IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Back Piccadilly, MANCHESTER, M1 1HP
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Back Piccadilly, M1 1HP by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Listing (2560 Images Found)
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Mother Mac's
In the 1870s this pub on the corner of Back Piccadilly and Little Lever Street was The Wellington. It became Mother Mac's Image in 1969 in honour of former proprietor Mother Mac McLennon. In 1976 Image it became infamous when then landlord Arthur Bradbury was sacked by Whitbreads brewery. He murdered his wife and their three children, a dog and a cat and the pub's cleaner, Ann Hennegan, before trying to set fire to the place.
Now owned by Les Dagnall it was given a makeover in 2016 (Manchester Evening News https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/mother-macs-manchester-refurbished-reopens-11966256 )
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 5 Sep 2018
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Sign of Mother Mac's
The sign for Mother Mac's Image
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 5 Sep 2018
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A Gruesome Tale at Mother Mac's
A sign on the wall of Mother Mac's Image recounts the tale:
In 1976, PUB MANAGER,
ARTHUR BRADBURY, WAS
GIVEN NOTICE TO QUIT SO HE
REVENGED HIMSELF THE
COWARD'S WAY BY KILLING
ALL AROUND HIM, HIS 34 YEAR
OLD WIFE MAUREEN, HIS 6 YEAR
OLD DAUGHTER ALISON AND
HIS STEP-SONS JAMES AND
ANDREW, AGED 11 AND 13
RESPECTIVELY. THE CLEANER
WALKED IN ON THE CARNAGE
SO HE KILLED HER TOO AND
THEN SET THE PUB ON FIRE
TO HIDE THE EVIDENCE,
BUT JUSTICE CAUGHT UP
WITH HIM AND HE ENDED UP
KILLING HIMSELF TOO. SIX
DEATHS ON 18TH JUNE 1976.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 5 Sep 2018
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Mother Mac's
Established in 1870 the pub on the corner of Back Piccadilly and Little Lever Street was originally a Chester's pub called the Wellington. http://pubs-of-manchester.blogspot.com/2010/05/85-mother-macs-back-piccadilly.html In 1976, then owners Whitbread gave pub manager, Arthur Bradbury notice to quit so he revenged himself the coward’s way by killing all around him, his 34 year old wife Maureen, his 6 year old daughter Alison and his step-sons James and Andrew, aged 11 and 13 respectively. The cleaner walked in on the carnage so he killed her too and then set the pub on fire to hide the evidence, but justice caught up with him and he ended up killing himself too. Six deaths on 18th June 1976.
The premises were fully renovated in 2016 but is now closed. Current owners Ei Group (aka Enterprise Inns) are seeking a new manager.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 2 Apr 2021
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Sign of Mother Mac's
Sign for Mother Mac's Image
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 2 Apr 2021
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8-14 Lever Street, Manchester
Georgian houses are a rarity in central Manchester. This little late-C18th or early-C19th group is modest, but with fine stone doorcases and semi-circular flights of steps. The far ones are stuccoed. Grade II listed.
All now shops and offices.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 23 Jul 2011
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