Salford's historic Black Friar pub to reopen this summer after being shut for almost two decades

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Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the city One of Salford's most historic pubs is set to reopen after two decades and a £1.4m restoration.

The Black Friar pub has been through some tough times - it survived an inner-city bypass slicing through the heart of old Salford right next to it.

While surrounding businesses and hundreds of terraced homes have vanished to make way for colossal apartment blocks it has stood firm.

For almost two decades it has been closed and the interior damaged by vandals and a major fire. But this summer after a £1.4m restoration and a few years as a marketing suite for 380 apartments, which now rise above it, The Black Friar is to return to its origins as a pub.