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The Clydesdale was situated at 41 Westall Road. This pub was known as The Princess Of Wales at time of closure in 2017.

Source: Fergus Keating

On 16 July 1991, Alan Brooks, the landlord of what was still known as The Clydesdale at the time was stabbed to death in the car park, believed to be by members of a gang that he had previously confronted for dealing drugs in his other pub, The Gunmakers' Arms. Despite several witnesses to the attack, none were willing to speak and his murderers have never been caught. Mr Brooks was a retired boxer and the father of publican, boxer and broadcaster, Adam Brooks, who was 11 years old at the time.

Francisca Biggs (April 2025)

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