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Date of photo: 2023	Picture source: Ian Chapman
The Whalley Hotel was situated at 2 Withington Road. This pub closed c2014. Situated at Brooks Bar, a famous junction of four roads in South Manchester, this is the last of the large Victorian pubs of the area to close. An application for conversion into 14 flats has been received.
Source: Phil Moran
I lived at the Whalley between 1975 & 1977 with my family as my father (Terry Sweeney) was the publican. It was very grandiose but was at the junction of what we’re at the time, three very depressed neighbouth hulme, moss side & Whalley Range., I worked the 5.30 til 8.00 pm behind the bar it the Vault (men only) or occasionally in the main bar that serviced 3 very large rooms - each room frequented by different communities. The pub had a Crown Green Bowling Green too that was sold off before the main pub. A lively & challenging pub to run in the 70s!
David Sweeney (August 2023)
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