[jc6656]

I lived at 380 Manchester Rd - at the bottom of our garden was what used to be a 2 storey stable block which had been on the deeds as being owned by the Alma.
In the late 40's the 2nd storey was pulled down as it was becoming unsafe. It was made fully weather proof again and used as a store by the Alma.

If you look very carefully at the back of the Alma (standing on Hollins Lane) - you can make out the original building is still there. It is the lower part of the Alma (small windows, one above the other) - when Manchester Rd was being built the row of terrace house (now including the Alma) were built upon it. When the pub decided to become larger - it purchased the 1st of the newer houses on that little block and knocked through into the original pub (beer house) - the beer laws were passed in the 1830's to try and stop the spread of 'gin houses'.