Manchester thought one its longest sagas was put to bed… now it’s back
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSome 161 days ago, a member of Manchester’s planning committee urged his fellow councillors to ‘rip the plaster off’ and to stop ‘dancing around the dog s***’.
He was speaking at the January meeting of the committee, which was debating an application to build student flats on the site of the former Gamecock pub in Hulme.
It was the fifth time the committee discussed the plan, after campaigners previously urged them to ‘Block The Block’. Coun Andrews’ encouragement meant the Gamecock bid was approved nine votes to three, prompting members of the public gallery to shout ‘shame on you’ after the result was announced.
Plans were first unveiled in May 2021 — 37 months prior to the approval — making it one of the city’s longest-running political sagas. READ MORE: Fury as boy banned from school leavers' prom It was thought those cries of shame represented the final chapter in the Gamecock story.
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