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The Red Lion  was situated on Salford Road. This pub closed on 26 April 2026. Part of Greene King's "Hungry Horse" group, and dating back to 1841, with a rebuild in 1905, the building served as a Mail House before becoming a pub. It had previously served as a regular meeting point for the miners of Hulton Colliery, of which No 3 pit "The Pretoria" suffered a disaster 21 December 1910, leading to 344 deaths, the last bodies of which were not recovered until 14 February 1911.

Source: Kathryn Ludlow

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