The Lass O'Gowrie
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The Lass O'Gowrie
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 22 Nov 2012
The Lass O’Gowrie pub, with its typical Victorian façade, is on Charles Street, next to the bridge over the River Medlock. In the late 1800's, this part of Manchester was known as "Little Ireland", mainly due to the large numbers of Irish immigrant workers living here. According to the pub’s website “Legend has it that the original landlord of the pub was not an Irishman, but a proud, homesick Scotsman who named the pub in honour of his favourite poem - 'the Lass O'Gowrie' written by the celebrated Scottish poet Lady Carolina Nairne.” A board on the corner of the pub recounts the poem which tells the story of Kitty who became ‘Leddie Gowrie’ to anyone who can read colloquial Scottish (Image]). The blue plaque fixed to the wall overlooking the river proudly marks the site of a urinal. It reads: HERE WAS THE SITE OF MANCHESTER’S OLDEST PISSOTIÈRE RETAINED FOR POSTERITY LAST USED A.D.1896 Image]
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53.474083
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