Julie Maguire worked in the pub industry in the 80s and 90s and has nothing but fond memories of her time working in boozers. Julie, now aged 62, has long since left the industry, but there's one establishment that still has heart.
The Gamecock, in Hulme Manchester, closed in the late 90s and the building stands derelict and boarded up. Julie took over the pub when she was 29 and ran it from 1989 to 1995.
She still passes the building when she goes back to the area to visit family and says it's 'sad to see' it empty and run down. She first started working at the pub as a weekend job, it was across the road from her home and all the locals living in the nearby tower blocks frequented it.
