It looks like the Gothic pub near Gatley Green has closed – for now at least.
I don’t have any firm information on why, and I don’t know if it’s likely to re-open as a pub.
Gothic’s closure follows on from that of the Red Lion a few months back and leaves three pubs in Gatley – the Prince of Wales, the Horse and Farrier and the High Grove on Silverdale Road.
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The High Grove is virtually in Heald Green.
Only 2 in Gatley centre.
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I wrote to Wetherspoons suggesting the Tatton as a possible site for a new pub, but with no feedback. This could stimulate a dying shopping and social area.
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Greg – good idea but I suspect that, with the closure of the Red Lion and the Gothic, pub firms might not see Gatley as a good bet for a new development.
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It will probably open back up as a take away or a hairdressers that’s all there is in gatley now
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Heather – to be fair, there are nearly 100 retail premises in Gatley and the vast majority of them are not takeaways or hairdressers.
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A wetherspoons would be fantastic, as it would bring prices down. Hydes prices in gatley are quite high, and in fallowfield they reduced their prices to match the prices in wetherspoons when it opened there. Failing that, would be good to see the gothic re-open as either a freehouse, or owned by someone like beartown or marble.
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“Heather – to be fair, there are nearly 100 retail premises in Gatley and the vast majority of them are not takeaways or hairdressers.”
Quite right; the rest are charity shops.
My colleagues and I are sad to see the Gothic go. We used to frequent it on a Friday lunchtime but even we stopped going because the beer went downhill. It’s difficult to keep good beer when there are so few customers to drink it. I remember the days when it was packed out on a Friday lunchtime.
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Garry – we have a couple of charity shops in Gatley. We also have a butchers, two bakers, picture framers, jewellers, travel agents, hardware stores, pet shops, cafes, chemists, a greetings card shop, an electronics goods shop, a bric-a-brac shop and others.
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I would personally classify the cafes and bakers together with the takeaways and restaurants (i.e. food), and the bric-a-brac shop in the same class as the charity shops (i.e. second hand goods).
Therefore it is not too far from the truth to say that Gatley mainly offers food joints, hairdressers and second hand shops.
Other than that, it does boast two convenience stores owned by the same company and therefore devoid of any competition. Plus, a few very specialist shops which I have walked past every day for 14 years and never once had the inclination to set a foot through any of the doors.
We have now lost a branch of the bank which never closes its branches, 2 pubs, a very handy green grocers, a video store and one of the charity shops. On top of that, the excellent florist is about to go.
Apart from the fantastic A&I supplies, which seems to have the almost magical ability to keep stock of every DIY item you might need, Gatley high street has very little to offer the consumer and I don’t think anybody can argue that it is fast on the road to decline.
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I would disagree with you about classifications – I wouldn’t ever put a bakers in the same category as a takeaway.
However, you’re right that too many are closing down. The old saying “use it or lose it” is as true as ever. Gatley has a population of around 9,000 – if more people used more of the shops on a regular basis, they’d be thriving, not closing.
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Quite right! We all need to use the shops more often! For instance, I make a concerted effort to buy all of my greetings cards from Magic Moments in the village. The service is excellent & Irene & Mandy are extremely friendly.
We should all start buying only our essentials from the supermarkets & buy the rest locally, ensuring that the Gatley community continues. There is no point moaning after the fact.
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I live in Sharston,and go to Gatley or Northenden for my pint of Real Ale when I fancy one or two.
I used to go in the Gothic often untill the Ale standard fell to undrinkable,that left just the other two pubs both Hydes houses,which sell a decent pint but somewhat expensive.
What the Gothic needs is a revamp by Cains and a Strong and friendley manager,and the place could be a goldmine.
Keith Holloway
T: 07881 386347
E: cllr.keith.holloway@
stockport.gov.uk
Pam King
T: 0161 483 2531
E: cllr.pamela.king@
stockport.gov.uk
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Methinks three be quite enough !