In the shadow of the railway viaduct, this pub now stands rotting and forlorn in an area of car dealerships to the east of the city centre.
The Squirrel
A large pub with an extensive car park on the northern edge of the town that had a spell as an Indian restaurant but is now closed and boarded.
Churchills
Formerly the Rose Hill, a redbrick pub set back from Manchester Road in an area of retail and industrial units south of the town centre. Note the Boddingtons “bee and barrel” sign.
The Mason’s Arms
A back-street pub in a densely-packed area of terraced housing just north of the city centre.
The Old Mitre
A large white-painted pub with a conservatory extension in a rural location just outside Wednesfield and Bloxwich close to the M6 motorway. Still open on StreetView.
The Royal
A small mid-terraced pub with a distinctive archway leading through to the rear, situated to the south of the town on the main road towards Oldham.
The Farm Yard
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.
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