to frequent the Windmill a decade a go, heard it went down hill a bit not to sure what it’s like now.
Nelson = Coors. Windmill charging London prices, no atmosphere, tend to go in the Brookdale !Nelson has just the bog standard Fosters/Carling/John Smiths 'beers' on nowadays. The Windmill is now owned by Star Pubs & Bars (Heineken) and was refurbed a year or two ago by them. A lot better than it used to be.
Pack Horse went downhill slowly but surely after long standing tenants, Tom and Lesley Lowe left the place. First thing the brewery did was put a clueless manager in. (Same thing echoed in our local The Robin Hood Inn, Newton Heath) His bright idea, was to put a pool table, smack back in the middle of the lounge. Half the clientele were lost at a stroke, and the scrotes from the Crown & Cushion, Royal Oak etc were attracted.... Spiralled after that. Sad, and the Area Manager who did it, (And to the Robin) wants raping with a pineapple ....
On the plus side, Woodhouse Gardens is still a cracking pint of JWL ... decent food too.
Nelson = Coors. Windmill charging London prices, no atmosphere, tend to go in the Brookdale !
Brookdale flattened and now houses!
Brookdale flattened and now houses!
My Dad would come home from there every saturday night with a new dog that he had "found".Brookdale flattened and now houses!