BOAR'S HEAD ADVERT 1972/3

From the Mike Jennings Classic Collection comes this newspaper ad from forty years ago in which the Boar's Head Hotel, Kinderton Street, advertises itself as a prospective wedding venue.

We're not sure what the difference is between a 'casual' wedding and a 'formal' one.
1972 was way before even Shaun Devaney's time at the BH. Does anyone remember who was in charge at the time? We have vague memories of an American gentleman running the pub at some point during the seventies, but it was all a very long time ago.

It goes without saying that the Boar's Head is still going strong and still offers everything seen in this advert and more. Even the telephone number is the same, except that you need to add '83' at the beginning.

However, we don't seem to hear much these days of 'basket meals' which were a bit of a 70s phenomenon, usually to be found at places like Jollees in  Longton where you could enjoy them while watching Mel Scholes introduce the Stylistics or Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes.

Mostly there was a simple choice between chicken & chips and scampi & chips. But you were never allowed vinegar for your chips, which put a bit of a damper on things.

First published 19th July 2012
Re-formatted and re-published 24th January 2019

ORIGINAL STP LOGO - BOAR'S HEAD 1970s

This slide was taken in the early 70s from behind Costello's grocery shop on Kinderton Street looking towards Brooks Lane. It  was used, as can be seen, for the basis of the original Salt Town Productions logo. Unfortunately the original slide has been mislaid, so this version of the scene will have to suffice until it turns up.
On the right is, of course, the Boar's Head Hotel. In recent years this has been extended at the rear, in sympathetic style, so that those not in the know will assume it has been like that for many years.
To the rear of the pub is the substantial bulk of an old stable building at the end of the car park. It can be seen that the building is of sufficient height to seriously affect the light reaching the windows of the cottage behind it, making nonsense of the current owner's claim to be affected by the much lower Portacabin which is there now.
The Portacabin in question is used by the local pigeon club as their HQ, and supersedes an old converted railway wagon which was situated just inside the car park entrance.
The building to the left is Costello's shop and the roof, centre left, belongs to the 'privy' which once served the shop. Behind the shop were some old  buildings which we'll see in a later posting.
Finally, the chimneys in the background belong to Seddon's Salt Works on Brooks Lane which had closed a few years earlier.

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