Sixty 25th of Decembers, Fifty-nine 4th of Julys, it’s Manchester music legend Paul Heaton’s 60th birthday today (May 9) and to celebrate in style, he has gifted a bar tab to 60 pubs across the UK. Six of which are in Greater Manchester.
The former frontman of the Housemartins and the Beautiful South is local to South Manchester and to show his support to his community, two of Manchester’s six tabs were awarded to Paul Heaton’s locals: The Orion on Burton Road and Albert Wilsons on Wilmslow Road in Withington.
The Manchester Evening News visited these two establishments to find out how customers, fans and residents in Withington are enjoying Paul’s birthday. While true locals were sticking to their own pubs, some customers were on the all new Paul Heaton birthday pint pub crawl, making sure to visit the two Withington pubs as well as The Railway Inn at West Didsbury, and if time permitted, a trip to The Bowling Green in Chorlton.
