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Lancashire / Re: Hellfire Club Queens Road, Manchester
« on: Sunday 06 April 14 20:52 BST (UK)  »
Unfortunately I let the builder who found the packet have it and it was empty so no DNA. I would have thought it maybe from the builders back then but that would slightly contradict the statement that the top floor was added around 1873. After all, it was under the floorboards so more likely to be a builder and there is a possibility it may have been when the electric wiring was first put in.

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Lancashire / Re: Hellfire Club Queens Road, Manchester
« on: Saturday 05 April 14 21:33 BST (UK)  »
I bought the Hellfire in 2006 which was indeed formerly the Junction Inn and before that the Junction Hotel. When we were renovating we discovered a cigarette packet underneath the floorboards upstairs dated 1886 so we knew the building was at least that old. It has been interesting to read that it is in fact older dating back to at least the 1860s. The address is 1-5 Hendham vale but it has 3 postcodes of which two of them are totally irrelevant to the area so we use M9 5FF, the Queens rd postcode. It has also been very interesting to read of the original landlord and the battle he had to make it a pub, previously we had only known about as far back as the 60's - 70's, the most famous of landlords in the 80's being Peter Whelan. If anyone can tell me more of the buildings history in the intervening years, especially over the wars, I would be very interested to know anything you might have.

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