Roll out the barrel (insert other such puns here). The Joshua Brooks pub on Charles and Princess Streets stocks up for thirsty clientele.
The pub opened in 1993 and is where the Chemical Brothers came to fame. The gent the pub is namesd after however, was born in the 1750s. Joshua Brook(e)s attended Manchester Grammar School, became curate of Chorlton Chapel, and in December 1790 was appointed chaplain of the collegiate church of Manchester. He was a great book collector too, I hear. I wonder what he would make of becoming almost immortalised in Mancunian culture through having a pub named after him?
Great picture! Have you read The Manchester Man by Isabella Banks? Joshua Brooks and Jabez Clegg feature (the people, nor the pubs!)
ReplyDeleteI suppose that depends on his views of drinking!
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