EMPRESS PUBS, Fulford Brewers

THE EMPRESS BREWERY (236 Public houses and outlets)

“Nothing is either good or bad, but thinking makes it so”.

The Empress Brewery had 236 Public Houses and each has a lost story to tell.

The multitude of Empress pubs varied from those covering large land areas to smaller pubs with cozy nooks. The Peeping Tom, Regent Road was a tiny pub which reportedly sold the best beer.

Some were popular in ‘good’ areas whereas others had ‘bad’ reputations in non salubrious ‘rough’ places. For example, the Vine inn, Hough Lane, was described as “frequented by loose persons’ ‘ which resulted in suspension of the pub’s license in 1894. This pub was later operated by a famous footballer, former Broughton Rangers forward William Winskill and taken over by Walkers Ltd and ran until the 1940’s. (pubsofManchesterblogspot.com).

Within one of the Empress brewery pubs there was even a line through the middle of the floor separating the more or less ‘reputable’ persons or those who were prepared to pay a few pennies more for a beer.

There were fascinating names, signs, and signatures. In 1857, Manchester staged the greatest temporary art exhibition in the country, housed within The Art Treasures Palace. The public house Art Treasures was named after this event.

The pub’s stories were often steeped with tradition, remarkable associations, interesting family lives and sometimes violent deaths, betrayals and superstitions.

There are even stories of ghost sightings in haunted pub dwellings where people are said to have been interred or ‘immured’ within walls.The Red Lion Public House (still operational) is said to be frequented by the ghost of one of the poor souls who was sealed into the pub wall and left to dehydrate and starve to death.

Other spooky phenomena include the fire in a Fulford relatives family home which devastated an entire room but retained the wardrobe housing the Fulford Bible which was remarkably unmarked and untouched by the fire.

The Amalgam, nicknamed ‘The Mal’ in Manchester was an Empress Brewery Public House and was used as the original ‘Rovers Return’ in the iconic British television series Coronation street. This series about working class people in Manchester centered around pub life within the Rovers Return Public House. Coronation Street has now entered the Guinness World Book Of Records as the longest running television series in the world and is still running !

Sadly, only a few of the original Empress Brewery public houses are still in existence or operational.

“Walkers of Warrington bought all Empresses breweries in the 1920s”. Reference; pubsofmanchesterblogspot.com

However, the stories and memorabilia associated with the pubs and the beer they served will remain popular. The bottles from the Empress Brewery and Great Grandfather, Samuels Lion Mineral Water Works will provide lasting and timeless memorabilia of our ancestors’ pub history.

Of note, the Lincoln Inn, Preston st, was used in the film, The Whisperers, directed by Bryan Forbes. in which Dame Edith Evans received an Oscar.

In yet another remarkable coincidence, Bryan Forbes went on to direct Peter O’Toole and brother Christopher Fulford in one of the most famous theatrical portrayals of Macbeth by the Old Vic Theatre Company in 1980. Christopher was in his first professional theatrical role on leaving Central School of Speech and Drama and played Donalbain alongside Peter O’Toole and Lorenzo in the Tempest during the same production. I was present on the opening night, alongside Sting who at that time was married to Frances Tomelty who played Lady Macbeth.

In the article, “‘How Peter O’Toole was struck by the curse of Macbeth” Https://www.telegraph.co.uk › theater, it was noted that,

”This was a cast invitation /non audition production, which saved the Old Vic from financial ruin. It was one of the most famous productions in theatrical history, due to its controversial interpretations of the role of Macbeth by Peter, and the savage reviews which guaranteed its success, with daily queues around the Old Vic theatre for tickets.

The critic.co.uk reports on Peter O’Tooles role as Macbeth;

236 PUBS IN TOTAL

ALBERT, 66 ABBOTT STREET, MANCHESTER (CLOSED IN 1912) NP

ALBERT HOTEL, EMBDEN STREET HULME

ALBERT INN, REATHER STREET MANCHESTER (CLOSED IN 1963)

ALEXANDRA HOTEL, 75 ERSKINE STREET HULME (CLOSED 1909) NP

ALMA INN, 7 PALEY STREET, MANCHESTER NP

AMALGAMATED, GLOUCESTER STREET, SALFORD

ART TREASURES, 265 CHESTER RD, HULME (CLOSED 1908) NP

ALBERT HOTEL, EMBDEN STREET HULME

Empress Brewery first licensed the Albert Inn in 1883 and it was closed in 1869.

Ref: pubs of Manchester.blogspot.com

Albert Ebden St Hulme 1930’s Bob Potts

ALBERT INN, REATHER STREET, MANCHESTER (CLOSED IN 1963)

Photograph 1930 The Old Pubs of Rochdale Road and neighborhood Manchester, Bob Potts (1985)

AMALGAMATED INN, GLOUCESTER STREET, SALFORD

The Amalgamated Inn, nicknamed ‘The Mal’ was an Empress Brewery pub and the original ‘Rovers Return. The public house in the iconic British television series Coronation Street. The extraordinarily popular series about working class people in Manchester began in December 1960 and is still running to this day. More recently, Coronation Street or ‘Corrie’ entered the Guinness Book Of World Records as the longest-running soap opera series in the world.

The photographs in the wonderful Pubs of Manchester Past and Present depict the ‘Mal’ with members of the original Coronation Street cast.

ART TREASURES, 265 CHESTER RD, HULME

The Art Treasures was situated at 265 Chester Road. This pub closed in 1908 and has now been demolished.

Ref Ian Chapman The Lost Pubs Project. closed pubs.co.uk

In 1857, Manchester staged the greatest temporary art exhibition in the country and was housed within The Art Treasures Palace.

The public house Art Treasures was most likely named after this event.

BALTIC FLEET, SHUTTLEWORTH ST , SALFORD

BAY HORSE, 65 BERRY BROW, CLAYTON BRIDGE, MANCHESTER

BAY HORSE, 319 ROCHDALE RD, MANCHESTER NP

BEDFORD INN, 33 BEDFORD STREET, HULME CLOSED 1903 NP

BEEHIVE, NW CORNER OF TEMPLE STREET & JUNCTION OF 43 GREAT JACKSON ST, HULME, MANCHESTER (CLOSED IN 1931)

BEEHIVE, STANLEY ST, SALFORD NP

BLUE BELL, REATHER STREET, MANCHESTER (CLOSED IN 1963)

BOATMANS REST, CHESTER RD, HULME (CLOSED 1967)

BRACKLEY ARMS, EGERTON STREET, HULME

BRADFORD ARMS, ASHTON NEW ROAD, MANCHESTER

BREWERS ARMS, ROCHDALE RD, MANCHESTER

BRIDGE INN, 552 ROCHDALE RD, MANCHESTER (CLOSED IN 1908) DEMOLISHED NP

BRITANNIA INN, CITY RD, HULME

BRITANNIA, ROBERT STREET, NEWTON HEATH, MANCHESTER

BRITANNIA INN, UPPER JACKSON STREET, HULME

BURLINGTON HOTEL, MOSTYN STREET, LLANDUDNO NORTH WALES

BURLINGTON INN, UNION STREET, GREENHEYS, MANCHESTER

BURTON HOTEL, VICTORIA STREET, CREWE, CHESHIRE

BURTON HOUSE, BURTON STREET, MANCHESTER (CLOSED IN 1913)

BALTIC FLEET, SHUTTLEWORTH ST , SALFORD

Opened 1852- until early 1970’s..

Photograph Courtesy Neil Richardson

BAY HORSE, 65 BERRY BROW, CLAYTON BRIDGE, MANCHESTER (Closed)

BEDFORD INN, BEDFORD STREET, HULME CLOSED 1903 NP

The Bedford Inn was situated at 33 Bedford St. This pub closed in 1903 and has now been demolished.
Reference; Ian Chapman The Lost Pubs Project. closed pubs.co.uk

BEEHIVE, NW CORNER OF TEMPLE STREET & JUNCTION OF 43 GREAT JACKSON ST, HULME, MANCHESTER (CLOSED IN 1931)

Publicans listed;

1881 Thomas Price, Beerhouse Keeper 59

1881 Emma Price, wife, 59

1881 John Coxhall, Boarder, Labourer

Photograph: 1916 Courtesy Flickr

Photograph c. 1930

BLUE BELL, REATHER STREET, MANCHESTER (CLOSED IN 1963)

Photograph 1929.; Courtesy: Bob Potts. Built in 1836 and demolished in 1963 when the area was developed.

BOATMANS REST, CHESTER RD, HULME

The Boatmans Rest or Boatmans Home was situated at 67 Chester Rd. This pub closed in 1967 and has now been demolished.

“Opened in 1867 as a Walkers & Sons Brewery house and closed a 100 years later as an Empress Brewery house”.

Reference Ian Chapman closed pubs.co.uk The Lost Pubs Project.

BRACKLEY ARMS, 24 EGERTON STREET, HULME (CLOSED 1912) NP

The Brackley Arms was situated at 24 Egerton St. and closed in 1912. It has now been demolished.

Reference Ian Chapman closed pubs.co.uk The Lost Pubs Project.

BREWERS ARMS, ROCHDALE RD, MANCHESTER

“Chesters brewery had the Brewers Arms for a time, as did the Empress Brewery of Old Trafford. The last owners were Walkers of Warrington, before the pub was closed in 1942 on the grounds of non-requirement “. Reference:Lostpubsproject.

BRITANNIA, ROBERT STREET, NEWTON HEATH, MANCHESTER (DEMOLISHED)

Courtesy: Alan Winfield 1993

BRITANNIA INN, UPPER JACKSON STREET, HULME

The landlord moved to the Britannia Inn after closure of the nearby Star Inn (formerly the Old Trafford Inn, another Empress public house).

BURLINGTON HOTEL, 23 MOSTYN STREET, LLANDUDNO NORTH WALES

Now Craft Llandudno !

BURLINGTON INN, UNION STREET, GREENHEYS, MANCHESTER

Photograph: Bob Potts

“Rebuilt in 1938 and closed in 1967”

BURTON HOTEL, VICTORIA STREET, CREWE, CHESHIRE

BURTON HOUSE, 36 BURTON STREET , MANCHESTER.

OPENED 1879 & CLOSED IN 1913 AS AN EMPRESS BREWERY HOUSE

CARLTON, CAMP STREET, SALFORD

CHURCH INN, REGENT RD, SALFORD

CITY ARMS, 48 KENNEDY STREET, MANCHESTER

CITY INN, RUSHOLME AND ROYLE ST, CHORLTON ON MEDLOCK

CLARENCE INN, CHORLTON STREET, HULME NP

CLARENDON, MARKET STREET, SALFORD (CLOSED IN 1908)

CLIFTON ARMS, NEWPORT STREET, BOLTON, LANCASHIRE

CLOPTON ARMS, 17 CLOPTON STREET, HULME NP

CRICKETERS ARMS, BESWICK STREET, MANCHESTER (CLOSED IN 1939)

CROWN AND SCEPTRE, CHAPEL STREET, MANCHESTER (CLOSED IN 1910)

CROWN INN, COTTENHAM STREET, MANCHESTER (CLOSED IN 1908) DEMOLISHED NP

CROWN INN, NORTH KENT STREET, MANCHESTER (CLOSED IN 1929)

CARLTON, CAMP STREET, SALFORD

CHURCH INN, REGENT RD, SALFORD

CITY ARMS, 48 KENNEDY STREET, MANCHESTER OPEN 🌟

CITY INN, RUSHOLME AND ROYLE ST, CHORLTON ON MEDLOCK

Courtesy: Pinterest

CLARENCE INN, CHORLTON STREET

The Clarence Inn was situated at 8 Clarence Rd. The pub closed in 1901 and has now been demolished. Reference Ian Chapman closed pubs.co.uk The Lost Pubs Project.

CLARENDON, MARKET STREET, SALFORD (CLOSED IN 1908)

Still a Hotel in 1990 ! Photograph June 1990 Courtesy: Alan Young

CLIFTON ARMS, NEWPORT STREET, BOLTON, LANCASHIRE

CLOPTON INN, 17 CLOPTON STREET, HULME, MANCHESTER, LANCASHIRE NP

CRICKETERS ARMS, BESWICK STREET, MANCHESTER (CLOSED IN 1939)

CROWN AND SCEPTRE, CHAPEL STREET, MANCHESTER (CLOSED IN 1910)

CROWN INN, 25 NORTH KENT STREET, MANCHESTER (CLOSED IN 1929)

DALTON INN, MORTON STREET, CHORLTON ON MEDLOCK, MANCHESTER (CLOSED IN 1910) NP

DELAMERE ARMS, UNDERWOOD LANE, CREWE, CHESHIRE

DERBY ARMS, WILMOTT STREET, HULME, MANCHESTER NP

DOG AND PARTRIDGE, ELTON STREET, CHORLTON ON MEDLOCK, MANCHESTER

DOG & PARTRIDGE, HARRISON STREET, SALFORD

DOG INN, LISSADEL STREET, EX WORSLEY BREWERY CO LTD, PENDLEBURY, SALFORD NP

DUKE OF CONNAUGHT, KINGS STREET, KNUTSFORD, CHESHIRE NP

DUKE OF RUTLAND, RUTLAND STREET, HULME, MANCHESTER NP

DELAMERE ARMS, UNDERWOOD LANE, CREWE, CHESHIRE

DERBY ARMS, WILMOTT STREET, HULME, MANCHESTER NP

The Derby Arms was situated at 14 Wilmot St. This pub closed in 1909 and has now been demolished. Reference Ian Chapman closed pubs.co.uk The Lost Pubs Project.

DOG AND PARTRIDGE, ELTON STREET, CHORLTON ON MEDLOCK, MANCHESTER

DOG & PARTRIDGE, HARRISON STREET, SALFORD

DUKE OF RUTLAND, RUTLAND STREET NP

The Duke of Rutland was situated at 7 Rutland Street. This pub closed in 1914 and has now been demolished. Reference Ian Chapman closed pubs.co.uk The Lost Pubs Project.

In 1881 the Beer House Keeper was Sarah McClelland, widow aged 47 years.

EMPRESS INN, 25 UPPER MEDLOCK STREET, HULME, MANCHESTER NP

The Empress Inn was situated at 25 Upper Medlock Street. This pub closed in 1905 and has now been demolished.
Reference: Ian Chapman closed pubs.co.uk The Lost Pubs Project.

ENGINEERS ARMS, BROUGHTON RD, SALFORD (CLOSED 1910) NP

FLYING HORSE, GREENGATE, SALFORD (LATER TAYLORS, POLLARD STREET)

FORESTER’S ARMS, ROCHDALE RD, MANCHESTER (LATER TETLEY’S)

FOX INN, 4 GREEN STREET, SALFORD (CLOSED IN 1912) NP DEMOLISHED

FLYING HORSE, GREENGATE, SALFORD (LATER TAYLORS, POLLARD STREET)

Opened 1845 and closed in 1979, Demolished four years later. Empress Brewery had the License in the 1930’s and 1940’s.
Courtesy and reference; pubs of manchesterblogspot.com

FORESTER’S ARMS, ROCHDALE RD, MANCHESTER

Opened as a beer house in 1850 but was not given a full License until @ 1950 when Empress Brewery held the license until @ 1858. Then it was taken over by Walkers & Falstaff and then later by Tetley’s. Courtesy and reference; pubs of manchesterblogspot.com

Photograph: 1930’s Bob Potts

GEORGE AND DRAGON, MANCHESTER ROAD, ALTRINCHAM, CHESHIRE

GLASGOW ARMS, LOWER BYROM STREET, MANCHESTER

GOODIER INN, 7 PICKSTONE STREET, MANCHESTER (CLOSED 1912. NOW DEMOLISHED) NP

GREYHOUND, MANCHESTER RD, BOLTON. LANCASHIRE

GEORGE AND DRAGON, MANCHESTER ROAD, ALTRINCHAM, CHESHIRE

Originally a coaching inn on the road between Manchester and Chester.

GLASGOW ARMS, LOWER BYROM STREET, MANCHESTER

Photograph taken from front page of book, ‘The Manchester Village; Deansgate Remembered’ by Frank Heaton and Neil Richardson (1995).

GREYHOUND, 564-566 MANCHESTER RD, BOLTON

Open in 1869 closed in 2010 and converted into living accommodation.

Courtesy; Lost pubs project

HORSE AND JOCKEY, BROAD STREET, SALFORD

HORSE AND JOCKEY, MARKET PLACE, ALTRINCHAM, CHESHIRE

HORSE AND JOCKEY, YORK STREET, MANCHESTER (CLOSED IN 1907) NP

HORSESHOE, FEATHERSTALL, NEAR LITTLEBOROUGH, LANCASHIRE NP

HYDE PARK, CORNER SILK STREET, SALFORD

HORSE AND JOCKEY, BROAD STREET, SALFORD

Opened in the 1930’s and, “by 1873 there was a brewhouse at the pub advertising 6, 9 and 18-gallon casks for sale to punters. Fulford & Co. at the Empress Brewery leased the beerhouse and expanded it to include a new parlour, a vault and a bar”. Reference;

Closed and demolished in 1971

Courtesy and reference; pubs of manchesterblogspot.com

HORSE AND JOCKEY, MARKET PLACE, ALTRINCHAM, CHESHIRE

Photograph from the book: ‘Story of Altrincham’, Patricia Southern

HYDE PARK, CORNER SILK STREET, SALFORD

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IVY HOUSE, CHAPMAN STREET, HULME, MANCHESTER

Opened in 1862. Closed 1938 as an Empress Brewery public house.

Courtesy: ‘The Old Pubs of Hulme and Manchester’ 1770-1930 Bob Potts, (1983).

JOINERS ARMS, CEDAR STREET, HULME, MANCHESTER

Opened in 1868 and closed in 1967.

Reference : 1. The old pubs of Hulme and Manchester 1770-1930, Bob Potts (1983)

2. The old pubs of Hulme and Chorlton-on-Medlock, Bob Potts (1997)

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LAMB HOTEL, BLACKBURN RD, BOLTON, LANCASHIRE
LINCOLNS INN, PRESTON STREET, HULME, MANCHESTER

LION HOTEL, LIVERPOOL RD, CADISHEAD, LANCASHIRE

LONDON INN, BOUNDARY LANE, MANCHESTER NP

LORD EGERTON WEST CRAVEN STREET, SALFORD
LORD GOUGH, COOKSON STREET, NEWTON HEATH, MANCHESTER

LAMB HOTEL, 455 BLACKBURN RD, ASTLEY BRIDGE BOLTON LANCASHIRE

Photograph c. 1920 Courtesy: Robert Wade Flickr
Still open ? ⭐️

LINCOLNS INN, PRESTON STREET, HULME, MANCHESTER

Opened in 1867 and closed 100 years later in 1969.

Courtesy: ‘Old Pubs of Hulme and Manchester’, Bob Potts (1770-1930).

N.B. The Whisperers filmed within the Lincoln Inn with Bryan Forbes directing !

LION HOTEL, LIVERPOOL RD, CADISHEAD, LANCASHIRE

Well over 200 years old but demolished despite local protest !

“stables at the back which may suggest that the pub was a place where horses were kept and used on the Manchester to Warrington turnpike coach road”Tony Flynn, Salford News

LONDON INN, BOUNDARY LANE, MANCHESTER NP

Closed 1924 and now demolished. NP

LORD EGERTON, WEST CRAVEN STREET, SALFORD

Opened @1868 closed 1971

Empress brewery took over the license of the Lord Egerton pub from William BLICK hence nickname of the pub ‘Blicks’.

Courtesy and reference; pubs of manchesterblogspot.com

LORD GOUGH, COOKSON STREET, NEWTON HEATH, MANCHESTER NP

MACHINE HOUSE INN, WALLGATE, WIGAN,

MARKET HOTEL, LIVERPOOL RD MANCHESTER (OWNED 1905) NP

MITRE INN, 55 HAWORTH STREET, LANCASHIRE

MOULDERS ARMS, HEYRODS STREET, ANCOATS, MANCHESTER

MACHINE HOUSE INN, WALLGATE, WIGAN, LANCASHIRE

MITRE INN, 55 HAWORTH STREET, LANCASHIRE

Opened 1860’s.

Haworth street and the pub were demolished in the 1970’s.

Photograph 1930’s. Courtesy: Lost pubs of Bolton.

MOULDERS ARMS, HEYRODS STREET, ANCOATS, MANCHESTER

Photograph Neil Richardson 1920.

Photograph c. 1970

NAPOLEON, 58/60 CORNWALL STREET, OPENSHAW, MANCHESTER NP

NELSON INN, ORDSALL LANE, SALFORD

NELSON INN, PICKSTONE STREET, MANCHESTER

NEPTUNE INN, CROWN STREET, HULME NP

NEPTUNE INN, MILL STREET, CREWE, CHESHIRE NP

NORTH LANCASHIRE HOTEL, FRIARGATE, PRESTON, LANCASHIRE

NELSON INN, ORDSALL LANE, SALFORD

Empress Brewery had The Nelson by the early 1900’s and was decked in their signature green and orange tiling. They were selling 14 barrels of beer in 1913 and such success prompted extension into the next door premises.

Reference and courtesy: pubsofmanchesterblogspot.com

NELSON INN, PICKSTONE STREET, MANCHESTER

Opened in 1868 and closed in 1957 due to a compulsory purchase order.

Courtesy: pubsofmanchesterblogspot.com

NEPTUNE INN, CROWN STREET, HULME NP

The Neptune Inn was situated at 61 Crown Street. This pub closed in 1917 and has now been demolished.
Reference Ian Chapman closed pubs.co.uk The Lost Pubs Project.

NORTH LANCASHIRE HOTEL, FRIARGATE, PRESTON, LANCASHIRE

The North Lancashire Hotel situated where ironically ‘Something Brewing’ was photographed.

Fulford & Co fined £250 for misleading their leesees regarding the profitability of The North Lancashire Hotel.

OLD HOUSE AT HOME MIDDLEWOOD STREET, SALFORD, MANCHESTER

OLD RED LION LONDON RD HOLMES CHAPEL, CREWE, CHESHIRE

OLD VAULTS OLD STREET ASHTON UNDER LYNE,

OLD HOUSE AT HOME MIDDLEWOOD STREET, SALFORD, MANCHESTER

“Moss side owned the Old House until 1898 when it passed to the Empress Brewery, and then the Walkers of Warrington in the 1930s”. Courtesy: pubsofmanchesterblogspot.com Photograph Neil Richardson.

OLD RED LION, 19 LONDON RD, HOLMES CHAPEL, CREWE, CHESHIRE

OPEN 🌟

OLD VAULTS OLD STREET ASHTON UNDER LYNE, LANCASHIRE

C.1808 and Closed 2008

PEEPING TOM REGENT ROAD, SALFORD

PHEASANT, DANZIC STREET, MANCHESTER (CLOSED IN 1961) NP

PINEAPPLE HOTEL, PALMERSTON STREET, ANCOATS ROAD, WEST GORTON, MANCHESTER

PRINCE IMPERIAL CEDAR RD, HULME, MANCHESTER NP

PRINCE OF WALES , 932 OLDHAM RD, MANCHESTER NP

PRINCESS TAVERN, ORDSALL LANE, SALFORD

PUNCH BOWL, CHAPEL STREET, SALFORD

PEEPING TOM REGENT ROAD, SALFORD

Opened 1863. Closed in 1977.

“Acquired by the Empress Brewery in 1908 who gave the pub maroon and blue tiling on the ground floor…. had a white line painted down the center of the pub which demarked the lounge and the vault – if you stood on the vault side the beer was a few pence cheaper “ Courtesy: pubsofmanchesterblogspot.com

PINEAPPLE HOTEL, PALMERSTON STREET, ANCOATS ROAD, WEST GORTON, MANCHESTER

Closed 1977

Photograph c.1920’s Neil Richardson

PRINCE IMPERIAL, CEDAR RD, HULME, MANCHESTER NP

The Prince Imperial was situated at 33 Cedar St. This pub closed in 1906 and has now been demolished. Reference Ian Chapman closed pubs.co.uk The Lost Pubs Project.

PRINCESS TAVERN, ORDSALL LANE, SALFORD

Opened 1845 Demolished for slum clearance

Photograph 1920s. Neil Richardson as an Empress Brewery House.

PUNCH BOWL, CHAPEL STREET, SALFORD

Also known as the WAGGON AND HORSES

Closed 1997. Now in commercial use.

QUEENS ARMS, 6 HONEY STREET, OLD TRAFFORD, MANCHESTER (closed in 1961) now reopened! 🌟

Queens Arms Honey Street, Cheetham (“Pub of the Year’ in 2007)

Gained reputation in the Good Beer Guide as a real ale pub and in 2007 was named City Life’s, ‘Pub of the Year’. One of the last remaining pubs of the Empress Brewery

Still displaying finest examples of Empress Breweries signature maroon and green tiling.

RAILWAY HOTEL, 2 WESLEY STREET, CREWE, CHESHIRE (Demolished 1968) NP

RAILWAY INN, STOCKPORT RD, MANCHESTER

RAINBOW TAVERN, 95 & 97 GEORGE STREET, HULME NP

RED LION, NEWCASTLE RD, CHURCH HULME, CHESHIRE NP

RISING SUN, SWAN STREET, ROCHDALE RD, MANCHESTER

ROCESTER ARMS, ROCESTER STREET, MANCHESTER (CLOSED IN 1964)

ROCK INN, HYDE ROAD, WEST GORTON, MANCHESTER

ROSE AND CROWN, 63 GRAVEL LANE, SALFORD (closed 1909) NP

ROYAL EXCHANGE, 14 COUPLAND STREET, CHORLTON ON MEDLOCK, MANCHESTER NP

Closed 1906 now demolished

ROYAL HUNT, TRAFFORD STREET, HULME NP

ROYAL JUBILEE, LORD STREET, HULME NP

ROYAL OAK, CHESTER STREET, HULME NP

ROYAL OAK, CLARENDON STREET, MANCHESTER (CLOSED IN 1913) NP

RAILWAY INN, STOCKPORT RD, MANCHESTER

Courtesy: Levy Boy Photograph 1905 as an Empress Brewery House.

RISING SUN, SWAN STREET, ROCHDALE RD, MANCHESTER

Photograph: 1935 Courtesy: pubsofmanchesterblogspot.com

Local landowner John Taylor opened the Rising Sun pub in 1799 which then became a music venue of some notoriety.

ROCESTER ARMS, ROCESTER STREET, MANCHESTER (CLOSED IN 1964)

Opened 1869 Demolished 1964

ROCK INN, HYDE ROAD, WEST GORTON, MANCHESTER

ROYAL HUNT, TRAFFORD STREET

The Royal Hunt was situated at 26 Trafford Street. This pub closed in 1928 and has now been demolished. Reference Ian Chapman closed pubs.co.uk The Lost Pubs Project.

SHAKESPEARE, ALBERT STREET, MANCHESTER NP

SHAKESPEARE, MOUNT STREET, CHORLTON ON MEDLOCK, MANCHESTER

SHEPHERDS INN, OLD STREET, ASHTON UNDER LYNE, LANCASHIRE

SPRING BANK INN, STOCKPORT, MANCHESTER

STAR INN, CHESTER RD (PREVIOUSLY OLD TRAFFORD INN), HULME

STATION HOTEL, BOLTON RD, PENDLEBURY, LANCASHIRE

SUN INN, LINGUARD STREET, HULME, NP

SWAN INN, 122 WELCOMB STREET, HULME (CLOSED 1906) NP

SHAKESPEARE, MOUNT STREET, CHORLTON ON MEDLOCK, MANCHESTER

Closed as an Empress Brewery pub in 1964 ! .

Reference: The Old Pubs of Hulme and Chorlton-on-Medlock, Bob Potts 1997

SHEPHERDS INN, OLD STREET, ASHTON UNDER LYNE, LANCASHIRE

First recorded as The Brown Cow pub on this site in 1823 but may have been in existence much earlier.

It was rebuilt in 1910 and closed as a pub in 1975.

Building today now in Commercial usage.

SPRING BANK INN, STOCKPORT, MANCHESTER

Demolished 2009

Photograph 1916

STAR INN, 206 CHESTER RD (PREVIOUSLY OLD TRAFFORD INN)

Closed 1909

Courtesy: pubsofmanchesterblogspot.com

STATION HOTEL, BOLTON RD, PENDLEBURY, LANCASHIRE

TALBOT INN, 74 MARKET STREET, STALYBRIDGE , CHESHIRE

THREE ARROWS, BOLTON RD, RADCLIFFE, LANCASHIRE

THREE SUGAR LOAVES, 103 WATER STREET/BACK QUAY, MANCHESTER NP

TRAVELERS REST, 11 TATTON STREET, HULME, NP

Closed c. 1922

TALBOT INN, 74 MARKET STREET, STALYBRIDGE , CHESHIRE

Opened c.1823 as THE COACH AND HORSES.

Later known as the ASHTON HOTEL and became THE TALBOT in 1852. Demolished 1998

Talbot was the name of a hunting dog.

THREE ARROWS, BOLTON RD, RADCLIFFE, LANCASHIRE

LATER THE AINSWORTHS ARMS.

Still open !🌟

Radcliffe heralds the birth of renowned film director Danny Boyle but the Three Arrows harbours a grim and deadly history.

A wartime bride aged 22 years in 1944, failed to have her unwanted baby adopted and enlisted her mother to help her murder the baby boy via strangulation and by placing the boy’s head down the pub’s toilet ! They were both sentenced to execution.

The terraced houses next door were extended into an eatery which most likely ensured the pub’s continuing existence.

VICTORIA, 40 BOOTH STREET WEST, MANCHESTER NP

Closed 1909

VINE HOTEL, EARL STREET, CREWE, CHESHIRE

VINE INN, BROAD STREET, SALFORD

VINE INN, HOUGH LANE, SALFORD

VINE HOTEL, EARL STREET, CREWE, CHESHIRE

Now apartments.

VINE INN, BROAD STREET, SALFORD

“Opened in the 1830’s and became an Empress Brewery pub in the early 1900’s and they rebuilt it in 1903”

Courtesy: pubsofmanchesterblogspot.com

Photograph:1970

VINE INN, HOUGH LANE, SALFORD

Courtesy: pubsofmanchesterblogspot.com

WHITEHART STOCKPORT RD LYDGATE NEAR OLDHAM, LANCASHIRE

WATERLOO INN, UPPER MOSS LANE , HULME

WHEATSHEAF, 65 GEORGE STREET, HULME NP

WHITE HART, STOCKPORT RD, LYDGATE NEAR OLDHAM, LANCASHIRE

WHITE HORSE, 245 STRETFORD RD, HULME

WHITE LION, LONG MILLGATE, MANCHESTER

WHITE SWAN, SCHOLES, WIGAN, LANCASHIRE

WATERLOO INN, UPPER MOSS LANE , HULME

Previously THE NEPTUNE INN when it opened in 1844. Closed in 1965.

The pub address was 10 Preston Street which ran from Upper Moss Street to Warde Street.

Photograph:1952 Bob Potts The Old Pubs of Hulme and Chorlton-on- Courtesy: pubsofmanchesterblogspot.com

WHITE HART, STOCKPORT RD, LYDGATE NEAR OLDHAM, LANCASHIRE

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Built in 1788 by local landowner John Buckley. Situated on top of a hill overlooking the Pennines with views of Manchester and Cheshire. Owned by the Empress and other breweries until 1987, the pub has a rich past as a local police station, a school, a weavers cottage and in WWII for the home guard as a lookout, with the cellars acting as bomb shelters. Now still a pub, a boutique hotel (sixteen en-suite rooms), restaurant and wedding venue.

WHITE HORSE INN, 245 STRETFORD RD

Opened 1833. Closed in 1968