whalleystrange
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Thin Lizzy singer & guitarist Phil Lynott's mam used to run a pub in the Whalley Range area either in the 60s or 70s (or both) but does anybody know or remember which one it was?
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I am led to believe that it was named the Clifton Grange hotel in Whalley Range , which isn't there anymore apparently ...... the hotel was nicknamed 'THE BIZ' because of the amount of showbiz personalties who visited it ........... Lynott (a rag) an' George Best were frequent visitors to the place ...... wikipedia has it down as bein' sited on Upper Chorlton Road , but elsewhere it's referred to as bein' sited on Wellington Road(Whalley Range).
Thin Lizzys debut album simply called 'thin lizzy' contains a track on it name after the hotel.
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.amazon.com/Thin-Lizzy/dp/B000001F6R" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Thin-Lizzy/dp/B000001F6R</a>
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From wikipedia ......
The mother of Irish rock star Phil Lynott, front man of Thin Lizzy, ran the now demolished, Clifton Grange Hotel, on Upper Chorlton Road. The hotel was used extensively by touring rock bands during the 1960s and 1970s. George Best also frequented the hotel. Lynott spent part of his youth living with his mother at the hotel and went to the nearby Princess Road Junior School. He immortalised the hotel on the eponymous track from Thin Lizzy's debut album.
Thin Lizzys debut album simply called 'thin lizzy' contains a track on it name after the hotel.
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.amazon.com/Thin-Lizzy/dp/B000001F6R" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Thin-Lizzy/dp/B000001F6R</a>
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From wikipedia ......
The mother of Irish rock star Phil Lynott, front man of Thin Lizzy, ran the now demolished, Clifton Grange Hotel, on Upper Chorlton Road. The hotel was used extensively by touring rock bands during the 1960s and 1970s. George Best also frequented the hotel. Lynott spent part of his youth living with his mother at the hotel and went to the nearby Princess Road Junior School. He immortalised the hotel on the eponymous track from Thin Lizzy's debut album.