THE LOST PUBS OF SALFORD REVISITED

With the success of our Lost Pubs of Eccles videos, three of them we have decided and quite rightly that we should venture onto the mean streets of Salford and remember our love affair with those pubs, an incredible 400+ before World War Two... and now? lucky to name more than twenty, I mean pubs, proper pubs like The Red Cow, The Ship, The Clowes, Peeping Tom, Red Rose, Bay Horse, The Fox etc not wine bars and licenced restaurants.

I came down Eccles New Road yesterday from The Lamb pub and there isn't one pub open, same with Regent Road, in Weaste alone you had The Swan, Grey Mare, Coach and Horses, Grapes, Widows, and The Old Veteran plus The RAF Club all either demolished or closed down.

Imagine if you had been exiled from Salford for say 40 years a long time I know but a stroll along Broad Street, Cross Lane and Trafford Road which were not only bustling and busy main roads and also jammed with pubs... and now?  Lucky to find a single pub there.

We shall be filming hopefully in Weaste this week talking about the lost pubs, characters and general crying into our non existent beer, and then moving onto other areas of Salford which have suffered the same fate.

We would love to hear from you with your memories of your favourite pub and why, and hopefully join us on our sentimental journey around Salford's drinking heritage if you fancy it?

Contact us at newsdesk@salford.media with memories or post on Facebook or after this article, look forward to seeing you.