“Just found this page after Googling 'Brookfield Pub'. I was on Mike Sweeney's Facebook page complete with loads of photos of him with his band the Salford Jets. The Salford Jets performed in the Brookfield in 1981. I was 15 years of age at the time and desperate to see the band so along with a few mates (all aged 15 or 16) we set off from Levenshulme one evening in the hope we'd get in, and we did! I can still remember it being a fantastic night, an eye opener for a 15 year old surrounded by what I will call 'rock chicks'! Whilst there we noticed that the Brookfield hosted a students disco on a Wednesday from 12 to 3pm so the following Wednesday we all wagged it from school and set off from Levenshulme on the 192 and again, got in, no questions asked! The disco was held in the basement and wasn't packed but lively, and drinking pints of cider on a school day at lunch time beat going into school and most probably felt grown up! We attended the disco a few times but I had to stop goi”
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