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 The official pubs we've loved and lost thread
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Re: The official pubs we've loved and lost thread
« Reply #90 on: February 05, 2012, 09:42:35 PM »


The Manager of Joy Davision, Rob Gretton use to live next door to my Aunt on Fouracres Road opposite Wythenshawe hospital. Sadly he passed away in the 90's at the relatively young age of 42 - he was a big City fan.


His line in 24 Hour Party People is a belter, pointing to the Belgian girl Ian Curtis was involved with "Her! Fookin Joan of Arc over there!"  :D
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« Reply #91 on: February 17, 2012, 01:10:21 PM »

Alty featured in this item on Sky news http://news.sky.com/home/business/article/16171546

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What do you think of this Sky News story on Retailers shutting 14 shops a day - features Altrincham http://ow.ly/97TFt
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« Reply #92 on: February 17, 2012, 01:31:18 PM »

Them's was the days. Streets Ahead was a husband and wife business that grasped the idea of punk before the other shops in town and you could buy some quite obscure stuff there. The shop was next to where the 263 and 264 buses terminated just where the Sainsbury's car park wall fronts onto Lloyd Street.

Syke's Records was a pretty good shop too and a much cooler place to go that Peter J, Swales. And the woman in there was the spitting image of Ann Nightingale. Of course the coolect place to buy your vinyl was Black Sedan on Oxford Road near the university in the days before they moved into the university precinct.
I still have my cherished fold out sleeve copy of the Drones "Bone Idol" that  I got from Streets Ahead.   "Them's was the Days" indeed!
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« Reply #93 on: February 23, 2012, 11:04:35 AM »

Article from this week's Messenger on the closure of the Orange Tree and Brickies  :'(

http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/9547512.Last_orders/

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« Reply #94 on: February 23, 2012, 12:25:33 PM »

Article from this week's Messenger on the closure of the Orange Tree and Brickies  :'(

http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/9547512.Last_orders/


scary stuff ! Be no where left soon
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« Reply #95 on: February 23, 2012, 12:53:46 PM »

Get GH to manage one as an Alty FC themed pub!
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« Reply #96 on: February 23, 2012, 01:16:25 PM »

Get GH to manage one as an Alty FC themed pub!

Not another GH thread!!  ;)
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« Reply #97 on: February 23, 2012, 01:40:21 PM »

Article from this week's Messenger on the closure of the Orange Tree and Brickies  :'(

http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/9547512.Last_orders/



The penultimate paragraph should read anyone who wants to be a publican with enterprise inns should forget it
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Re: The official pubs we've loved and lost thread
« Reply #98 on: February 23, 2012, 01:52:42 PM »

The Plough and flail at Mobberly,it might be still there,but its lost cos i can never find it these days whenever i come back up north
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« Reply #99 on: February 23, 2012, 01:58:09 PM »

The Plough and flail at Mobberly,it might be still there,but its lost cos i can never find it these days whenever i come back up north

Great pub with amazing food, its still there but I couldn't find it either without a sat nav!
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« Reply #100 on: February 23, 2012, 04:55:15 PM »

The Plough and flail at Mobberly,it might be still there,but its lost cos i can never find it these days whenever i come back up north

Great pub with amazing food, its still there but I couldn't find it either without a sat nav!

when I first went there after I'd moved to Knutsford in 1970, it was still a house with the pub in the front room.More than 10 customers and it was chokker. then it became a restaurant, was extended and went downhill IMO.

I could probably find my way there, even after all these years,but I wouldn't like to try to give directions......turn left at the second cow..etc   ;)
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