Info from Man Utd Fans Blog During the original slum clearance of Hulme in the late 1960s, the Russell Club was demolished but reopened in name half a mile away up Jackson Street (now known as Royce Road), near the Grant’s Arms. From 1978, Tony Wilson used the Russell Club on Friday nights as a venue for staging Factory shows before the Hacienda opened in May 1982.
In 1980, the Russell Club was bought by a crew of bus drivers, headed by the brothers Pinch and Sonny Burton and renamed the PSV (Public Service Vehicle) Club.
After a slow decline, the Russell/PSV closed down in the early 1990s. In its latter days, it was less a live music venue and more of a nightclub thriving on sets from knowledgeable House DJs.
The venue is long since demolished, but luminaries such as the Bee Gees, Joy Division and Gregory Isaacs (to name but a few) gracing the Russell, and the fabled venue will live on for a long time to come in the memories of the people who enjoyed their time there.
Note: as the area has been redeveloped and the building no longer exists, the location on map is approximate.