Walter Greenwood also wrote "Saturday Night at the Crown", which I'm almost certain is about a Hanky Park pub - and a good read. I think it might have first been a play with Thora Hird.
It might also be worth seeing what else Greenwood wrote.
Howard Spring wrote about Manchester in [uShabby Tiger[/u, but I always pictured Cross Lane, for some reason - perhaps it's set in Salford in parts. And in the recesses of my mind I recall someone arguing that Coketown in Dickens's [uHard Times[/u is based on Salford, not Manchester. But this was in my undergraduate days, so long ago that Long John Silver had two legs and an egg on his shoulder.
Getting back to Hobson's Choice, Salford Fire Brigade provided the water for the rain scene in the film, and my Uncle Ted was one of the blokes aiming a hosepipe. Good, eh?
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