Full of mourning punters and a 'pillar of its community' - but brewery says Salford’s ‘oldest inn’ has no 'long-term future'

On an otherwise unremarkable Tuesday in January, The Church Inn in Pendleton is packed with punters - each of them saying a final farewell to the much-loved boozer.

Last orders at The Church Inn, in Pendleton, on January 18 brought 200 years of history to an end.

Locals describe the watering hole as a pillar of its community — and it's landlord says punters keep coming through the door.