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Picture source: Phil Simpson

The Wellington Inn was situated at 57 Furthergate, closing in 1998, when it became an undertakers.

Source: Max Taylor

Thwaites' Wellington Inn was situated at 57 Furthergate and is thought to have been demolished in the late fifties when the surrounding houses were demolished to make way for local authority ones which were built in about 1958 on a renamed Burnley Close with Burnley Road having been re-routed.

Phil Simpson

What a brilliant picture but further to the above answers the ‘Welly’ was only demolished two or three  years ago, and the undertakers was never there but next door. It was a listed building and could only be demolished when it fell into disrepair and was deemed to be unsafe. The council had wanted to knock it down for years to advance their plans for a bus lane. (allegedly). I was brought up in the area, and in the summer it was the busiest pub in the area because the beer was always colder than any other pub in the area (and there was quite a few) thanks to the deep cellar.

Norman Adcroft (November 2010)

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