The Black Lion Hotel, Salford

l used to go in the Black Lion back in the days when we had loads of trade union and left wing activity meetings upstairs in the 70s and 80s........l moved away for a while and last year heard it was opening again .........
We had a campaign in Salford concerning the boundary commissions plans to abolish Salford as a Parliamentry seat.....The proprietors Mark , Jenny and Barry offered us the room to use as a base which we did,,,,,,,we also held our fundraising events and some members had personal parties there as well.........
The atmosphere and service was also good and the staff helpful .....
When they started to show films and plays upstairs l attended on a regular basis and still do,,,the plan to put food on was the icing on the cake........l am a veggie and have never had any problems getting a fine meal along with my meat eating friends...
There are now regular film and music nights and Kino films use it on a regular basis for their screenings.
The drinks available is pretty good too, whether you like non alcoholic or real ale you will be catered for .........In just over 12 months it has come on in leaps and bounds and a great place to visit.............hoping the crowds which seemed to have deserted a lot of pubs in recent years will find their way back as well...............there have been massive improvements since Future Artists took over..........give them your support folks..........john catterall ....salfordjc

27 Jul 2012 17:23