Pubs of Liverpool and Merseyside

[Ross08]

A few pub photos from 'over the water'...


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The Red Cat, Greasby

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The Greave Dunning, Greasby

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The Overchurch, Overchurch

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The Dell, Prenton

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The Twelfth Man, Greasby

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The Stirrup, Arrowe Park / Woodchurch

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The Royal, Birkenhead

[Ged]

The Vernon's steam clean on sunday as mentioned earlier - imageshack not working so thumbnail only using manage attachments on here.

[Kev]

A LEGENDARY pub which once hosted infamous after-hours council meetings will soon reopen.

Dale Street?s Vernon Arms closed in 2004 and fell derelict.

New landlord Jimmy Monaghan now hopes he and his family can breathe life into the much-missed boozer.

In its mid-1980s heyday, it was dubbed Liverpool?s ?politburo?.

Militant Tendency stalwart Derek Hatton frequented the watering hole before going to meetings in the municipal buildings and annexe on the other side of Dale Street.

He told the ECHO: ?More decisions were taken there than were ever taken in the chamber.

?I have got wonderful memories of the place. You met before meetings and after meetings.

?They used to have ?stay behinds?, when they locked the doors and people would finish their drinks.

?You had more problem getting out then in.? more (http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2009/03/27/derek-hatton-s-favourite-liverpool-pub-to-reopen-its-doors-100252-23244494/2/)

[andymccabe13]

hey anybody got any pics of twenty row when it was open? (wallasey village)

[ItsaZappathing]

I see the Merton Pub in Bootle is being demolished .
Another one bites the dust eh.:PDT_Xtremez_42:

[Ross08]

I see the Merton Pub in Bootle is being demolished .
Another one bites the dust eh.:PDT_Xtremez_42:

I heard on the Grapevine only this week that the Merton was going to become a Wetherspoon pub. To be honest, I found this a little hard to believe.

Perhaps J.D. Wetherspoon are going to build a new pub on the site?

Seems to be unusual timing though if they are - considering the recession and all that...

[Ross08]

hey anybody got any pics of twenty row when it was open? (wallasey village)

I always kept saying I'd take photos of the Twenty Row and The Leasowe, and never got round to it. Too late now!

[Ross08]

A few photos from today...
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The Oxford - Oxford Street, Liverpool.

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The Pacific - Stanley Road, Bootle.

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The Masonic Arms on Lodge Lane.

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The Grapes on Lodge Lane.

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The Dart on Lodge Lane.

[Samp]

Herers another one closed, the Mere Bank Heyworth St.

[Ged]

The Merton is indeed being refurbed.

[gregs dad]

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Another old pub,the Clarence, on the corner of Bridge St and Canal St being renovated but not as a pub again but offices.

[marky]

A couple of recent Planning Applications:

Non Pareil Public House: To erect 3 storey block comprising 6 no. apartments.

Bay Horse pub, Grinfield Street: To be demolished for apartments.

[Ross08]

A few more pub photos...

First up, the Bay Horse as mentioned by marky...
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Deysbrook - Deysbrook Lane...
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Bow and Arrow - Princess Drive...
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Alexandra Lodge - Farnworth Street...
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Phythian - Farnworth Street...
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New Broadway - Broad Lane, New Hall Lane...
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Sutton Way - Ellesmere Port
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White Swan - Great Sutton (Ellesmere Port)
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[gregs dad]

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The Vernon Arms opened again in it`s new livery

[gregs dad]

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The old Brunswick bar in Tithebarn St is now converted to an american cuisine
resturant named The James Munro after the 5th president of the U S A

[Kev]

Notice the change of thread title: Pubs of Liverpool and Merseyside

The Old Colonial - Birkenhead

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Pier Hotel - Birkenhead

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[gregs dad]

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The Rose and Crown in Cheapside
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The interior of Shenanagins,the Irish bar on Tithebarn St yesterday notice
the newspaper wallpaper
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And the ceiling

[gregs dad]

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the Horse and Jockeyin Melling,with my trusty steed by the entrance
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Cooksons Bridge by the canal
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The Red Lion built in 1905 next to the old lift bridge over the canal
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The Red Lion from a different angle notice the 2 red liverbirds on the frieze
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The Strand Tavern on Strand Road

[JMLE]

Joe, what was going on in this picture? The girl at the bar has got a fellas arm coming out of her right hip. No wonder it's called Shenanagins! :unibrow:



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[irishseashipping.com]

I don't think the Pier Hotel near Hamilton Square station featured in a couple of the photographs has ever opened since the structure was rebuilt as part of an office block in the 1980s! it has just been an empty shell.

John

[Ross08]

I don't think the Pier Hotel near Hamilton Square station featured in a couple of the photographs has ever opened since the structure was rebuilt as part of an office block in the 1980s! it has just been an empty shell.

John

I think you're right...

[wallasey]

I don't think the Pier Hotel near Hamilton Square station featured in a couple of the photographs has ever opened since the structure was rebuilt as part of an office block in the 1980s! it has just been an empty shell.

John

I go past there every day on the bus...its been derelict for some time!

I have to say it is good to see this thread includes the rest of the Merseyside area...we have such a diverse range of public houses around the banks of the Mersey...most of them are still open. Lets hope they continue to do so for a while!

[Ged]

St. Johns House, St. Johns Lane now houses Dr Duncans.

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/1995/drduncansstjohnshouse.jpg (http://img530.imageshack.us/my.php?image=drduncansstjohnshouse.jpg)


When this first opened after renovation in 1979/80 it was Rockfords night club and Earl St. Johns but it wasn't always like that - oh no. Back when Dr Duncans (now Pogue Mahone) was in Seel Street - his birthplace - a likely lad from the Swan area used to idle down to work then get down to idle when we were renovating this place.

In the meantime, my mate Chris and I painted this ceiling.

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Hanging precariously from a scaffolding with no harnesses or rails, we'd lean out as far as we could get before dragging it around the room (they couldn't afford one with wheels you see)

Then we'd have to dismantle the top layer to get under these very ornamental mosaic arches (which we also buffed up)

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/1333/stjohnshousearchmosaics.jpg (http://img530.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stjohnshousearchmosaics.jpg)


So that we could paint the lower ceiling. It only took us 4 months as we dragged it out a bit :unibrow:


http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/1375/stjohnshouselowerceilin.jpg (http://img530.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stjohnshouselowerceilin.jpg)

But at least mart did learn how many wheelbarrow loads of sand makes a ton. :ninja:

[hmtmaj]

Cracking Pics Ged, this lad from the Swan though...
Sounds like HE probably did all the work whilst you and your mate "Idled" :PDT10

[Ged]

No, Spike never worked with us. :)

[SteH]

the Salisbury on Walton Breck Road in Anfield has been boarded up over the last week

[Kev]

Cheers ged.

[lindylou]

The Winchester on Townsend Lane, Anfield has been closed for ages.
There will be no local pubs left in Liverpool at this rate !

[Ged]

Having carried out a comprehensive photographing of every pub in Liverpool including Huyton, kirkby and Sefton over the last couple of years. It is true that many were already empty or derelict and since then some more have closed and some have even re-opened. I think the trend now amongst the biggest age range of drinkers is to drink cheaply at home until 11pm then hit the town where more new pubs have opened up in the last 5 years than at any one time since Victorian times. The corner local is becoming a relic of the past.

[buggedboy]

Having carried out a comprehensive photographing of every pub in Liverpool including Huyton, kirkby and Sefton over the last couple of years. It is true that many were already empty or derelict and since then some more have closed and some have even re-opened. I think the trend now amongst the biggest age range of drinkers is to drink cheaply at home until 11pm then hit the town where more new pubs have opened up in the last 5 years than at any one time since Victorian times. The corner local is becoming a relic of the past.


I'd agree with that. Even when I was at Uni, I'd "pre-load" (lovely term) at home before going into town around midnight. The habit has continued to this day whereby we'd have a bottle before getting a cab straight into town. I only go to the local to watch the match these days.

[Samp]

Nice photos of Dr Duncans Ged! Shows the side room up very well. Anyone who has not been there will get a good idea from these photos, Well Done!

[wsteve55]

St. Johns House, St. Johns Lane now houses Dr Duncans.

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/1995/drduncansstjohnshouse.jpg (http://img530.imageshack.us/my.php?image=drduncansstjohnshouse.jpg)


When this first opened after renovation in 1979/80 it was Rockfords night club and Earl St. Johns but it wasn't always like that - oh no. Back when Dr Duncans (now Pogue Mahone) was in Seel Street - his birthplace - a likely lad from the Swan area used to idle down to work then get down to idle when we were renovating this place.

In the meantime, my mate Chris and I painted this ceiling.

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/4118/stjohnshouseceiling1.jpg (http://img530.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stjohnshouseceiling1.jpg)


Hanging precariously from a scaffolding with no harnesses or rails, we'd lean out as far as we could get before dragging it around the room (they couldn't afford one with wheels you see)

Then we'd have to dismantle the top layer to get under these very ornamental mosaic arches (which we also buffed up)

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/1333/stjohnshousearchmosaics.jpg (http://img530.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stjohnshousearchmosaics.jpg)


So that we could paint the lower ceiling. It only took us 4 months as we dragged it out a bit :unibrow:


http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/1375/stjohnshouselowerceilin.jpg (http://img530.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stjohnshouselowerceilin.jpg)

But at least mart did learn how many wheelbarrow loads of sand makes a ton. :ninja:

.......and I got told it was painted by real artisans! :unibrow:

[Ged]

Real p1ss artisans maybe :)

[gregs dad]

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Coopers pub in it`s new livery today.

[gregs dad]

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The Atlantic on Derby Rd being renovated
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The Bar of the Atlantic
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Noice the poster on the left Echo Pub of the Year
I was passing here today so I called in the Iron Horse on the corner of Sandhills Lane for a pint . I asked the what they were doing to the Atlantic
she told me they were painting it,I was surprised to find out it is run by the same manager as the Iron Horse.It is only opened at the weekends or for functions. Although I came from this area I have never been inside the Atlantic the barmaid kindly opened it up to show me all the old photos ,musical intruments and posters which adorn the walls these are just some of the pics I took

[Ged]

I used to go in here on a sunday, last year to see the groups including Phil Jones aka two's a crowd aka afraid of mice. The Iron Horse next door also has groups on. I remember Billy and Wally programmes coming from here too.

[marymint]

Hi folks not sure if anyone can help me with this? But any info would be helpful, This pub was ran by my relies back in the 1800's, from around 1850 to 1871 I last found it on the 1891 census still listed as a pub but with a different family at the helm. Can anyone tell me anything about its history or perhaps someone may have an old pic of the pub. This site was a great find and you all seem such nice people, hope to visit often.:)

[Ged]

Hiya marymint. I have a list of the pubs that existed on that side of the road which will have been the stretch from Leeds Street to Sherwood Street. Do you know which street it was on the corner of (if any)

There was a WSV - Wine and spirit vaults on the corner of Maddrell Street (formerly Slate St) in the 1800s which became the British Queen Vaults later on.
In 1908 the manager was James Hamilton.

Could this be the one as the only others seem to be the Trafalgar Arms (formerly the Freemasons Arms pre 1800s) - this was on the corner of Upper William St.

Nearer town was Dodd Vaults on the corner of Sprainger Street named after the manager Thomas Dodd. In the 1980s it became O'Gorman's bar. This actually was also a SV pre 1870s. A photo of this is on my site below.






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[marymint]

Hiya Ged, thanks for the quick reply. I can give you some more info which I got from the census. Here goes in 1861 my man Hugh Ryan was listed as the publican at 110 Gt Howard Street "Spirit Vaults". This is the first entry on the page and a big family living there. The next on the page is what looks like Sprainger St and Whitley Street. On the 1871 census it begins with 108 Gt Howard St, then 110 Gt Howard St a William Connolly being the publican now married to Hugh Ryans neice Rose. The adresses below are what looks like Gt Howard Court? and then Princes Walk?. 1881 has William Connolly as the publican again top of the page is 108 Gt Howard St, then 110 the address of William followed by Gt Howard Court no 2 and then princes walk again. From the A - Z it looks like it is the somewhere between Howards Court? and Sprainger St, what do you think? I suppose it also depends on which way the enumerator ( the census counting guy ) decided to walk!!
Hope this is of some help to you. Thanks again for your time on this one.

[Ged]

Ah right. Just had a look in my 1908 Edwardian A-Z/Street directory and Dodds Vaults was No.80 so forget that.

110 (not listed - sods law) would have been on the block from Whitley st to Upper William Street.

108 on the corner of Gt Howard st and Princes Walk was M. McCarthy - Chandler and on the opposite corner, No.112 was Nabb & Co. Bakers and flour dealers.

Incidentally the Tam O'Shanter public house was at No.96 and the Shamrock Vaults at No.140(not listed in Freddy O'Connors pub on every corner book)

Sorry but that little investigation has drawn a blank.

[marymint]

Ah never mind, thanks ever so much for looking it up for me. Perhaps if you notice the name in the future anywhere you would let me know. Thanks again:)

[Ged]

Will do no probs.

[AndyD]

Having carried out a comprehensive photographing of every pub in Liverpool including Huyton, kirkby and Sefton over the last couple of years. It is true that many were already empty or derelict and since then some more have closed and some have even re-opened. I think the trend now amongst the biggest age range of drinkers is to drink cheaply at home until 11pm then hit the town where more new pubs have opened up in the last 5 years than at any one time since Victorian times. The corner local is becoming a relic of the past.

Couldnt agree more!

At one point, you could start at the Hillside Pub on Liverpool Road Huyton, near the border with Prescot, then have a bit of a crawl all the way down to the Greyhound and Knotty Ash. In between you would find The Bluebell, The Oak Tree, The Eagle & Child and The Farmers Arms.
All rough pubs, but all demolished. Only the Oak Tree stands between Prescot and The Greyhound.

[gregs dad]

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The Langton Hotel on Regent Road,still empty after all these years.This is what happens when dockers aquire cars.

[gregs dad]

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Inside Dr Duncans pub on St John`s Lane,Ged painted the ceiling in 1979.

[kevin]

Inside Dr Duncans pub on St John`s Lane,Ged painted the ceiling in 1979.

Hope he was wearing sunglasses!

[hmtmaj]

Inside Dr Duncans pub on St John`s Lane,Ged painted the ceiling in 1979.

Oh well done Ged, you do it all on your own then ? :ninja:

[Ged]

Thanks Joe and no Kevin and Yes mart ;)

[gregs dad]

If I started walking from the Pierhead on the dock road northwards, which would be the first pub on the LEFT HAND side I would see ?.
I was asked this today.

[quincyg]

don't often get the 18a out of town, but I had to go to Norris Green today.

was saddened to see Gregsons Well like this
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this was it in April 2008
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spent ages waiting for traffic to clear and didn't notice this bloke was walking across road until I uploaded it :rolleyes:

[Ged]

If I started walking from the Pierhead on the dock road northwards, which would be the first pub on the LEFT HAND side I would see ?.
I was asked this today.


Are there any?

Or are you counting continuing up Crosby road south etc northwards.

[quincyg]

if it's the proper dock road ie Regent Rd, then I'd have thought it was the one in Strand Rd...The Strand Rd hotel. think it has a different name now tho.

there's nowt on the left until you turn into Strand Rd

[marky]

The first pub I can see on the left is across the Mersey (when standing on the bridge at Stanley Dock).

Derby Arms, Mill Street. This was tinned-up 17/6/09. It closed a couple of months ago.
The Parrot, Scotland Road. For Sale...Guide Price ?30,000+

[Waterways]

Derby Arms, Mill Street. This was tinned-up 17/6/09. It closed a couple of months ago.

The Dead House. It was built circa 1961, and was always dead. It was predicted to be closed and never was while all the rest, more full pubs, closed. I find that strange about pubs. The small pub that has a few dedicated regulars, and appears dead, just keeps going...until now.

[gregs dad]

Are there any?

Or are you counting continuing up Crosby road south etc northwards.
The answer is the "Liver" at Crosby

[hmtmaj]

Am I right in thinking that the Norris Green estate, was purposely built without a pub within it's boudaries.
The Royal Oak being the closest !

Martin

[lindylou]

Am I right in thinking that the Norris Green estate, was purposely built without a pub within it's boudaries.
The Royal Oak being the closest !

Martin

Yes, that's what I heard too.

[ItsaZappathing]

Am I right in thinking that the Norris Green estate, was purposely built without a pub within it's boudaries.
The Royal Oak being the closest !

Martin

You're right mart.:handclap:
The crown was a hotel,the peppers is a club and others where just social clubs.

[Ged]

And I think William Brown Street from 1900 onwards was the only main thoroughfare without a pub or shop on it.

[Ged]

The answer is the "Liver" at Crosby

My thought too which is why I asked if you were counting the continuation up Crosby Road South :PDT11

[PIMO31]

Anyone got any old photos of pubs in Woolton ?

[hmtmaj]

Try this, it was posted on here and other forums a while ago.
It has loads of Old Woolton on it, along with other old pics of Liverpool.
Martin.

http://www.watcha.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ :PDT11

[PIMO31]

Thanks Martin,

Started to look through it before...loads of good shots of Liverpool city centre, and yes found a few Woolton ones so far..

I wonder whose site it is, as it doesn't seem to say, but it is excellent.


Thanks for the info.
Dave

[Sirob]

The Royal remains as a ruin, after making safe work was carried out.
The William Shakespeare was due to re-open last weekend.
The Pitch Pine has been sold by Punch, but will continue as a freehouse.

Two pics of the Royal, one showing the burnt out inside
The "Shakey" with new signs and unboarded last Friday
The "Pitchy"

[gregs dad]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3305/3663565760_8b56a59e90_o.jpg
The Old Roan on the corner of Copy Lane and Ormskirk Road. First licenced in 1620. In the 1800`s the manager built a smithy around the back with stables,the buildings are still there today.The base of the pub walls had rings set in for travellers to tie their horses to. Must have done good business as it was on a turnpike road

[gerry_2]

This is a bit of a toughy, but has anyone perchance got a picture of the Vine Hotel, corner of Vine and Faulkner streets. This pub would have been demolished in the late 70's- early 80's

[lindylou]

There won't be any pubs left at this rate - 2 more torched - Seaforth this time.
I've lost count now how many have been torched in the last month. On average 2 in nearly all districts ... let's see, West Derby, Huyton, Formby, Walton, where else have I left out ? The former Setter & Vine reduced to a shell and about to be demolished - what is going on !! ??

[Ged]

One on the Wirral today too. :(

[gregs dad]

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Ma Egertons in Pudsey St
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Paddy`s Bar in London Rd ,this has had many names, including Dixie Deans Bar
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The Lord Warden on London Rd
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The Baltic Fleet on Wapping

[lindylou]

The former Setter & Vine ( I think it had a more recent name but I don't know what it was).

This is one of the many pubs burnt out during recent months.

It looks like an ancient ruin on the horizon ! lol !

[Ged]

Hiya Lindy. Yes it changed its name to the Merseypride. Kiss of death more like.

[gregs dad]

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Night shot of the Midland Hotel opposite Central station. took this after I had a pint in there while waiting for my train home after taking pics of the Crown Princess, from Woodside and the Pierhead.By the way thats a real seagull on the post on the extreme left not Tracy Em`s

[pablo42]

Jeeze, looking through here you are wondering how many pubs are gonna be left. I remember going to pubs for dart matches and in those days the pubs were never empty. You had a pint on the way home, had some dinner, got changed and went back to the pub. These days even weekend business starts later and later.

[gregs dad]

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The Old Bank Inn on South Rd,Waterloo.Once a bank but now a pub
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3456/3755909432_c6204b7d31_o.jpg
The Marine on the corner of East St and South Rd, Waterloo
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2421/3755910124_e0e758a77d_o.jpg
The Lion and Unicorn,on Church Road,Waterloo

[scouse smurf]

cool pics, GD but where's the liver and stamps too ? lol

[Paddy]

I always remember the Tetley huntsman with the monecule and pint in his hand so if he is still there he is well over 50 !

[Billy D]

Had many a game of pool in here...back in the day

http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv138/Ronin2009/Mypic-0010-1.jpg

[edwardo]

Nice pics GD of the midland but whats wrong with the pub next door The Central.much nicer.

[gregs dad]

cool pics, GD but where's the liver and stamps too ? lol
Smurf I only took these pubs as I was walking down South Rd to the beach to take some pics.Played bowls in the Liver many times

[irishseashipping.com]

Don't think its been mentioned in this thread but the recently refurbished Copplehouse pub in Fazakerley closed suddenly three weeks ago.

I pass it going to and from work and one afternoon it had been freshly boarded up!

[Ged]

That's a shock. Such a big pub too.

I notice the Lord Warden on London Road has closed in the last two weeks but on a better note, The Shakespeare - Stanley Road, The Merton - Merton Road, Bootle (fully refurbed) and The Vernon have all re-opened recently.

[hmtmaj]

That's a shock. Such a big pub too.

I notice the Lord Warden on London Road has closed in the last two weeks

Only went in there a week last Sunday night after a night at the theatre, what what. :shock:

[Ged]

You must've been the last patron Mart. Was it something you said?

Deffo shut for the last two sats, had to go the Bar De Mille with my old Garden's mates on sat.


Another one that's just closed down is The Wharf, Merton Road.

Wherma gonna go now for the Everton away games? (and don't say to wherever they're playing) :)

[Paddy]

They may have to reconsider the laws around drinking in public I can see St Johns gardens getting chockerr bloc.:ninja: :037:

[gregs dad]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2463/3764821573_4d0cd7cb4d_o.jpg
The Post Office pub on Pembroke Place

[Spike]

Nice pub that, Cheers Joe :PDT_Piratz_26:

[pablo42]

It must be the sale of booze from the offys and supermarkets thats killing the pubs. I used to be terrrified when me dad was going to the pub, when I was a kid. He used to hear what I'd been doing. Then I used to get the hiding.

[gregs dad]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2453/3769101165_bfc6066c1e_o.jpg
The Hooton on Waterworks Lane ,Hooton
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2526/3769900238_3bfdcb78dc_o.jpg
The sign of the Hooton,a spitfire, memories of when Hooton had an airfield in wartime in Hooton Park, still being used till 1957 before Vauxhalls was built

[pablo42]

There used to be a lot of old airfield buildings around there too. Don't know if any are still there,

[robbo176]

Don't think its been mentioned in this thread but the recently refurbished Copplehouse pub in Fazakerley closed suddenly three weeks ago.

I pass it going to and from work and one afternoon it had been freshly boarded up!

[QUOTE=Ged;181701]That's a shock. Such a big pub too.

QUOTE]

it was a shock for me too, they were going to hold a charity night for my daughter,I'd still like to say a big thankyou to the manager's daughter for raising over ?700 :PDT_Aliboronz_11:

[ItsaZappathing]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2453/3769101165_bfc6066c1e_o.jpg
The Hooton on Waterworks Lane ,Hooton
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2526/3769900238_3bfdcb78dc_o.jpg
The sign of the Hooton,a spitfire, memories of when Hooton had an airfield in wartime in Hooton Park, still being used till 1957 before Vauxhalls was built

Cracker pics GD:PDT11

[wsteve55]

[QUOTE=Ged;181701]That's a shock. Such a big pub too.

QUOTE]

it was a shock for me too, they were going to hold a charity night for my daughter,I'd still like to say a big thankyou to the manager's daughter for raising over ?700 :PDT_Aliboronz_11:

Any idea why?:shock:

[gregs dad]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2464/3777851404_cdf373d2d2_b.jpg
The Prince William on the Old Chester Rd although it says The Harp on the sign over the door,closed down
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2637/3777046939_6a68ee32ed_b.jpg
The Crooked Billet on the Old Chester Rd,closed down
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2491/3777850616_619899f63a_b.jpg
The Yard on Anderton Rd on the Wirral ,closed down,you can just see the Liver buildings on the right
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3553/3777047969_98d07920a4_b.jpg
The Old House at Home,on the wirral, still open
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2623/3777849522_abb0260b61_b.jpg
The Fairfield on the Wirral
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2604/3777900220_f4b15b0633_b.jpg
The Lord Napier on the Wirral
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3255/3777900870_ac74ba12d1_b.jpg
The Rock Villa at Rock Ferry
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3521/3777098163_cd8de8af9c_b.jpg
The Rock Station at Rock Ferry
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3579/3777902058_f4c187688f_b.jpg
The Bedford at Rock Ferry.
All taken between Green Lane station and Rock ferry with no pints drank

[pablo42]

Great picture Joe. Never knew so many of the pubs in Rock Ferry and Tranmere had closed down. There'll be none left at this rate. The ammount of Wirral pubs closing and being demolished is amazing.

[gregs dad]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3534/3793029278_bd6150c71a_o.jpg
This is on the corner of Watmough St,with a few name changes over the years.

[pablo42]

Great photos Joe. Am I right in saying the Lord Napier closed down a few years ago, and has now reopened.

[Ged]

Great photos as ever Joe. Hope you don't have to drink in every one you snap ;) :PDT_Aliboronz_24:


My sunday afternoon impromtu little pub crawl a couple of weeks ago started off in Moorfields at the railway and the lion, purely for nostalgia purposes as they used to feature heavily - too heavily in our regular crawls when I could drink. Hic.


http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/5886/railwaypubinterior1.jpg (http://img268.imageshack.us/i/railwaypubinterior1.jpg/)



http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/3420/railwaypubinterior2.jpg (http://img43.imageshack.us/i/railwaypubinterior2.jpg/)



http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/3448/lionpubinterior1.jpg (http://img526.imageshack.us/i/lionpubinterior1.jpg/)



http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7885/lionpubinterior2.jpg (http://img526.imageshack.us/i/lionpubinterior2.jpg/)

[pablo42]

Great photos as ever Joe. Hope you don't have to drink in every one you snap ;) :PDT_Aliboronz_24:


My sunday afternoon impromtu little pub crawl a couple of weeks ago started off in Moorfields at the railway and the lion, purely for nostalgia purposes as they used to feature heavily - too heavily in our regular crawls when I could drink. Hic.


http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/5886/railwaypubinterior1.jpg (http://img268.imageshack.us/i/railwaypubinterior1.jpg/)



http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/3420/railwaypubinterior2.jpg (http://img43.imageshack.us/i/railwaypubinterior2.jpg/)



http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/3448/lionpubinterior1.jpg (http://img526.imageshack.us/i/lionpubinterior1.jpg/)



http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7885/lionpubinterior2.jpg (http://img526.imageshack.us/i/lionpubinterior2.jpg/)

Great photos Ged, I go in there a lot. did you have one of their famous pies? Next time you go in there, check out the prices on the Scotch. Expensive yes, but pure heaven sliding down. Does any other pub in liverpool have a better selection of Scotch?

[Ged]

Then ended up on Dale Street.


Rigby's bogs. A strange place for a picture. Now, had it been the lfc squad i'd have made a play for who can pee the highest :ninja:


http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/8168/rigbysbogs.jpg (http://img190.imageshack.us/i/rigbysbogs.jpg/)




The Vernon bar.....


http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/2744/vernoninteriorbar.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/i/vernoninteriorbar.jpg/)


And the lounge.


http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/4475/vernoninteriorlounge.jpg (http://img526.imageshack.us/i/vernoninteriorlounge.jpg/)



I must admit to preferring the gold embossed on maroon felt wallpaper of the 80s than this cold looking blue. Also, the original black and white floor tiles have been revealed when the carpet was taken up but I deffo preferred the carpet, maybe not that one, but a carpet.

[pablo42]

Great photos. Love these pubs.

[Ged]

J.P. Merryweathers is one of the few on the High Street I haven't been in.


http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2009/08/07/murder-probe-after-man-dies-at-jp-merryweathers-pub-100252-24341097/




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[gregs dad]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2549/3798543522_687e9a0c39_o.jpg
The interior of the Midland oppsite Central Station, camera balanced on a pint of Theakstons as a tripod
Ged did you chase all the people out in your interior pics? or were they all smokers

[pablo42]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2549/3798543522_687e9a0c39_o.jpg
The interior of the Midland oppsite Central Station, camera balanced on a pint of Theakstons as a tripod
Ged did you chase all the people out in your interior pics? or were they all smokers

Great pic Joe. When I first started going in the Midland, the bar was the other way around, and as usual it had a bar and lounge.

[ItsaZappathing]

Yep, another pub bites the dust.
Here's the CoppleHouse off Longmoor Lane
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa113/itsazappathing/Liverpool%20stuff/DSC01133.jpg

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa113/itsazappathing/Liverpool%20stuff/DSC01134.jpg

[pablo42]

Yep, another pub bites the dust.
Here's the CoppleHouse off Longmoor Lane
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa113/itsazappathing/Liverpool%20stuff/DSC01133.jpg

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa113/itsazappathing/Liverpool%20stuff/DSC01134.jpg

Zap, another one indeed bites the dust. It used to be a good pub that. I never knew it was closed. Probably only a matter of time before someone sets it on fire.

[Ged]

Joe, it was a rainy sunday afternoon at the wrong end of town :) Rigby's had a few in but they were all eating sunday lunch in the Nelson room so I didn't bother photographing in there. No one in the Lion at all except us and only about 3 in the Vernon bar. This sunday I was down at the Grapes in Mathew St, the Croc and the Liverpool and all were chocker.

[ItsaZappathing]

Zap, another one indeed bites the dust. It used to be a good pub that. I never knew it was closed. Probably only a matter of time before someone sets it on fire.

Yeah,it was once a good pub until some scallies took over.:PDT_Xtremez_42:

[pablo42]

Yeah,it was once a good pub until some scallies took over.:PDT_Xtremez_42:

Last time I was in there it was a really friendly pub. How did the scallies take it over?

[julieoapw]

Must agree - went in there only the other day. Lots of pictures of Gerrard Gardens on the wall.


Only went in there a week last Sunday night after a night at the theatre, what what. :shock:

[ItsaZappathing]

Last time I was in there it was a really friendly pub. How did the scallies take it over?

You only had to see the the lads who went in and it was pretty easy to figure it out. Plus I know a few scraps occured there. Last time I passed there and it was open I thought, "I'm glad I'm not a boozer".
Mind you, it's the same thing I suppose as the Crown pub which I thought was great, many would disagree.

[taffy]

Nice looking pub. Not been in to sample its wares

[pablo42]

You only had to see the the lads who went in and it was pretty easy to figure it out. Plus I know a few scraps occured there. Last time I passed there and it was open I thought, "I'm glad I'm not a boozer".
Mind you, it's the same thing I suppose as the Crown pub which I thought was great, many would disagree.

Phew Zap, I used to go there twenty years ago and it was bad then. Just seemed a lumber house. I remember when I knocked around Salford in the bad old days, thay had a stunt with the pubs in the area. They used to arrange fights in a pub most nights, and after s few days see the boss. They told the boss they could make the trouble go away for a small fee. The fee in those days was about ?50 per week. All the pubs were paying. I knoe there were a lot of long frauds in a lot of the pubs that were looked after, but not been back for a while so don't know what happened.

[Sirob]

A sad end to The Parkway, end of Mather Avenue.

[ItsaZappathing]

And another bites the dust. Good pics Sirob.
I wonder how many pubs we have left in Liverpool. ? Not many that's fer sure.:PDT_Xtremez_42:

[Ged]

Another biggish pub, 'Maggies' - was once called Maggie Mays right next door to the Giro has been boarded up for a good few months now.

[scouse smurf]

Another biggish pub, 'Maggies' - was once called Maggie Mays right next door to the Giro has been boarded up for a good few months now.

Was it called thatchers for a while too or was that just coz she was the only Maggie I knew as a kid? lol

[pablo42]

Was it called thatchers for a while too or was that just coz she was the only Maggie I knew as a kid? lol

As far as I remember it was always called Maggies. I always thought it was after Thatcher, maybe it wasn't.

[gregs dad]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2528/3835838311_43b79acea6_o.jpg
The Iron Horse on the corner of Sandhills Lane is now called Atlantic Corner after a paint job

[pablo42]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2528/3835838311_43b79acea6_o.jpg
The Iron Horse on the corner of Sandhills Lane is now called Atlantic Corner after a paint job

Great pic Joe. Is that two pubs there or have they knocked it into one?

[gregs dad]

Great pic Joe. Is that two pubs there or have they knocked it into one?
It is only one now, the green part is only opened at the week for weddings etc,I believe Billy Butler used to do his radio show from there.
There are some interior shots of inside on my Liverpool pub section set on flickr

[Ged]

Great pic Joe. Sad to see the Merebank is the latest one boarded up.

[Norm NZ]

A sad end to The Parkway, end of Mather Avenue.

Thank's Sirob! I've only just seen this picture, Sad to see it in such a state, It was of course, the Alleton Hotel when I lived there and used it occasionally!!!:PDT_Aliboronz_11:

[garstonian]

I've got some pub photos you might like to see at www.Flickr.com/photos/garstonian

[lindylou]

Great pic Joe. Sad to see the Merebank is the latest one boarded up.

I read somewhere that we are losing something like 40 pubs a year (not sure if this is meant to be across the UK or in a specific region) and this was predicted when they brought out the smoking ban.

I know you don't agree with this Ged :) .. but it does make you think.

[gregs dad]

Lindylou it is the supermarket beer prices that are closing the pubs down.
There are a few pubs in town who are always busy because they keep their prices reasonable. On holiday down south last week our local had a happy hour between 5 and 6 when they charged ?2,70 for a pint of Fosters,I don`t know what they charged in the sad hours.In the Midland by Central station it`s only ?2.00 all day and there is never less than a dozen people in it

[kevin]

I read somewhere that we are losing something like 40 pubs a year (not sure if this is meant to be across the UK or in a specific region) and this was predicted when they brought out the smoking ban.

I know you don't agree with this Ged :) .. but it does make you think.

I was in Bridgnorth last night for a mate's retirement do - at a Wetherspoons. There isn't one near to where I live so don't think I've been in one before. The prices were amazing - don't see how other pubs can compete so together with all the other reasons why pubs are closing down, the situation isn't that surprising. Walking back to our hotel we passed 6 other pubs - all but one were very quiet.

[pablo42]

I can't see the pubs recovering, cept in the town centres. The rot has set in. I don't think it's got much to do with the smoking ban, but it aint helped, it's more attitudes now. It just seems better to have some friends round for a drink these days.

[Ged]

That's right Joe and changing trends. I think the ciggy law clouds the issue Lindy - pardon the pun. It is a convenient excuse but I personally don't know anybody that doesn't go out drinking now that did before due to a ban, especially when most places have catered for the ban by building outdoor areas.

My girls and their mates have more and more 'sit offs' until midnight what with clubs staying open until it's nearly daylight - and that's the winter.

Cheap bargain booze shops opening up everywhere and the supermarkets.

There's quite a few such as the Granton and Salisbury in Anfield that have closed and will be bulldozed because of the clearance programme - OI doubt these will be replaced - it's all city centre newbies now.

[pablo42]

There are a couple of pubs being done up and reopened, but nowhere near as many that are shutting down. Same thing happened to the garages, they seem to be going fast.

[gregs dad]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3536/3842506955_604b89fc1b_o.jpg
The Rake in Eastham Rake
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2556/3842507309_5bd39a964f_o.jpg
The bar of The Rake
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3441/3843295674_71a9925cfa_o.jpg
The Tap at Eastham Ferry
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3506/3843295318_35a425697d_o.jpg
Eastham Ferry Hotel
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3442/3842506035_6be8eea0df_o.jpg
The Hooton Arms in Eastham Village
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2636/3843294656_c586e7b502_o.jpg
The Stanley in Eastham Village

[Ged]

Luurverly Joe. :handclap:

[pablo42]

Graet pics Joe. Aint been down there in a while. Used to be good.

[Sirob]

The Pitch Pine, Stanley Road, Kirkdale.
A post war replacement for the one that Hitler took out.
Inside is unaltered, quite a rarity.

[pablo42]

Great pictures Sirob. Nice one.

[scouse smurf]

Cool pics, Sirob. I've been past that place on the bus so many times and expected it to be really dirty inside.

GD. Nice pics, as always. U're starting to look like a alchy with a travel pass ;)

[pablo42]

Cool pics, Sirob. I've been past that place on the bus so many times and expected it to be really dirty inside.

GD. Nice pics, as always. U're starting to look like a alchy with a travel pass ;)

Scouse, reckon we're all alchy with travel passes.

[Sirob]

Just to complete the set, exterior views.

[Norm NZ]

I've got some pub photos you might like to see at www.Flickr.com/photos/garstonian

Thanks for the link! I enjoyed your photo's especially Garston, But sad to see some of them!! Used to have a drink in the 'Derby' many years ago and played football with one of the boys from Arthur St!! Cheers:PDT11

[naked lilac]

Thanks for the link! I enjoyed your photo's especially Garston, But sad to see some of them!! Used to have a drink in the 'Derby' many years ago and played football with one of the boys from Arthur St!! Cheers:PDT11

What a cool site you have Garstonian.. thanks for sharing all the different areas that the pubs are in.. Excellant.. Definitely, a lot of work went into your presentation... :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

[gregs dad]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2662/3868506100_7f7c0c868d_o.jpg
The Wheatsheaf in Knotty Ash
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2452/3867724675_3940750704_o.jpg
The Knotty Ash pub in Knotty Ash

[naked lilac]

Very lovely looking pubs in Knotty Ash. The second one says, established in 1877.. Now, that family knows how to keep a business alive...Bravo to them...:handclap:


Ta Gregs dad..Great photos as always...:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

[gerry_2]

The Knotty Ash pub in thoes great photo's by Gregs Dad was my local for many years in the 1950s and 60s and the licencee who ran it for many years was a Mrs Jump. The name over the pub door read Florence May Jump.

[Norm NZ]

The Knotty Ash pub in thoes great photo's by Gregs Dad was my local for many years in the 1950s and 60s and the licencee who ran it for many years was a Mrs Jump. The name over the pub door read Florence May Jump.

"Good one" Gerry, I wonder if she ever did!!!:PDT_Xtremez_12:

[robbo176]

Great pic Joe. Sad to see the Merebank is the latest one boarded up.

the Merebank is opening up again ....it could already be open :PDT_Piratz_26:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/robbo176/everton/4-5-2007008.jpg

[smudger95]

I've got some pub photos you might like to see at www.Flickr.com/photos/garstonian

Great pictures of pubs around Garston/Liverpool/Wirral/Ches, and other locations.
Shame that so many historical ones are shut.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:
Smudger95

[wsteve55]

The Knotty Ash pub in thoes great photo's by Gregs Dad was my local for many years in the 1950s and 60s and the licencee who ran it for many years was a Mrs Jump. The name over the pub door read Florence May Jump.

Ha,Ha, again,truth is stranger than fiction! I wonder if her son Willy,is still around?:unibrow:

[gerry_2]

Between Knotty Ash village hall and Knotty Ash Station there were three pubs. The Knotty Ash, The Wheatsheaf and the oldest one The Lord Nelson. In the middle of thies pubs was the old Knotty Ash Brewery, which later became Kellys Bakery. But I wouldnt know if thies two buildings where still standing. I think the The Rocket in Broadgreen was a Knotty Ash Brewery pub at one time, as one of the windows had Knotty Ash brewery etched in it. Mind you im going back 50 yrs.

[wsteve55]

Between Knotty Ash village hall and Knotty Ash Station there were three pubs. The Knotty Ash, The Wheatsheaf and the oldest one The Lord Nelson. In the middle of thies pubs was the old Knotty Ash Brewery, which later became Kellys Bakery. But I wouldnt know if thies two buildings where still standing. I think the The Rocket in Broadgreen was a Knotty Ash Brewery pub at one time, as one of the windows had Knotty Ash brewery etched in it. Mind you im going back 50 yrs.

Hi Gerry'
whereabout is/was the Lord Nelson?

[gerry_2]

The Lord Nelson was inbetween The Wheatsheaf and Knotty Ash Station.

[chasevans]

I think I met him many moons ago. Did he live in Entwhistle heights ? (5th or 6th floor).

I remember Steve Aldo working there also as a barman.

[chasevans]

Thanks Joe and no Kevin and Yes mart ;)

Great paintwork, you should be very proud.

[chasevans]

Between Knotty Ash village hall and Knotty Ash Station there were three pubs. The Knotty Ash, The Wheatsheaf and the oldest one The Lord Nelson. In the middle of thies pubs was the old Knotty Ash Brewery, which later became Kellys Bakery. But I wouldnt know if thies two buildings where still standing. I think the The Rocket in Broadgreen was a Knotty Ash Brewery pub at one time, as one of the windows had Knotty Ash brewery etched in it. Mind you im going back 50 yrs.

The Lord Nelson is still there, I haven't been there for a couple of years but a friend says he regularly drinks there. It's a very small pub.
Cheers,
Chas

[irishseashipping.com]

Returning to work this week after the summer holidays the Copplehouse pub which closed earlier this summer appeared to have building work going on when I passed by - presumably it may reopen again soon?

[gregs dad]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2545/3895385545_b25a4a90e4_o.jpg
The Nook in Chinatown,reputed to be the cenre of the oldest Chinese community in Europe. It has been a Chinese "local" since 1940

[Davec]

Davec says he likes this

[gregs dad]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3489/3955886406_8bdaa14f29_o.jpg
The Admiral at Rock Ferry,closed down a few years now.

[Ged]

The Excelsior, a one time Higson's flagship pub, being next door to their offices on Dale St, had changed a lot in the 20 years or so since I was last in there.

The Dale street bar is now an eating part.

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/5657/excelsior1.jpg (http://img207.imageshack.us/i/excelsior1.jpg/)


With a more traditional homely part towards the rear.

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/6757/excelsior2.jpg (http://img34.imageshack.us/i/excelsior2.jpg/)


http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/9647/excelsior3.jpg (http://img9.imageshack.us/i/excelsior3.jpg/)



http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/6576/excelsior4.jpg (http://img207.imageshack.us/i/excelsior4.jpg/)



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[pablo42]

Nice pics Ged, go in there regularly.

[gregs dad]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2447/3998952934_99683170ea_o.jpg
The Mersey Arms corner of Neptune St,Birkenhead,another closure
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2470/3998191851_9e5c0b3790_o.jpg
The Dock pub on Freeman St,Birkenhead,another closure.

[pablo42]

Nice photos Joe, used to frequent those hostelries in better times.

[kevin]

Nice pics Ged, go in there regularly.


The white stools are a bit poncy!

[pablo42]

The white stools are a bit poncy!

Yeah, reckon it's a fashion statement. Lost on me.

[gregs dad]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2553/4100671258_55b81caf48_o.jpg
The Jupiter bar in Hackens Hey

[pablo42]

Nice one Joe.

[wsteve55]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2553/4100671258_55b81caf48_o.jpg
The Jupiter bar in Hackens Hey

This pub used to be called "Walters",with a sign, of some 30's,40's, looking guy,with glasses! I always meant to call in and find out who,or what he was, but when I finally got round to it,the name had changed! This was up to the 80's I think,does anyone here remember?

[pablo42]

I remember it being called something else in the seventies. Can't place it though.

[Ross08]

... another interesting pub is the Herculaneum Bridge "Peggy's" on Herculaneum Road, L8.


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This pub is very well hidden away, and to be honest I'd wondered where it was for a number of years despite driving practically past it most days.

[Ross08]

Can anybody tell me what this one was called?


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Mill Street - L8

[marky]

Mill Street pub was the Hollow.

[Ged]

Steve, I do remember Jupiters as the Walter. It is now a gay bar.

[wsteve55]

Steve, I do remember Jupiters as the Walter. It is now a gay bar.

Ha,really! Just as well I didn't go looking for info' on him then!:unibrow:

[wsteve55]

By the way Ged',did you ever find out the name of the pub' opposite the "Glasshouse",in Eldon st? No one I've asked, could even recall a pub'!

[Partsky]

In the 80s I once had the temerity, when visiting "The Breeze", just off Breeze Hill Walton, to ask for a Cointreau. I was told by the Barman "Get lost, Love, this is Walton". Serves me right....

Because I am an arkward cuss, I also asked for a Cointreau and Bitter Lemon in the "Salutation" on County Road, Walton which could be a bit of a rough house. I was given a Cointreau and a slice of sad looking lemon. When I asked for the mixer I was told "Wharraryouonabout? Theres yer bit `o lemon in the glass!!". I am not joking.

Worse pub ever was the Eagle and Child in Page Moss which was down my Nans end of the world. Mad place

[Birdy]

Must say i enjoyed the great mersey pub guide in tonight's liverpool echo, informative and some nice pics :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

[lindylou]

In the 80s I once had the temerity, when visiting "The Breeze", just off Breeze Hill Walton, to ask for a Cointreau. I was told by the Barman "Get lost, Love, this is Walton". Serves me right....

Because I am an arkward cuss, I also asked for a Cointreau and Bitter Lemon in the "Salutation" on County Road, Walton which could be a bit of a rough house. I was given a Cointreau and a slice of sad looking lemon. When I asked for the mixer I was told "Wharraryouonabout? Theres yer bit `o lemon in the glass!!". I am not joking.

Worse pub ever was the Eagle and Child in Page Moss which was down my Nans end of the world. Mad place

ha,ha, I can just imagine it ! I've been in the Salutation once or twice.

[ItsaZappathing]

. It is now a gay bar.

Trust you to know that:PDT_Xtremez_42:

[pablo42]

Steve, I do remember Jupiters as the Walter. It is now a gay bar.

Naw, you sure about that Ged. Not having that. Me and me boyfriend never seen no gays in there.

[pablo42]

Can anybody tell me what this one was called?


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Mill Street - L8

Yes, certainly looks like the Hollow. Used to go there. Sad it's shut. Was a bit rough though.

[kevin]

I was given a Cointreau and a slice of sad looking lemon. When I asked for the mixer I was told "Wharraryouonabout? Theres yer bit `o lemon in the glass!!". I am not joking.


No doubt people will think this a joke, but it isn't. I was on a pub crawl in Lancaster (about 1979). One of the girls with us had grown up in a pub and realised that the barman in the pub we'd just entered used to work for her dad.
She went to the bar first and pretended to be a grumpy customer.

'Give us half a bitter and make it snappy'.

He looked at her but said nothing as he pulled her beer.

He put it in front of her but before she could take a drink he whipped his false teeth out and dropped them in her beer!

He then said 'there ya go, aperitif'.

Think about it.
:shock:

[Ged]

By the way Ged',did you ever find out the name of the pub' opposite the "Glasshouse",in Eldon st? No one I've asked, could even recall a pub'!

Never did Steve, a real mystery that one but it deffo looks like a pub and has the hoarding/advert up on the wall etc.

[Ged]

In the 80s I once had the temerity, when visiting "The Breeze", just off Breeze Hill Walton, to ask for a Cointreau. I was told by the Barman "Get lost, Love, this is Walton". Serves me right....

Because I am an arkward cuss, I also asked for a Cointreau and Bitter Lemon in the "Salutation" on County Road, Walton which could be a bit of a rough house. I was given a Cointreau and a slice of sad looking lemon. When I asked for the mixer I was told "Wharraryouonabout? Theres yer bit `o lemon in the glass!!". I am not joking.

Worse pub ever was the Eagle and Child in Page Moss which was down my Nans end of the world. Mad place


You Wwent in some classy pubs there Partsky :)

[Ged]

Trust you to know that:PDT_Xtremez_42:

We used to meet in the Saddle on the corner of that street, about 4 or 5 couples - a bit of karaoke then up to Jupiters as a few of the crowd we were with liked it there. The staff got up on the bar at the end of the night doing Rolf's the court of king caratacus. :)

[Ross08]

Another one bites the dust...

The Coronation is a nice 50s pub in Belle Vale, now closed.


http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/CORONATIONCLOSED-CHILDWALLVALLEYROA.jpg

[Oudeis]

BTW-ish

You will have heard the news that Witherspoons are to expand.
Does this company have what it takes to make a 'pub'? They have one close to me, it's been a pub for a very long time, yet I am unsure as to how well they do at keeping a real public house 'real'.
I suppose the question is what is it that makes a pub a pub?
1. Service, I say.
2.?

[Ross08]

BTW-ish

You will have heard the news that Witherspoons are to expand.
Does this company have what it takes to make a 'pub'? They have one close to me, it's been a pub for a very long time, yet I am unsure as to how well they do at keeping a real public house 'real'.
I suppose the question is what is it that makes a pub a pub?
1. Service, I say.
2.?

I've heard the plans - and it is great news for anybody looking to work in that industry.
Wetherspoon provide pubs that are very different to what we'd call old, traditional pubs (though they are very good). They offer decent food at good prices and a wide selection. They have guest beers and that sort of thing, if you want it.
I like Wetherspoon pubs and I say good luck to them.

I think there will be a day when all we'll have is these chain-style pubs...

[ChrisGeorge]

BTW-ish

You will have heard the news that Witherspoons are to expand.
Does this company have what it takes to make a 'pub'? They have one close to me, it's been a pub for a very long time, yet I am unsure as to how well they do at keeping a real public house 'real'.
I suppose the question is what is it that makes a pub a pub?
1. Service, I say.
2.?

My wife Donna and I almost went in a Wetherspoons in Banbury but then heard and saw the screaming kids so went elsewhere. :rolleyes:

C

[Ged]

The Childwall Fiveways is currently closed and to become a Wetherspoons.

[ChrisGeorge]

The Childwall Fiveways is currently closed and to become a Wetherspoons.

If it became a gay Wetherspoons could it be more than Fiveways? http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3301/3511098070_a9386cb6de_o.gif

[Cadfael]

The Childwall Fiveways is currently closed and to become a Wetherspoons.

They're going to utterly ruin the pub. For many, it's a meeting point before you climb in to a cab for town, it does decent beer and you can get the duke to the dustman in, but if they go tarting it all up from the outside, it's going to stand out like a sore thumb. I just hope it doesn't start to attract the bad crowd.

[Cadfael]

Another one bites the dust...

The Coronation is a nice 50s pub in Belle Vale, now closed.


http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/CORONATIONCLOSED-CHILDWALLVALLEYROA.jpg

I'm amazed it took that long. I've never known it had a good press in all the time I've been here.

[Norm NZ]

Another one bites the dust...

The Coronation is a nice 50s pub in Belle Vale, now closed.


http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/CORONATIONCLOSED-CHILDWALLVALLEYROA.jpg

Was'nt this pub called the 'Belle Vale' when first built?

[Cadfael]

Was'nt this pub called the 'Belle Vale' when first built?

Asked the folks and they think it was. It was always known as a rough pub but probably through no fault of its own. It's on the border of Belle Vale and Huyton/Childwall and Belle Vale always had a 'name' to it. I drank in there once and while it wasn't the Ritz, I never came across any trouble myself but as of late, gangs from 'opposite' sides used to sit on each side of the bar and you could smell trouble. I hope it doesn't go the same way as the Highwayman and demolished but once a pub has a name, it always stays.

If they demolish it then it can only go to housing as it's got a decent amount of land.

On another aimless point, me ma can remember the opening night of the Falstaff Pub just up the road on Gateacre Park Drive!

[Bernie]

I left Gatacre in 1949, it was always the Coronation for as long as I remember, I think it was built just before WW2.

[kevin]

On another aimless point, me ma can remember the opening night of the Falstaff Pub just up the road on Gateacre Park Drive!

I remember going in there occasionally at lunch time, when I worked across the road. That would be in 1967 and the place was fairly new.

[Ged]

I left Gatacre in 1949, it was always the Coronation for as long as I remember, I think it was built just before WW2.

Yes it's definitely a 30s design, not a 50s.

[hmtmaj]

The Albany, Albany Road, off Derby Lane, Old Swan. :PDT_Aliboronz_24:
Earlier pic, on the wall inside.

[Ross08]

Yes it's definitely a 30s design, not a 50s.


Yes... Most definitely a 30s style building, but I have read elsewhere that it's later - i.e. 50s. I need to find out about this.

... and another pub of the same era - the Bowring Park at Roby Road / Rimmer Avenue:


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The Village Inn at Stockbridge Village... I don't know the original name:


http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i36/taxipix/HeightsatStockbridgeVillage-Mere-1.jpg

[pablo42]

Nice photos Ross.

[Samp]

The Albany, Albany Road, off Derby Lane, Old Swan. :PDT_Aliboronz_24:
Earlier pic, on the wall inside.

That pub brings back memories of the early sixties when you could have a good game of darts in the bar.

[Samp]

The Coronation and a few pubs like it on the outskirts were built two or three years before the housing estates went up. It was common knowledge that someone had inside information regarding the housing programme.

[bluesareus]

The Coronation and a few pubs like it on the outskirts were built two or three years before the housing estates went up. It was common knowledge that someone had inside information regarding the housing programme.

And they were all Bents Pubs. I drank in the Coronation in the 60s
after playing football for Joseph Lucas whose ground was behind the Corrie, now another housing estate.

[Ross08]

The Albany, Albany Road, off Derby Lane, Old Swan. :PDT_Aliboronz_24:
Earlier pic, on the wall inside.

I don't know how I missed your post earlier on, I've only just seen it. Now, that's one pub I've always said I must go in. Looks fab!

[Ged]

Noticed these while going past them.

The Stanley Park aka The blue house.

Front door bricked up, whole building rendered/painted - possibly for another use.


The Bayhorse - Grinfield St. Scaffolding up around it. Demolition or renovation?

[JMLE]

Noticed these while going past them.

The Stanley Park aka The blue house.

Front door bricked up, whole building rendered/painted - possibly for another use.


The Bayhorse - Grinfield St. Scaffolding up around it. Demolition or renovation?

The Blue House is going to be a Chinese restaurant!

[Jublue]

The Village Inn at Stockbridge Village... I don't know the original name:


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Hi everyone...First Post ! Wasnt that pub called The Tithebarn originally ? And The Albany known as "The Little House" ??

[Ged]

Great first post. I do remember a Tithebarn, that's possibly it. There was also the Thatcher where we played but I think it's gone now. It looks like the pub sign is on the high rise blocks.

[Ross08]

Great first post. I do remember a Tithebarn, that's possibly it. There was also the Thatcher where we played but I think it's gone now. It looks like the pub sign is on the high rise blocks.

The sign does look as though it's on the flats... and I've done a bit of research this week and the Village was the Tithebarn originally.

[lindylou]

The Alt Park Hotel, Northway, Maghull.

[pablo42]

Nice photo Lindy. It used to be quite a lively pub that. Been a while since I been in there though.

[Ged]

The Justice was situated on the corner of Dale Street and Hatton Garden and named after the nearby courts. Since its demolition a car park has existed on that corner.

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/953/thejustice113115dalest2.jpg (http://img521.imageshack.us/i/thejustice113115dalest2.jpg/)




Pic: LRO.


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[naked lilac]

I love the pubs and the atmosphere ... Such pretty architecture too.. Ta for sharing them..

[RonnieW]

My dad drank in The Coronation between 1964 and 1979. Me and my dad played bowls for the Coronation in the early 70s. Sorry to see it closed. It was always a friendly pub until around 1975 when a certain family moved into the area and things took a down turn. Within a few years, lots of the old regulars moved off to The Cat's Whiskers which was always a very well run pub, the Fiveways or The Bridge Inn. Saturday nights in the bar were always good. An old fashioned 'sing-song' and people playing darts and dominoes.
Because of this family who, along with their associates, brought nothing but trouble to the pub, me and the old feller gave the place a miss.
I once heard it was built in the 1930s just in time for the coronation of 1937, hence the name, although the pub sign had George V painted on it. It was supposed to have been one of those large 'road house' type pubs of the period, but in 'A Pub on Every Corner' it says it was built in the 1950s. I would say it had more of the 1930s look to the place. A bit more Art Deco than the 1950s but someone must know. As for Belle Vale, until the late 60s it was a prefab estate with no reputation for trouble. That only happened when the new buildings went up in the 70s.

[gregs dad]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4333334978_d44eeea64c_o.jpg
The Bootle Arms in Melling, I always thought this had something to do with Bootle, but there was a land owner in Melling called a Mr Bootle

[pablo42]

Nice one Joe.

[gregs dad]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2725/4343601214_ca965b40d5_o.jpg
Another one bites the dust,The Phoenix between Westminster Rd and Smith St,Kirkdale
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/4342863315_bc78506881_o.jpg
And another,The Lambeth, corner of Lambeth Rd and Foley St, Kirkdale

[ItsaZappathing]

Good pics again GD. :D

[wsteve55]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2725/4343601214_ca965b40d5_o.jpg
Another one bites the dust,The Phoenix between Westminster Rd and Smith St,Kirkdale
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/4342863315_bc78506881_o.jpg
And another,The Lambeth, corner of Lambeth Rd and Foley St, Kirkdale

My ole feller used to drink in the Lambeth! (along with many,many,others:unibrow:)

[Ross08]

> Looks like the Childwall Fiveways is on course to re-open any day now. That's if it hasn't already re-opened in the last week or so. The Fiveways is now part of the J.D Wetherspoon chain, as is the Merton in Bootle.

[lindylou]

Two Walton pubs:

The Prince Arthur & The Breeze.

[H_Asbo]

Ah the Prince Arthur.

The Liverpool Branch of the British Motorcycle Riders Club met in there for a while, long since disbanded I'm talking 1980's of course.

[lindac8941]

When working till 9pm, I used to have to get the bus along Walton Road/ County Road. Anyhow whilst on the bus, you could see into these pubs from on top of the bus. These pubs were virtually empty midweek. I mean, maybe 1 or 2 people in the bars. I used to think how do these pubs manage to survive. It must not be very cost effective. No wonder so many local pubs are shutting down.

[gregs dad]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2734/4406930104_728aee7083_o.jpg
The Shipperies on Durning Rd built in 1881 now sadly closed down
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2757/4406929972_667f9d687c_o.jpg
The Bear`s Paw,on Paddington
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2425/4406163541_2ed8004113_o.jpg
Mount Vernon on Irvine St

[pablo42]

Nice one Joe.

[naked lilac]

Sad to see such nice pubs going by the wayside.. They are lovely architecturally, I wish I could restore one.. That Shipperies.. would make a nice looking home too... Any new pubs abut?

[GNASHER]

I don't know how I missed your post earlier on, I've only just seen it. Now, that's one pub I've always said I must go in. Looks fab!

Had a few pints in there in the '80 to 85,most sunday afternoons.Went in after it was 'done up',late 80s,didn't like it.It had lost the 'my local' feeling.

[Ged]

The Merebank is open again which is good.

As for new pubs naked lilac, plenty open up and change names but all in the city centre and mainly around Concert Square, clubby types. The old local on the corner type pub is fast becoming a thing of the past as more and more become empty or change use.

[pablo42]

The pubs that have closed in Birkenhead beggars belief.

[GNASHER]

The pubs that have closed in Birkenhead beggars belief.

One I don't think will be missed,The Dale.
Had some grest nights in the Blazing Stump.
Is the Pacific still open?

[pablo42]

I think so. Not had a pint in there for an age.

[Samsette]

From the Blazing Stump to the Golden Pagoda. That was Bibby Line's route from the West Float to Rangoon, Burma. My old buddy here was a purser with them, and can't shut up about it.:)

[pablo42]

Nice one Samsette.

[burkhilly]

All the pubs in our area are still open, with the exception of the Cygnet which appears to have closed. Perhaps we're all just drinkers here in the Swan ('cept me of course).

[wsteve55]

All the pubs in our area are still open, with the exception of the Cygnet which appears to have closed. Perhaps we're all just drinkers here in the Swan ('cept me of course).

The "Cygnet" closed,yet again! that must be 4 times in the last cople of years!It looks like there's a possible change of use, going on now!

[ItsaZappathing]

All the pubs in our area are still open, with the exception of the Cygnet which appears to have closed. Perhaps we're all just drinkers here in the Swan ('cept me of course).

The Copple House is open again. :PDT_Piratz_26:

[wsteve55]

The "Brookhouse by me,closed down recently! The manageress said she had to make £5,000 per month,for rent etc,before she could make anything for herself! She had to buy her drink from the landlord(Punch taverns,I think) even though it was available for less,from other suppliers. Seems like these pub companies are just being greedy!! The pub has opened up again,but the place wasn't too busy,when I went,and it reminded me of the "Cygnet",as I knew the guy who was put in there, as a relief manager,but with no great commitment expected to keep the place going,so as posted by Burkhilly,it didn't!

[Sydernee]

The Copple House is open again. :PDT_Piratz_26:

When did it reopen.

We had our wedding reception there many years ago.
I seem to remember that ours was the first that they ever did.

I think they closed it down after that.......NOT:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Pud:ninja:

[kevin]

The "Brookhouse by me,closed down recently! The manageress said she had to make £5,000 per month,for rent etc,before she could make anything for herself! She had to buy her drink from the landlord(Punch taverns,I think) even though it was available for less,from other suppliers. Seems like these pub companies are just being greedy!! The pub has opened up again,but the place wasn't too busy,when I went,and it reminded me of the "Cygnet",as I knew the guy who was put in there, as a relief manager,but with no great commitment expected to keep the place going,so as posted by Burkhilly,it didn't!
The government are looking at beer ties again but my local brewery (Banks) boss claims that any changes will lead to heavy job losses. Seems to me we've already got that anyway.

[wsteve55]

The government are looking at beer ties again but my local brewery (Banks) boss claims that any changes will lead to heavy job losses. Seems to me we've already got that anyway.

It seems they changed the whole system,a few years back,which has led to many pub closures,but I fail to see the logic in it! No pub's,no income?

[ItsaZappathing]

When did it reopen.

We had our wedding reception there many years ago.
I seem to remember that ours was the first that they ever did.

I think they closed it down after that.......NOT:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Pud:ninja:

It's been open a few good weeks now Sydernee.:PDT11

[gregs dad]

14219 The Crown on Conway St.Birkenhead
14220 The Leprechaun on Whetstone Rd,Birkenhead, closed
14221 The Hamilton on Whetstone Rd, Birkenhead, closed

[pablo42]

Nice one Joe. The Crown used to be a great pub. I thought it had shut a wile back The Leprachaun used to be The Park Hotel, then the Tut and Shive. That was closed last time I was there. The Hamilton used to be a bank.

[gregs dad]

14222 an apt name for a bar these days,The Recession Bar on Oxton RD

[Ross08]

One I don't think will be missed,The Dale.
Had some grest nights in the Blazing Stump.
Is the Pacific still open?

The Pacific in Birkenhead has been closed for some time now: SEE PHOTO (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ross08/4406909465/)

[GNASHER]

Pity as it was a live music pub,well it was in the '80s

[pablo42]

14222 an apt name for a bar these days,The Recession Bar on Oxton RD

This has been called a number of names over the years. It seems to be doing a roaring trade though and is thriving.

[gregs dad]

14259
The Brittania in Latimer Street

14258
The Glass house on Vauxhall Road in its new coat of paint

[gregs dad]

14260
The Glass House befor painting

[Ged]

The difference a coat of paint makes eh? :)

[Pinhani]

The Boundary in Pilch Lane has closed

[Ged]

That's a big one as well isn't it?