Friday, 21 November 2014

Supermarket swoop

On the right is a photo of the new Morrisons M-Local store that opened this week on the site of the former Four Heatons pub (originally the Moss Ross), shown below. There are also eight flats above the shop. I have previously written about the Four Heatons here when it originally closed almost four years ago.

In a sense it’s sad when any pub closes, but the Moss Rose was always an unappealing building from the start, and, as a wet-led, working class boozer, it’s probably fair to say it was given the ultimate coup de grâce by the smoking ban. By the end it had become very dingy and run-down, and largely devoid of customers, and to be honest a convenience store will be a useful facility for a lot more of the local population.

It also has a rather better beer selection than the average Tesco Express, including bottled ales at the same 3 for £5 offer as the main stores.

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3 comments:

  1. Cooking Lager21 November 2014 at 13:19

    "a useful facility for a lot more of the local population?"

    What about the black economy? Where will people buy knock off gear or fake driving licences? Pubs are community assets, mate.

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  2. Melanie Sykes23 November 2014 at 13:03

    How much is the boddies widget cans in there, Mr Mudge?

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  3. Sat In A Pub24 November 2014 at 14:59

    Irrespective of your hobby horse, the Moss Rose was doomed once it became a hotspot for drug dealing

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