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In the 1870s this pub on the corner of Back Piccadilly and Little Lever Street was The Wellington. It became Mother Mac's SJ8498 : Sign of Mother Mac's in 1969 in honour of former proprietor Mother Mac McLennon. In 1976 SJ8498 : A Gruesome Tale at Mother Mac's it became infamous when then landlord Arthur Bradbury was sacked by Whitbreads brewery. He murdered his wife and their three children, a dog and a cat and the pub's cleaner, Ann Hennegan, before trying to set fire to the place.

Now owned by Les Dagnall it was given a makeover in 2016 (Manchester Evening News Link )