First visited : 7 September 2014
The speed of the bus must have defeated us again because I've missed the Union Inn which is right next door to the Grey Horse.
This pub stands right at the T-junction marking the centre of Reddish. At some point it changed its name to the Houldsworth Arms. Either way it commemorates the local mill owner and Conservative MP at the turn of the century ( well, the last but one ).
It's a fine building and large enough to accommodate half the town but sadly isn't required to these days. Inside it's L-shaped with a central bar at the corner. There were a dozen or so people congregated just in front of it this afternoon but the rows of tables in each wing were empty ( I should in fairness note that my visit was on an "international", i.e no football , weekend ) . One leads into a small beer garden , occupied today by a right bunch of ignorant chavs. The place is tidy but spartanly decorated with just a few old pictures of Stockport hanging on the white-painted walls. It's probably fairly lively on a Friday and Saturday night , as the CCTV warnings suggest , but otherwise it seems a bit of a ghost pub with little to invite a return visit.
