121 The Summit - Thornham

First  visited : 17  February  2016

The  Summit  , bizarrely, is  at  an  obviously  lower  elevation  than  The  Pleasant,  on  the  Rochdale  side  of  the  hill. It  more  or  less  straddles  the  Oldham / Rochdale  border. I  suspected  that  the  current  building  is  not  the  original  pub  and  a  little  digging   clarifies  that  when  we   went  past  in  1978  it  looked  like  this :

 

I  don't  know  when  or  why  the  old  building  was  demolished  but  the  pub  is  now  part  of  the  Flaming  Grill  chain.  Simon  and  I  went  there  for  tea  tonight  and  it  was  quite  good  though  we  had  to  wait  a  long  time  and  there  was  a  pile-up  of  dirty  glasses  on   the  bar  that  stayed  there  all  evening   so  there's  room  for  improvement  in  the  organisation. Maybe  they  were  just  caught  on  the  hop ; it  was  certainly  busier  than  I  expected. The  staff  were  all  very  friendly  and  obliging. If  you  go  through  the  internet  beforehand  they  give  you  a  20%  off  voucher.

Inside  it's  quite  large  with  the  obligatory  TV  screen  at  the  opposite  end  from  the  main  dining  area.