Thinking about the fate of the Waggon and Horses in Sale a decade and a bit since it stopped serving

Now as ever there is always a story it just does not always turn out the way you think.

So here I am with a derelict pub on Cross Street between Mersey Road and Glebelands Road in Sale.

It is another of those pictures by Andy Robertson who is collecting an important collection of photographs which record how quickly our past is vanishing.

This was the Waggon & Horses

Now I have yet to track the pub back to its beginning, but it was there in 1875 and just over a hundred years later made a stir by replacing the electric pumps with the traditional hand pumps and barrel and sold real ale.

It was still serving the stuff in 2003 when according to the last landlord the place was sold to a developer and in the way of these things over a decade later it has yet to be developed.

And at this point I shall pause and direct you to the excellent Manchester Pub site which has a wonderful collection of pictures of the Waggon & Horses dating back to 1900 and equally fascinating a series of pictures from the inside long after last orders were called.

Now given the appearance of the place I suggest that anyone who wants to see it should do so  soon.

Once that is done there is that impressive pub the Volunteer a little further along Cross Street which I rather guess takes its name from the Volunteer Drill Hall that was close by.

That said someone will correct me and perhaps offer some interesting stories of both the Volunteer and the Waggon & Horse.

Pictures; from the collection of Andy Robertson, 2014

*Guest Pub - Waggon & Horses, Sale, http://pubs-of-manchester.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/guest-pub-waggon-horses-sale.html  from PUBS OF MANCHESTER PAST & PRESENT,  http://pubs-of-manchester.blogspot.co.uk/