Two ancient Manchester public hostelries - The Wellington (middle, brown timber framed building) and Sinclair's Oyster Bar (black and white timber frame), located on Cathedral Gates, near Manchester cathedral, swarming with Bank holiday drinkers.
The building in which the Wellington pub now resides dates back to 1552 whilst Sinclair's Oyster bar goes back to 1720.
More details on the chequered history of both can be found at the very good blog on Manchester public houses:
http://pubs-of-manchester.blogspot.com/2010/05/68-wellington-new-shambles-square.html
and:
http://pubs-of-manchester.blogspot.com/2010/05/despite-superb-location-and-potential.html
Beautiful old buildings, I always think of Manchester as a modern looking city (which probably just shows my ignorance!) Looking forward to more posts.
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