From the Spanking Roger to the Fiddler's Green: How some of Greater Manchester's finest - and liveliest - local pubs got their names
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDroylsden, The Pig On The Wall was originally built as a farmhouse in 1684. The building was converted into a pub in 1978 and simply takes its name from a Lancashire expression where the local farm pigs would stand on their hindlegs on a fence or wall in order to catch a glimpse of the passing May Day parades and processions.Unfortunately, a visit to The Spanking Roger is no longer on the cards as the venue was shut down in 2011 and later demolished to make way for redevelopment.The pub on Sawley Road was allegedly named after Roger Aytoun, a wealthy Major General originally from Scotland who moved to Manchester in the mid-1700s to recruit soldiers.He garnered the ‘Spanking Roger’ nickname for his willingness to fight.Legend has it that he.
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