Hi Allan, I have just heard from a contact in Breightmet that the developers have withdrawn the planning application relating to the Old H&H and they will be re-submitting another one for just the housing behind it. Not sure what the fate of the pub is now - it has been vacant for some time and is in a bit of a state. Lets hope that the campaign to save it results in listed-building status or at the very least that someone is prepared to take it on and make a go of it. Stuart --------------------------------------- Stuart Phethean Hampshire, UK http://www.phethean.org.uk --------------------------------------- On 10/02/2011 12:27, "Allan Halstead" <allanhalstead@talktalk.net> wrote: > I have fond memories of "The Hare & Hounds". > > As a schoolboy I sometimes got off the Breightmet bus there, thereby > saving the odd penny or two which I immediately spent (and then some) up > the steps at the corner sweet shop just across the road. They must have > been magic sweets because by the time I had walked the extra mile or so > home they had all disappeared. > > Later on when I was "courting" I often missed the last Breightmet bus > home (I'm sure she made me do that on purpose just to excersise her > control over me). Sometimes I was lucky enough to be able to run round > from the terminus in Gt Moor St and catch the slightly later No. 9 > Ainsworth bus either on Bradshawgate or in Bridgeman Place. I would then > jump off that bus at the "The Hare & Hounds" as it turned the corner of > Bury Rd & Stephens St. I was always thankful to arrive there and to have > saved a mile and a half or so off my walk home - especially on a cold > and wet winter evening. > > I must say that, having seen the "The Hare & Hounds" in Google Street > View it looks far better there than the last time I saw it in the 1960s. > > Allan Halstead > > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LAN-BOLTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message