A monumental Rochdale Road pub built by Threlfalls in 1896 and now serving as Manchester Creative Learning Centre. Maybe surprisingly, it survived as a pub well into the 21st century.
The Mill
A typical post-war estate pub on the north-east side of the town close to the M5/M6 junction.
The Seven Stars
A substantial Holt’s pub on the Ashton Old Road that within my drinking memory received an extension to cater for burgeoning trade, but is now closed and boarded. The section in the foreground of the picture appears to be undergoing conversion for alternative use.
The Prince of Wales
A small former Marston’s pub just off the town centre on the main road to Chapel-en-le-Frith. The proximity of Buxton’s Wetherspoon’s may have contributed to its demise.
The Albion
A pub with a distinctive tiled frontage in a run-down inner-urban area with few nearby houses. Still retains its pub livery although closed for some time.
The Greenwood Arms
A massive inter-wars pub in “Brewer’s Tudor” style on the Bolton road south of the town centre, which has been closed for several years and is now in a sadly derelict and burnt-out state.
The Greaves Hotel
A large stone-built pub-cum-hotel on the main A6 to the south of the city centre, now sold off by Mitchells for conversion to assisted living accommodation.
The Globe
Situated just north of the town centre, this main-road corner pub has at some stage had a handsome stone-faced frontage added with bow windows. Note the globe carving above the main door.
The Miners Arms
A small back-street pub near the new Sainsbury’s that is little changed from 2009 apart from being boarded up.
(My own picture)
The County Arms
An imposing 1930s pub in the Moderne Style, complete with tower, once well-known as a live music venue. In its day it was considered an example of enlightened contemporary pub design. Now in the process of redevelopment as retirement apartments.
The Lions Den
A corner pub on the edge of the village that has been closed since 2001 and where there is now a proposal for conversion to residential use.
The Halfway House
A corner pub on a road junction in a prosperous suburb of Wolverhampton that from the look of it suffers from a lack of car parking.
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