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Incredible painting hidden for decades under wallpaper helped solve mystery surrounding lost Manchester pub
12.09.2023 - 07:17 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A fascinating painting hidden under wallpaper for over 40-years helped solve a mystery surrounding Ancoats' oldest pub.
The Smith's Arms on Sherratt Street had stood for nearly 250-years before it was bulldozed in 2016. The oldest pub in Ancoats, it had been abandoned for some time before being demolished to make way for a housing development.
Campaigners who had fought to save the 18th century pub said they were "devastated" by its loss. When it was built in 1775, it was first used as a three-storey residence, being surrounded by factories and mills during the industrial boom of the 19th century.
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It first became a pub in 1827 and was previously known as The Blacksmiths Arms. It was also known affectionately as The Hammer by locals.
It underwent another name change, becoming the Hammer in Hand, when it was a Taylor’s Eagle house. During its life it has also been a Tetley’s and a Burtonwood house, before closing in the 1990s.
But it was back in 1980, a fascinating discovery was made during renovation work at the pub. Under layers of wallpaper, workmen uncovered a mural of a blacksmith at work at his anvil, signed by H Thistleton.
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Its landlord at the time, Tommy Whelan, told the Manchester Evening News: "The pub is well over 100-years old and has always been known as 'The Hammer' - now we know why."
He added: "We can't be sure how long the painting has been there, but it's obviously very old. It was covered by four layers of paper and customers who have been coming here for 40-years saw it for the first time when the decorators stripped the
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