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05-08-2012, 10:04
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Here is a picture taken recently of the now-closed Southern Hotel (https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Southern+Hotel,+Manchester&hl=en&ll=53.434645,-2.265211&spn=0.002049,0.005681&sll=52.763969,-1.562207&sspn=0.004343,0.011362&oq=southern+hot&t=h&hq=Southern+Hotel,+Manchester&z=18&layer=c&cbll=53.434669,-2.265137&panoid=tg5LfFq-7co5sSGFrb4eXw&cbp=12,85.89,,0,-5.78) in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester. It’s a monumental 1930s pub in the neo-Classical style. It was originally built by Swales Brewery, notorious for “Swales’s swill”, who were taken over around 1971 by Boddingtons. Yet another example of big, purpose-built inter-wars pubs going to the wall. There’s no shortage of nearby housing, so a lack of potential customers within walking distance can’t be blamed. It appears in its last years to have adopted an Irish theme, with signs advertising “Mammy’s Kitchen”.
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Here is a picture taken recently of the now-closed Southern Hotel (https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Southern+Hotel,+Manchester&hl=en&ll=53.434645,-2.265211&spn=0.002049,0.005681&sll=52.763969,-1.562207&sspn=0.004343,0.011362&oq=southern+hot&t=h&hq=Southern+Hotel,+Manchester&z=18&layer=c&cbll=53.434669,-2.265137&panoid=tg5LfFq-7co5sSGFrb4eXw&cbp=12,85.89,,0,-5.78) in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester. It’s a monumental 1930s pub in the neo-Classical style. It was originally built by Swales Brewery, notorious for “Swales’s swill”, who were taken over around 1971 by Boddingtons. Yet another example of big, purpose-built inter-wars pubs going to the wall. There’s no shortage of nearby housing, so a lack of potential customers within walking distance can’t be blamed. It appears in its last years to have adopted an Irish theme, with signs advertising “Mammy’s Kitchen”.
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