Yes it was the very first pub they built on wheeler street after the slum clearance facing Old Alma Street it was in the late sixtys early seventy
They built a little parade of shops first I surprise it could be called the Arcade a small batch of shops then a little way up they built that pub
I lived around the corner in berners street right next to the union pub many moons ago
And when they built that little shopping Arcade the shops was to let brand new property's I was going to buy one
And open up a chippie shop but some one beat me to it
And at that time there was not so many houses built it was the early days of development they put those shops in and the pub
At first it was really flush with carpets and high standards but like every think it went down hill and the new houses was being built on Gerrard street
And the druggies came in but then it declined and I know it as had a named changed that many times it probably more times than I have had hot dinners
And lost count the pub still standing today but what name I do not know ,I do pass from time to time
But that was the name of the rising sun and at that period I thought it was a funny name to call it being in a area and street
For old summer lane and knowing the area like the back of my hand as I was born and bred and dragged up in that part
And my ancestors was born and brought up as well as my great great father openend a little cafe with a big roast of meat on a Blazing
Burner and they hello me he wore the big white cheffs hat standing there and my grt grand father started off earning money by
Selling sandwiches and quarter of tea to the night workers going into work at Luca,s then he earned enough to open the shop
This was during the war years Astonian,,,,,,