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30.07.2022 - 10:19 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A notorious flat-roofed pub built next to a doomed estate was once home to a host of memorable characters and a famous wrestling landlord.
The Eagle pub has been described by a lost pubs of Manchester website as "one of the most notorious of the Hulme Crescent's boozers". Situated between Robert Adam Crescent and William Kent Crescent, they belonged to a group of four long curved terraces named after the architects.
Built in the 1960s, they were hailed as a state-of-the-art answer to rehoming tenants following the slum clearances. However, Manchester's housing chief would later condemn them as "an absolute disaster" due to their serious construction and design flaws.
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The pubs of Manchester website describes some of the colourful characters that frequented the boozer. After stumbling across The Eagle on a night out, one former student remembered the locals clientele of the pub as "like inmates from an insane asylum".
He described one former boxer who commandeered the pool table as staring at him with "mad red chicken eyes". He also recounts another "heavy metal Rasta guy" as dancing in the middle of the pub to a tune that was playing in his own head.
Back in 2019, after a photograph of The Eagle was posted on Twitter, more people began sharing their memories of the pub. Liznaylor1 remembered: "The Eagle had a resident heavy metal band in the late '70s called 'Flakey Snot' - wasn't really a destination for the post punk crowd as you might imagine".
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However, some remembered having much more positive experiences at The Eagle.
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