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The Willowbank was situated at 382 Featherstall Road North. This Oldham Brewery pub closed in 1977.

It stood near to the Royal mill not far from the junction of Rochdale Road and Featherstall Road, sometimes I would pass this pub on my way to school. Plans were submitted in 1869 to build the pub it opened later that year calling it Westhulme farm, in l870 Thomas Taylor applied for a full licence but the landlord of the British Queen (Queens} one Edward Barlow didn't like this idea, the magistrates were on Edward's side at first, but after three more attempts Thomas got his full licence in 1874. Thomas Taylor's executors owned the Willow Bank inn as it was known in 1886 about two years later they sold it to Fletcher and Travis. 1896 it was sold to Oldham Brewery. The pub closed in 1976 to widen the road, if you stand facing, the boiler would have stood in front of you. Landlords 1958- Sept Jack Fletcher, 58-62 John Chapple, 62-65 Ron Broadbent,65-69 Joseph Marsden, 69-71 Ken Standring, 71-75 Ronald Lord, 75-76 Melvin Taylor.

Anne O'Connor (May 2025)

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