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William Goodliffe outside the Golden Lion, 532 Oldham Road, Manchester, Lancashire in 1953 at th Coronation
Kindly provided by Peter Goodliffe
Opened in 1772
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1846/William Cheetham, Golden Lion, 508 Oldham road/../../Slaters Directory
1881/Jane Pickup/Publican, Widow/60/Manchester/Census
1881/Samuel James Pickup/Son, Pattern Card Maker/21Manchester//Census
1881/Joseph O Doherty/Barman/25/Ireland/Census
1881/Jane Downie/Barmaid/22/Scotland/Census
1881/Mary Plumkett/Domestic Servant/21/Ireland/Census
1883/Jane Pickup/../../Slaters Directory
1895/Mrs Sarah Lynch, Golden Lion, 532 Oldham road/../Slaters Directory
Manchester Courier 04 November 1905 : Listing of the oldest licensed houses still remaining on their original site, with the years in which their licenses were granted.
1772 Golden Lion, 532 Oldham road
1911/William Rose/../../Slaters Directory
In 1921 census at Golden Lion, 532 Oldham Road
Bernard Mitchell, Licensed Victualler, aged 45 years, and born in Galway, Ireland
Amelia Mitchell, Wife, aged 44 years 2 months, and born in Manchester, Lancashire
Francis Mitchell, Son, aged 15 years 2 months, and born in Manchester, Lancashire
Mary Mitchell, Daughter, aged 13 years 11 months, and born in Manchester, Lancashire
Margaret Mitchell, Daughter, aged 12 years 2 months, and born in Manchester, Lancashire
Fredrick Mitchell, Son, aged 8 years 7 months, and born in Manchester, Lancashire
Hugh Mitchell, Son, Waiter, Bernard Mitchell, aged 47 years, and born in Galway, Ireland
1929/Bernard Mitchell/../../Slaters Directory
My Grandfather William Goodliffe (known as Will, Bill or Billy) was a manager for four pubs owned by The Cornbrook Brewery.
William Goodliffe was Landlord at the Navigation, 2 Elm street, Water Street, Manchester from 1930 to 1936;
the landlord at the Neptune, 3 Masonic Street, Murray Street, Manchester from 1935 to 1936 ;
and the landlord at the Pork Butchers Arms, 7 Chapman St, Oldham Road Manchester from 1936 to 1942.
He was the landlord at the Golden lion from 1942 to September 1953 when he died at the age of 69. The picture is of him outside the pub in 1953 when it was decorated for the Coronation.