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Cheshire / Re: Axe and Cleaver, Altrincham.
« on: Wednesday 07 August 19 10:20 BST (UK) »
Hmm... Only just found this site when I was looking for some details on the Axe & Cleaver, but I was thinking of yet another Axe & Cleaver.
I remember the original one with the small cobbled area at the side with the stone steps up towards Post Office Street and Market Street. My dad used to park on the cobbles on a Saturday afternoon and then we'd all go up the steps to the market.
And I know about the extant one in Dunham Massey.
But the one I'm thinking of was part of the 1970s redevelopment that included Rackham's. I'm not even sure that it was called the Axe & Cleaver, but I think it was. (My guess was that they 'created' an artificial pub with the same name as a tip of the hat to what they'd destroyed.) It was on Stamford New Road opposite what is now the bus station, and after closing down as a pub it became a rather up-market fish & chips restaurant called Bentley's, which also then closed down.
Can anyone confirm that that place was indeed called the Axe & Cleaver, or am I mistaken?
I remember the original one with the small cobbled area at the side with the stone steps up towards Post Office Street and Market Street. My dad used to park on the cobbles on a Saturday afternoon and then we'd all go up the steps to the market.
And I know about the extant one in Dunham Massey.
But the one I'm thinking of was part of the 1970s redevelopment that included Rackham's. I'm not even sure that it was called the Axe & Cleaver, but I think it was. (My guess was that they 'created' an artificial pub with the same name as a tip of the hat to what they'd destroyed.) It was on Stamford New Road opposite what is now the bus station, and after closing down as a pub it became a rather up-market fish & chips restaurant called Bentley's, which also then closed down.
Can anyone confirm that that place was indeed called the Axe & Cleaver, or am I mistaken?