Osborne House, Rusholme

Converted 1/11/2008 to housing. Closed c.1/11/2008. Planning Application 091566/FO/2009/S1 | Change of use from public house (A4) to 2 x self contained flats (C3) including two storey rear and first floor side extensions. Granted 16/4/2010.

History: Former Hydes Brewery house. Was once described as a typical Manchester back-street local were there more such pubs still open to allow comparison! This was a Manchester City supporters’ pub when the ground was only a few hundred yards away but though the stadium may have moved in the early 2000s the allegiance still remained. The bar was an old-fashioned wooden type and the locals did enjoy a Friday karaoke. CAMRA pub guide "Ale of Two Cities" published 1990 described it thus - '"A very pleasant pub tucked away down a side street, the Osborne, despite having lost its separate rooms, still preserves a good separation between the various areas of the pub. While there is a good 'base-load' of local trade, visitors to this cosmopolitan part of town provide the icing on the cake. Pub grub, while unpretentious, is good value, with most meals under £2. Hereabouts you could be tempted to eat elsewhere, of course. Electric metered pumps are used". In the late 1990s it sold cask Hydes Anvil Light, and Bitter.