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On the Tiles

Post author By Boak & Bailey
Post date 24th May 2014

Crown Hotel, Salford: tile details.

The Castle Hotel, Oldham Street, in the 'Northern Quarter'. — The Castle Hotel, Oldham Street, in the ‘Northern Quarter’.

The bar in the Castle Hotel, Oldham Street.

Crown & Anchor, Port Street, Manchester. Chester’s were famous for their ‘fighting mild’.

The Crown Hotel, Salford. — The Crown Hotel, Salford, most recently a beauty salon.

The Lower Turk’s Head, central Manchester. ‘MB’, we are told, stands for ‘Manchester Brewery’.

The Salutation, Chorlton on Medlock, currently undergoing preservation work and renovation.

Many Manchester pubs have more or less elaborate tiling and we managed to snap a few pictures on our visit last week.

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