The Masons Arms - Atherton -

[@nigelwaters4902]

In 1971 after Leigh’s famous win the rugby league cup was brought there and I ran down Wigan Road holding it (aged 15)

[@Lily_The_Pink972]

Who knew they'd win it again in 2023?!

[@nigelwaters4902]

They won it when I was young and then they won it again when I was old! Not a problem that Man City fans experience!

[@The12stringbassist]

My band played there on the very final closing night. Sept 6th 2019. I heard the site was going to become an elderly people's home.

[@darrenprescott9133]

Was really decent pub years ago, we used to go and have a lovely homemade food and a beer , was always a good atmosphere. Great video mate👍

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Cheers brother I've heard a lot of good things about this old place!

[@neilbirch2467]

Was my local from the 1980s onwards, was very busy and popular when Brian ran it 90s / 2000s ... used to get very busy for lunches etc also. Great times in this boozer, would have never imagined it's future. Keep up the vids, really interesting stuff!

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Eh Ann’s Neil glad you think that pal.

[@5mcon]

Drive past there everyday to go school so cool keep it up

[@LiquidMarvel]

23+ years ago I walked past this every day on the way to work. Think I even had a date here once upon a time

[@tyronejoyce7270]

Spent hours with friends and family in there from going for tea on Sundays as a kid to drinking from 17 onwards. Me and a mate even got paid for clearing shite from upstairs and the garden for a few days once. Got some brilliant memories from there and met people that are great friends to this day.

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Quality m8 that's exactly why we need to keep the Great British boozer alive. Thanks for your history.

[@markwall6651]

Great work yet again old bean!

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Lol cheers me old muccs

[@donnawheeldon2803]

Love the way you tell us the story about every place you visit some amazing places you have visited some iknow 💪👍

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Thank you Donna

[@martinnorth2680]

Great video, love the old photos at the end. Flowers scene pmsl

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Pmfsl glad you noticed that m8 lol to be honest I think your the only one who clocked it!

[@1415Agincourt1415]

I had a meal in there in 2017. Sat near the window to the very right of the building in your thumbnail. Had no idea that it was that run down and it was quite nice inside. I'm wondering if they ran out of cash in a renovation or maybe a really expensive building fault forced them to close. Sad times

[@educateyourselfyoufool806]

A local restaurant bought it to open another establishment. Unfortunately the lockdown put a stop to work and because they were forced to close, the money ran out. Absolutely gutted to see it left in this state, it was such a lovely pub in its day

[@lydiauk1107]

This pub only closed as lockdown started last year, so I’m gobsmacked it looks like this!

[@bigalf5173]

thanks bud .great video .🍺🍺👍

[@frankfitzgerald5832]

Cracking little mooch this Clarky ....Looked modern out side but quite an old building really shame ya couldnt get over to the other owd pics but thanks for this explore mate....regards Frank & Lee...

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Yeah I agree m8 thanks for watching pal h the is was just little filler this one ;)

[@lisawegener2664]

Great video Jason x

[@karenwilliams2118]

Thanks Clarky, happy to get my Urban Collective fix :) Hope you have enjoyed a few pints of Guinness since the pubs re-opened over there....Looking forward to the next one as always...Much love x

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

To be honest I enjoyed one too many and have vowed never to drink again...

[@karenwilliams2118]

@@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt Lol....until the next time :) x

[@anthonycarter6504]

Make me cry in the head to see this

[@RetroReminiscing]

Hilarious ending lol!! Id love to be a fly on the wall when the next explorers go in and see that lol

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Pmfsl we couldnt resist!

[@lesleyfarrington4809]

Used to do a nice Sunday Dinner there. Didn't know it closed

[@goosexploring]

Awesome that clarky 👍

[@adamguest7869]

Another top video bud, had my Grandads wake in there back in 2009 and was a decent pub, still drive past regularly and often wondered what it looked like inside so thanks for that 😂

[@lisat2203]

Awh, another belter, your personality n passion for your explores is so infectious, keep knocking these vids out - peace n respect to you x

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Thanks leese

[@jacquelinemorris7959]

old boozers are some of the most paranormally active places I've come across - all those centuries of emotions, fights, weddings, funerals murders! .....mint video, thanks!👌

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Did you notice our little murder scene after the credits ;)

[@jacquelinemorris7959]

@@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt loved it! especially the bouquet! 💐 Some nosey kid is going to get a fright!🤣

[@redtobertshateshandles]

Yes,my grans old terrace. Six of my dead family had lived there. How many others I dunno. A ghost grabbed me there. Not malicious thank God.

[@jacquelinemorris7959]

@@redtobertshateshandles Wow Ted, so it sounds like generations of your family lived there! I'm glad the spirit that grabbed you was a well meaning one! I love hearing people's personal histories....

[@educateyourselfyoufool806]

Genuinely sad to see this inside now, wanted to cry a little bit. Visited this place many a time from 06-19 and spent plenty of time looking at the pictures you found when they were on the walls. Even worked in here for a bit. Cracking video clarky! Cheers for bringing back the memories.

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Aww thank you m8 I’m so glad we did something you recognise thanks for watching man.

[@johorrocks8927]

Great film..you at your best..as always.

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Just a little filler vid really m8. Wait till you see our upcoming Asylum and Belle Vue dogs films ;)

[@johorrocks8927]

@@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt can't wait my friend..never disappointed with your films

[@richbrookes9297]

Great video Clarky made my week Cheers M8.

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Thanks Rich

[@davestarkie9977]

Was in there watching an England match in 2019, was hardly anyone in there... the more modern Talbot pub up the road took all its trade when it opened, use them or lose them.

[@tedburnand6516]

amazing video, keep up the awesome content

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Thank you Ted

[@Salfordchappy]

Brilliant video as always urban

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Thankyou Chris

[@garethhodgson5635]

Not been on for ages, missed the vids 👍🏻👍🏻

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Well I hope you get stuck in again pal we’ve done some quite stunning flicks of late I think m8.

[@garethhodgson5635]

@@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt yeah definitely will be looking out 👍🏻👍🏻

[@pauls489]

Great video as always

[@stevesrepairs5778]

Thanks Clarky for another great vlog, I don't think that I'd been in this pub but you never know as I'd been in lots of them over the years, what a shame that it's got to this state and then it looks like it's the end. Take care and all the best. Stevie

[@scottworsy]

I last went in here jan 2019 after my nans funeral in Howebridge, I didn’t realise it was ripped out like this inside! The food was bangin

[@dabigguy7788]

I've watched so many of your videos now. I first came across this channel when I was looking at buile hill park videos on youtube and it was really nostalgic, which I love coz I'm from the area. So i checked out most of your other stuff on the channel and it's always great stuff. I do have to commend you on your camera technique. Not sure if anyone else has, but It's obviously all hand held and you never rush your shots. You always let the viewers get a great look at everything, so many youtubers don't. Its really patient and done with care. Full marks mate.

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Aww m8 I am well made up with that comment I really am man Im so glad you think that thank you.

[@markrobinson1458]

I've passed that pub several times, shame its gone like so many 👍🍻

[@WalleyUK1]

Drive passed this place nearly everyday, been in a few times shame it closed down. Changed hands a few times though and closed about 18 months ago

[@Lily_The_Pink972]

So sad to see the state of this place. It was a smashing pub, full of character and served good food and ales. All boarded up now. Someone started doing renovations then that's seemingly ground to a halt.

[@paulholroyd95]

Another brilliant video mate! would love to explore with you one day

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Thanks Paul I’m sure it will happen brother!

[@paulholroyd95]

@@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt im from huddersfield bro, if your exploring over here sometime hit me up!

[@thehiltongirl]

For a minute when I saw that sign games room, I was half expecting a couch for some reason 😎😎😎😎 Great video guys, keep them coming. 🤩🤩

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Pmfsl

[@MultiBooboo1987]

Great video Clarky 👍

[@MrDeanos]

Quality

[@harrynorcliffe-hlc6787]

Nice one Jay, just a shell mate! what a shame. btw that metal ornament looked worth a few bob... lol

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Never know brother ;) this time next year we’ll be millionaires!

[@beerbuildings]

Apparently the pub co sold this to a developer at some point. Doesn't look like much developing has happened!

[@tomsurbanexplore]

That metal dude in return to Oz think he was called tick tok

[@michaelgray3002]

Another great video Clarky it's a shame a lot of the old pubs are sadly disseapring . I dranked in a few of them when I came home for visits after we moved in 1978. But I have been sober now for 25 years or So. Keep up the great work.

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Good on ya brother I’ve been sober a year but let meself down a week or two back I’m also smoke free a year too and feel like shit lol

[@MrMikepresley]

@@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt I too have been sober 1 day at a time (since 1980), when one asks how long I have been sober, I tell them what time I woke up that day; its not about how long one has or has not been sober, its all about the choices I make today, or even minutes.

[@andreac674]

I cycled past this many times on my way to the canal and even just before lockdown Im sure it was still operating as I saw a man sitting outside round the back , I didnt realise it had come to this - not far from where I live

[@ant2023]

Remember propping the bar up in this great old boozer. Sad 😥 to see the state of it now!!! Good times in here.

[@scorpionatthepc]

Have you give a tour of the Rock Hotel/Big Rock in Ince?

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

No but I’ve had my eye on that gaff for a very long time! There’s never any access pal.

[@carmenlui6235]

This is a long shot I'd like to get in contact with the owner of this building. I'm interested in buying the letters Mason from them

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Click on the Facebook version of the film and you'll find them in the comments m8!

[@NKM258]

Gutted to see this pub in this way!! I grew up in westhoughton just up the road and always thought this was a nice little boozer. Sad to see how it is now. I had no idea it had closed as I don’t live there now so haven’t been past it for some time but surely it can’t have been closed for very long? What a shame

[@Rawley-w3k]

I went in there on the closing night

[@KennethNicholson1972]

Little belter. Shame to see another hub of the community be taken away yet again. A desperate sign of the times indeed. Nice work JC, though I do wish you lads had hard hats, and a hi viz vest removes any suspicion, and gets you in anywhere. God bless, Ken.

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Brother I’m 150 films in and only ever been caught allready knowing it could happen ;) as for the hard hats I do actually agree lol thanks for coming back time and time again brother I fear with the Agenda in full swing we have put work cut out...

[@lesleyfarrington4809]

It still has a Facebook page if you want.to see what it was like

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Yeah I’ve seen it since m8 it was a well loved great British boozer for a long long time!

[@lesleyfarrington4809]

@@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt used to go there regularly for the lovely food. So sad

[@lesleyfarrington4809]

They used to keep it nice with flowers outside

[@lewis7908]

Early 1960s pub down for demolition very soon then did start on it but were stopped with the infrastructure of the building

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

I thought as much m8.

[@Northstar-Media]

The Oliver Reed award think you missed a joke there. Oliver was notorious for being able to down a few pints . Seen him years ago at a bar he had in Malta 🇲🇹

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

I do actually know that pal so yeah I get that actually lol

[@neilharrison3187]

Gutted to see our boozers disappear. Great video fellas.

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Your not on your own brother I started covering them because because it felt like they were trying to get rid of eh em back then. Now it’s nothing but 100% fact :(

[@myrescuecats3028]

Sound quality is good.👍

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Deffo glad to hear that m8 bar the thilthy language?

[@myrescuecats3028]

@@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmItNo problem😀🤣👍

[@waynejacksonofficial]

Posh flats next i reckon... innyt?

[@lewis7908]

Oh and the old photo is the warriors

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Knew it cheers dude!

[@donnawheeldon2803]

Always stand on the floor beams then we miss nothing

[@anthonycarter6504]

He does look like Tik-Tok from Return to Oz

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

That's the one lol tick tock!

[@mattymcr8955]

On it

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Couldn't do a premiere tonight unfortunately brother hope you enjoy the short flick!

[@mattymcr8955]

@@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt loved it buddy! You’ve been in more pubs this year than 99% of the population 🍺

[@gazhayes3445]

Only recently shut this place

[@bigpete2059]

Bet olvier reed had a couple er swift Oranjebooms in there back int day

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Pmfsl Good ol Olvier lol

[@bigpete2059]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rwbsalford]

Where’s Gary lol

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Lol he’s on holiday with his boyfriends!

[@ste2472000]

Sad all the old school boozers have shut....community hubs back in the day

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Yup cant have a tyranical order if people socialize now can we...

[@ste2472000]

@@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt excatly mate its shite we havnt a opposition thats opposition i voted independent me last week they have more to offer...but any local mp is tied up with red tape from the tories its shocking the working class are fast becoming lower class and we can't even have a pint and moan about it now cos the boozers are all gone

[@danny2me70]

When pubs were a hub for the working man to gather and put the world to rights , along came the smoking ban hence thousands of pubs closed down ,I better get off my political soap box lol ,love the old signs that's when the brewery's used to hand paint them .

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Same here pal that’s why I started covering the old boozers pal. It’s seems to me it’s all part of an in social agenda after all if we are left to conspire we are less easy to control!

[@redtobertshateshandles]

Our Anglo Saxon culture is down the toilet. Politicians.

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

:(

[@donnawheeldon2803]

What's he looking at weardo something I'd say😂

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Pmfsl

[@greatwhite3219]

Shame,bet it was a decent boozer bk in the day.

[@lewis7908]

I mean your in leigh get all the funny looks

[@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt]

Lol

[@PaulaXism]

Leigh?.. Leigh is alright.. This, son, is Atherton.. and you must NEVER go there !!

[@lewis7908]

@@PaulaXism its leigh

[@lewis7908]

@@PaulaXism when you hit the Talbot round about then its atherton as the signs say

[@NKM258]

It’s Atherton