Anyone know the name of the original name of "The Penketh Friar", I seem to recall it has the something " House" in the 1950/60's.:confused:
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Anyone know the name of the original name of "The Penketh Friar", I seem to recall it has the something " House" in the 1950/60's.:confused:
I have just posted a question, if your local to Warrington maybe you may have the answer?
The name of a pub in warrington somewhere, the landlord is called chris and he's fifty!
Welcome both ,I hope you get your wishes.
UKDrifter,Not being local to Warrington I did a fair bit of Googling. The only similar named pub in the area was a Wetherspoons " Friar Penketh" at 4, Barbauld Street, Warrington.. This was a completely new build for Wetherspoons in 2002. Apart from the remains of a medieval priory on site I have not discovered what sort of building, if any,occupied the ground before the present one. Is this the pub that you mean ?
Sizzle ,I think you may have to strike very lucky to get your wish.
Hi Uk
I dropped an email to my colleagues at the Warrington History Library - this is what i got back....
A colleague in the Museum confirms that this was once the back of the Warrington Co-Op furniture store, which was destroyed in a fire, and that the land had laid derelict for years before the Friar Penketh was built.
Hope that helps
i have just realised that UKdrifter posted his message 2 years ago - like he will read my reply!:rolleyes:
Yeah, I was a bit shocked to see that message resurrected. Someone was recently suggesting to me that I should delete old messages, they may have a point ;).