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21-11-2014, 11:11
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On the right is a photo of the new Morrisons M-Local store that opened this week on the site of the former Four Heatons pub (originally the Moss Ross), shown below. There are also eight flats above the shop. I have previously written about the Four Heatons here (http://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/another-one-bites-dust.html) when it originally closed almost four years ago.
In a sense it’s sad when any pub closes, but the Moss Rose was always an unappealing building from the start, and, as a wet-led, working class boozer, it’s probably fair to say it was given the ultimate coup de grâce by the smoking ban. By the end it had become very dingy and run-down, and largely devoid of customers, and to be honest a convenience store will be a useful facility for a lot more of the local population.
It also has a rather better beer selection than the average Tesco Express, including bottled ales at the same 3 for £5 offer as the main stores.
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On the right is a photo of the new Morrisons M-Local store that opened this week on the site of the former Four Heatons pub (originally the Moss Ross), shown below. There are also eight flats above the shop. I have previously written about the Four Heatons here (http://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/another-one-bites-dust.html) when it originally closed almost four years ago.
In a sense it’s sad when any pub closes, but the Moss Rose was always an unappealing building from the start, and, as a wet-led, working class boozer, it’s probably fair to say it was given the ultimate coup de grâce by the smoking ban. By the end it had become very dingy and run-down, and largely devoid of customers, and to be honest a convenience store will be a useful facility for a lot more of the local population.
It also has a rather better beer selection than the average Tesco Express, including bottled ales at the same 3 for £5 offer as the main stores.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pzGcYxBuKcE/VG8q1lUB_aI/AAAAAAAAD3A/z5_WZb2jrvA/s320/4heatons_5.jpg (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pzGcYxBuKcE/VG8q1lUB_aI/AAAAAAAAD3A/z5_WZb2jrvA/s1600/4heatons_5.jpg)
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