An unassuming-looking pub in an inner-city area that is especially sad to see in such a state as in the past it featured on CAMRA’s National Inventory of historic pub interiors (generally referred to as the “Bellefield”).
The Horse Shoe
A redbrick pub in the unexpected historic urban backwater of Higher Broughton, now converted to a nursery but retaining its pub sign. Opposite is the Star Inn, a former Robinson’s pub now acquired by its regulars.
The Royal Oak
A small mock half-timbered pub in the industrial Black Country.
The Anson
A big, solid 1930s pub in an area of council housing, long since converted to an Asian cash and carry.
The Black Friar
A tall former Boddingtons pub in the Arts and Crafts style, now looking out blankly over a major road junction.
The Crown
A once attractive roadside pub between Cheadle and Upper Tean. StreetView shows it as having just closed and had the signage painted over, whereas on the recent photo it looks very down-at-heel.
(My own photo)
The Three Crowns
A small Banks’s pub in the main street of this Black Country town.
The Dun Cow
An impressive inter-wars roadhouse, now in a sadly derelict state. It went through a spell as Crazy Daisy’s nightclub before ending up as the Goji Chinese restaurant.
The Carlton
A street corner pub in the backwoods of Lower Broughton, still open on StreetView but now in a very sorry state.
The British Queen
A rather forlorn-looking former Thwaites pub just down the road from the Swan. Move forward a little and the signboards reappear. Sunday Dinners £4.50 – sounds classy!
The number of Radcliffe pubs that have appeared here, it’s surprising that any are still open in the town!
The Lord Lyon
A distinctive semi-circular street corner pub, now reflecting the changing population mix of the area by having become the “Manchester Multi-Cultural Centre”.
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