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Grand Central - Oxford Road
 This terrace of former houses is
home to the Grand Central Pub and, in 2014, a fast
food take-away called Archies. The pub says that
it, "... has live music on Thursday nights,
with the occasional "special" on other days of the
week. This is also the North West home of
Bloodstock Festival's Metal To The Masses contest.
Admission to Grand Central is always free &
it's proud to be rock n metal to its'
foundations."
 The buildings have been there for
some time. Reference to the 1849 map of the area
clearly shows 3 streets of houses with what was then the
Tulloghgarum Vaults pub at the end of James Leigh
Street. That pub still remains but today it is
known as The Salisbury.
 The red arrow on the aerial photograph
below points to the terrace in 1953.
 There has been a pub at the end of the row for a long time but the name Grand Central is relatively recent. In the 1970s it was called the "Beef & Barley Steak House", as you can see if you click on THIS LINK |