The New Victoria - Stockport Road



The New Victoria pub sits on the east side of Stockport Road, not far from the junction with Richmond Grove.  In the 1950s and 60s this section of Stockport Road looked quite different.  On  the corner of Richmond Grove (far left) was the Presbyterian Church and next to it a garage.  Beyond the garage was the Post Office and then a row of 7 shops ending with William Astells, greengrocers, on the corner of Park Avenue.  In the midst of the line of shops was the Victoria, a rather non-descript pub with a frontage no larger than the shops beside it.  If you click on the link below you can see the Victoria.

The Victoria Pub 1969

The red arrow in the aerial photograph below, taken in 1953, shows the location of the pub.



The New Victoria is obviously the successor of the original that was swept away in the extensive redevelopment of the area in the 1970s.



However, I gather that, like almost all of the pubs in Longsight, the New Victoria is no longer open for business.  The image below was taken of the building in April of 2014.