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Old Match Day Pubs Around Maine Road
- Thread starter Shaggy
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I lived in Hulme in the early 80's and must have drunk in all the above boozers.Had spells going in pretty much every pub within a mile or so of the ground at some point.
Some of my favourite times were when I lived in Hulme and the crawl to the ground would go something like.
Henry Royce- Junction- Chequered Flag- Clynes’ Wine Bar- Salutation- Gamecock- Crown- Ducie- Beehive.
Not many left now.
It was grim in Hulme then, especially during the riots.
My favourite was a Boddies pub, towards the Mancunian Way (the Grants ?).
Started going towards Town as it had more going on, although not many people lived there in the early 80's.
Joined the Hacienda when it opened cost of £5.51, as it was the 51st "project" of Factory Records.
Often saw Tony Wilson (before he became Anthony H. Wilson) drinking on his own, as everyone thought he was a pillock...
xgorton
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Remember mid 80s going in the Friendship ? Fallowfield,then over the road in some place late hours don't remember the name.Post match in the early to mid 80s used to go regularly to the Sandpiper in Fallowfield. By around 6pm on a Saturday some of the players would be in there too.
BlueMoonRisin’
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I see nobody has confirmed the pub I was asking about, someone must know the name.
Alan Oakes Shinpads
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The Sherwood was on the right hand side of Claremont Road if you were heading down from Wilmslow Road.Just past it on the other side was Heald Place Primary and Rusholme Secondary Modern.
I had my first pint in there,courtesy of my Uncle Sam who was a regular and played the piano in there at the weekends,This was pre decimal days as I am a FOC sadly.The drink I had was either Whitbread Tankard or Trophy.
I had my first pint in there,courtesy of my Uncle Sam who was a regular and played the piano in there at the weekends,This was pre decimal days as I am a FOC sadly.The drink I had was either Whitbread Tankard or Trophy.
PistonBlue
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The Gardeners and The Osborne pre and after match. Then either a curry or a pub crawl into town. Happy days.
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Mad Eyed Screamer
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The Invisable Pub, as frequented by the Invisable Man ;)I see nobody has confirmed the pub I was asking about, someone must know the name.
Are you thinking of the Lord lyon ?
PistonBlue
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I can only think of the Lord Lyon up that way, on the corner of Victory St I think?I see nobody has confirmed the pub I was asking about, someone must know the name.