Friday, 5 May 2023

Lost Heritage

 I had call recently to recall the fate of a pub that I used to drink in ....

The Old Albert Inn On Walmer Street
The Albert Inn - On Walmer Street, Rusholme, Manchester.

.... in response to a comment from another former punter.

So I checked the fate of all the other pubs that were in that area of Manchester, and which I had also drunk in, in my 20's and early 30's ... this is ignoring all the Manchester pubs of my teens, which were mainly in the Chorlton, Withington and Didsbury areas of South Manchester, or in the town centre. Later on I also used a couple of pubs in the Longsight area.

However for a long period in the mid 1970's and 1980's, I was drinking in the Rusholme area, and the all the following pubs were thriving in Rusholme when I was there ... or at least they were still open in the 1970's and 1980's:
 
Manchester Rusholme Pubs In The Late 1970's
Rusholme Pubs In The Late 1970's
 
  • The Welcome
  • The Huntsman
  • The Gardner's Arm
  • The Osbourne
  • The Birch Villa
  • The Albert Inn
  • The Lord Lyon/Nelson
  • The Whitworth
  • The Sherwood Inn
  • The Clarence
  • Rusholme Working Men's Social Club
 
All now gone .... along with my youth!
 
So I dreaded to think how many of my teenage pubs are also gone, but without too much investigation, I now know that The Southern, The Seymour, The Oaks Hotel (where Iggy Pop and David Bowie amongst many others, once performed), and Mauldeth Hotel are all gone. 
 
But the The Horse and Jockey has survived ... mainly as its a 500 year old listed building. Still its a shock at seeing all the pubs that were mostly 100 years or more old, decimated in the last 20 years and gone forever.

We are destroying our own culture and history on an industrial scale ... its actually sad to see the loss of the heritage of South Manchester.

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2 comments:

  1. Stave K10 May 2023 at 18:26

    I was a student in Manchester in the 1990's and had digs near that Rusholme area. Most of those pubs on the main road were still open then. They weren't student pubs, except maybe the Clarence, which seemed a bit more friendly, so I didn't drink in them, but it's sad that they are all gone.

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    1. No PC11 May 2023 at 09:07

      Hi Steve K, I should imagine that this has happened in a lot of inner cities and towns across England. Certain immigrants don't frequent pubs but moved into low cost housing. Much student accommodation has also probably been lost. Thanks for the comment.

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