An elegant Victorian pub with a curved corner frontage situated in a pedestrianised area. A latter-day rebrand as “Craft” failed to save it, although the much smaller Sun Inn to the left appears to be still trading. There are now plans to replace it with a coffee shop, offices and flats.
A plain-looking 1950s estate pub in the Farnley district on the west side of the city. It did actually reopen after this view was taken, but is now closed again.
A very large Edwardian redbrick pub, formerly tied to Whitbread, on the west side of Stretford town centre, which has largely been obliterated by the Arndale Centre development and is now devoid of pubs apart from a couple of micros.
A former Mitchell’s pub on the A6 north of Preston, which closed in 2016 and was demolished in March this year, despite efforts by the local community to purchase it. The site is now to be redeveloped for housing.
The second of two closed pubs next to each other on the A61 to the north of the city. This one is a functional post-war design. Both have now been replaced by a giant Sainsbury’s. The photo below shows them both together.
A stone-built Victorian pub that is the first of two closed pubs next to each other on the A61 to the north of the city. Both have now been replaced by a giant Sainsbury’s that rather dominates the scene.
A neat inter-wars pub on the Oxford Road to the west of Reading. Local residents have been invited to comment on plans to demolish it and replace it with 18 apartments.
A typical post-war estate pub in the Hunslet district on the south side of the city. After a troubled history, it fell victim to an arson attack in 2018 and has since been demolished. Note the sign still saying “Open under New Management” even though there’s a gaping hole in the roof.
A four-square inter-wars pub in the centre of prosperous Hale next to the station, which was originally built by the Cheshire Midland railway company. It was abruptly closed pre-Covid by Humphrey Smith, allegedly due to failing to enforce Samuel Smiths’s mobile phone ban, and has never reopened since, although it was only boarded up relatively recently.
