Pub where Brocol House is today

Does anyone know if there was a pub where Brocol House is in King Street? If so what was the name of it and when was it demolished (roughly)? thanks so much!

i think it was "the brewers arms.

was it not the Shakespeare, next door to the Hippodrome

Thanks for you replies! Ive had a look on oldmaps.co.uk and found two on that side on King Street, theyre just named "P.H". The one on the corner seems to be the best bet. There is one further up on the same side but is a bit too far up. Thanks again.

there was a pub called the derby arms,that was demolished to make way for the bypass

Derby Arms was on the opposite side of Chapel Lane to the Brewers,(the one replaced by Brocol House) which was next door to the Palace Cinema, which was next door to the Hippodrome,which was next door to the Shakespeare..

There was one in 1938

oops . just tryin' to be helpful same time as dodger!

Fantastic, thanks everyone! do any of you have a rough idea when the Brewers was demolished?

Hi paddy2t10. Here is a photo I put on this site a couple of years ago. Its the regulars of the Brewers Arms. This is the actual photo that hung in the pub prior to it shutting down. Would someone kindly turn the jargon below into a link please. Cheers.

http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/album/photo.php?opt=8&id=11096&gallery=Brewers+Arms+pub+outing.&offset=0

outing

not worked, it's blank

i went in the brewers arm when i was about 17 years old with a few mates they called it the little lads pub,that was
in 1957.

Brocol House was there in 1969.

Talking of pubs,how many were there between Ince Bar and the Crispin.I only ever supped in two,The Imperial and the Oddfellows aka the Pengy.

Brewers Arms probably closed in the middle sixties when the then new railway bridge was put in

hindley thought Oddfellows was Pingy? Don't know why it was called that though

Think that they called the Oddfellows Pingy and the Imperial across the road Pongy because you would bounce from one to the other ie like a ping pong ball.

There wasn't a pub where Brocol House is today. Well, at least there wasn't one at around 2.30 today when I went past!

This pic is of Wigan fire Brigade HQ in Chapel lane.
The white building on the corner of King st/Chapel lane (top left)was the Brewers Arms

nice one.rio,your correct of course,typo on my part.

Thanks art could not recall"The Brewers Arms 'until you posted the photograph. Brilliant it brought the memory back , great shot of the fire station too.Walked past that area many times in my youth

Nice photo of the fire station @art@. This along with the maps brings this thread to life!

chap i knew who could drink, used to say you could,nt get from the eckersley,s in poolstock calling at all the pubs on poolstock and chapel lane to the brewers arms and still be standing,drinking halves.he never made it to the railway bridge

Got it wrong about railway bridge it was made wider in 1972 and the road was lowered in the 1980's

Derby Arms