The sign contains a picture of the hotel. The name J W Lees, at the top, refers to the independent family owned brewery of J W Lees, which was established in Manchester in 1828. Its Greengate Brewery in Middleton, in the north of Manchester, is still brewing today.
Uploaded to Geograph by P L Chadwick on 14 September 2010
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