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Happy Man, Wythenshawe

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22 Portway, Wythenshawe, M22 1UB (View on Google Map)

This Pub is Permanently Closed

Demolished 15/12/2022 site to become housing. Closed 18/3/2019. Planning Application 128682/FO/2020 | Erection of 9 No. dwellinghouses and a 3 storey apartment building providing 9 Assisted Living Apartments (Class C2), together with landscaping, associated access and car parking following demolition of existing public house. Granted 8/12/2021.

History: Sold by auction Oct 2018 for £285,000 with planning consent for housing construction. This was a former Bass estate house dating from the 1960s. It consisted of two large rooms separated by a central bar. Its name is in honour of a very successful racehorse that had links to the Hardy's Crown Brewery (taken over by Bass). The Hardys brewery also brewed a "Happy Man Ale" at one point.

Historic Interest

Built c.1962 for the Bass Brewery estate. Prior to its final closure it was closed and boarded 1/9/2010, then re-opened from 1/12/2011.

Information for this venue is provided by the Stockport & South Manchester Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
Manchester District (B)
Last updated
24/01/2023
Last surveyed
23/01/2023
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
unknown
Pub ID
MAS/4254
Asset of Community Value

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