Mr Thomas's Chop House is arguably the best-preserved public house of the Victorian era in Manchester.
Irrespective of any comparisons, it is certainly a municipal institution - both architecturally and socially. And we are proud to be its custodians. To paraphrase the native American saying, we prefer to think that we have not inherited Mr Thomas's from previous landlords, rather that we are borrowing it from our successors.
Tom's will certainly be here long after we are gone.
Along with the restoration of the pub we have decided to give Mr Thomas's a new decorative theme - our own living photographic archive, capturing this exciting period in Tom's history (which, incidentally, is now in its third century) in a style which reflects the surroundings. To bring this to life, we commissioned local photographer Simon Buckley to record the Manchester characters who make Tom's special.
This is an ongoing project. And these photographic portraits represent the first of many more to come. We hope you enjoy them. And we look forward to the day when you're captured for history too.
