From the Seahawk to the Grosvenor Picture Palace... let's all head off down memory lane

They say nostalgia is a thing of the past... not what is used to be...

We bloody love it. And so do you, it seems.

Recently we published a series of photos looking back at Manchester in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, from the demolished slums of Hulme to the construction of the Mancunian Way and the arrival of the Arndale.

They went down a storm, particularly the images of old boozers, which we expected, and old cinemas, which we didn't.

So we got round a table, put our thinking caps on, gathered together a focus group, conducted some market research, hired seven experts, put the kettle on, and thought... 'what if put together a gallery of old Manchester pubs and cinemas from the 1960s to the 1990s?'

Genius. So we did. And here it is...

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The George Inn on the junction of Radnor Street and Pinder Street, Hulme, mid-1960s
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The Odeon cinema on Oxford Street, photographed September 1972
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The Lass O' Gowrie pub on Charles Street in the late 1960s
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The Gaumont cinema, Oxford Street, 1987
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York Minster pub on the corner of Higher Chatham Street, around 1967.
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The Plymouth Grove Hotel at the junction of Plymouth Grove and Shakespeare Street, around 1969.
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The Scala cinema on Wilmslow Road, Withington in October 1969
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The former Picture House cinema, Oxford Street, 1982.
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The Golden Eagle pub on Hulme Walk, Hulme, photographed a few years before its closure in 1976
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The opulent Oxford public house on Oxford Street, around 1973.
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View of Wakefield Street towards Oxford Road Station and The Salisbury pub, around 1974.
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The Gaumont Cinema on Oxford Street in September 1972.
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The Church Inn on Cambridge Street, All Saints, around 1972.
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A well used Manchester dartboard in the vault of the Lloyds Arms on Higher Ormond Street around 1974.
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The Oxford cinema (also called the New Oxford) on Oxford Street, formerly The Picture House, in September 1972.
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The Eagle pub on Hulme Walk, Hulme, around 1972
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The Grosvenor Picture Palace at All Saints photographed circa 1971
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The Cavendish Hotel on Cavendish Street, All Saints, around 1972
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Swan with Two Necks (left), Withy Grove, Manchester, looking towards Shude Hill, around 1972.
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The White Horse pub on Hulme Walk, Hulme, around 1972
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The Studio 1 to 5 cinema on Oxford Road in September 1972
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The vault in the Lloyds Arms pub on Higher Ormond Street, All Saints, Manchester, around 1974.
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The Gaumont cinema, Oxford Street, 1987
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The Grosvenor Picture Palace, 1985
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The Rovers Return, 1991 Henry Clark
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Monroe's, London Road, 1991 Neil Clifton
Pubs And Cinemas Salford Cinema Use As Victory Chapel 1986
Salford Cinema, 1986 Local Image Collection, MCC
Pubs And Cinemas Oxford Street Manchester Looking South Towards Portland Street 1970
The Odeon cinema on Oxford Street, 1970s Local Image Collection, MCC
Pubs And Cinemas Spread Eagle Regent Road Salford 1984 C Simon Hall
Spread Eagle, Regent Road, Salford, 1984 Simon Hall
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Seahawk, Bold Street, Old Trafford Richard Aldred
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The Tatler cinema on the corner of Whitworth Street and Oxford Road Station Approach in 1974 - later became part of the Cornerhouse arts venue
Pubs And Cinemas Nags Head Hyde Road West Gorton 1991 C Simon Hall
Nags Head, Gorton, 1991 Simon Hall
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Grapes of Prestwich, Bury New Road, Prestwich, 1990 deltrems
Pubs And Cinemas The Old Pavillion Cinema And Bingo Hall In Newton Heath 1986
The old Pavillion Cinema and bingo hall in Newton Heath, 1986 Local Image Collection, MCC
Pubs And Cinemas Three Crowns Garden Lane Former King Street Salford 1983 By Stanley Horrocks With Kind Permission And C Rose Horrocks
Three Crowns, Garden Lane, 1983 Rose horrocks

Don't forget to take a look at the photo galleries from Manchester in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

Thanks to Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collections and the Manchester City Council Local Image Collection.