Just thought this would make for an interesting thread guys...

Just to post some pics of your fave pubs, or share memories, stories, etc...

Past or present?

Both, please! :)

I've got a few of Dingle which are no longer standing.

Past or present?

as philip said...both please!
Just thought it would be interesting since everyone has obviously got a fave one...and everyone has been to one...

Here's one I snapped this evening.

It's in a little road opposite the Slaughterhouse.

I accidentally deleted my pic of the slaughter house! :mad:

Ah well I can get a new improved on my new cam.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

I plan to go out and do some tomorrow anyway.

Here's one I snapped this evening.

It's in a little road opposite the Slaughterhouse.

Great pic philip!
looks really atmospheric in the dark with the lights and all...

I got a few Liverpool Pubs yesterday, Three of them worse for wear, and one of them in the finest bit of health...

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King Edward Pub, Roberts Street Hard to think that this pub is worth £3m! I used to think that this pub should be conserved, but looking at it now, It has no real merit about it and the land could be used for something like a nice tower block. Having said that, the location isn't exactly ideal. You have two major roads surrounding two sides of the site, and the nearest bus service is varibly in-frequent. Tricky one really!

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The Eldonian?, Vauxhall Road/Eldon St, Vauxhall Hard to think that this and many pubs alike were once the centre of the community. Just shows how things change over time ay? Actually, this pub still has most of it's fixtures and fittings left in it; I could see it all through the un-drawn window as I walked past!

EDIT: This pub is (or was) called "The Glass House" as seen on Page 2 of the "How Liverpool used to be" thread.

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Pub on Mere Lane/Heyworth Street, Everton I must confess that I have fogotten the title of this pub which stands in the shadow of Everton Library! But what a nice looking pub this is! All that mock-tudor detail looks great on this building and is something which would be greatly missed if anything were to happen to it.

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The Granton Pub, Granton Street/Breckfield Road, Breckfield I bet there were many a laugh in here once! But I think that the bottom image sums up what devistation this part of the city has endured. Breckfield was once a thriving community with a real community spirit. Now, estates surround one side of Breckfield Road, whilst on t'other side, terraces are derelict and waiting to be pulled down. I think that Breckfield Regeneration need to look at themselves and think about what they are doing. I think that they are going about this in the wrong way. It isn't the terraces that need demolishing, it's the estates. True, the terraces need a bit of tidy-ing up, but demolision isn't the answer. They aren't doing this area any favours by demolising swathes of streets that are now derelict. If anything, they are putting Breckfield at a larger disadvantage.

On that note, I will get me coat!

The Mock Tudor one is the Mere Bank, quite nice inside.

Great pics...

My boyfriend Phil took this of The Mayfair?? on Stanhope Street last week...

I very rarely stay in a pub for more than 2 pints and love crawls round old traidtional pubs. Went down Vauxhall Road after a match recently, must have taken in 6 or 7 pubs and ended up in the Vauxhall Vaults on Vauxhall Road near Tithebarn St. About ten years ago I did a Scottie Road crawl, there nust have been 9 or 10 pubs then but sadly only 3 are left.

Great pics...

My boyfriend Phil took this of The Mayfair?? on Stanhope Street last week...


It used to be The Angel.
Here it is in toxteth.net.
More of my 1980s pics there.
http://www.toxteth.net/places/liverpool/pubs/index.htm

It used to be The Angel.
Here it is in toxteth.net.
More of my 1980s pics there.
http://www.toxteth.net/places/liverpool/pubs/index.htm
Wow! Didn't that pub have so much charm back then! Sad to see it in a state od decay now :tear: .

Another one of my 'very rare pics' :celb (23):

A Public House on Highgate Street, Edge Hill (this is behind Mason Street) taken in 1914. If anyone can tell me the name of the pub then a Gold star - and no..I don't know myself :)

Re: The Angel, Stanhope street
I keep meaning to photograph all the heads surrounding that building, some look so miserable. Any info on who they depict?

Another one of my 'very rare pics' :celb (23):

A Public House on Highgate Street, Edge Hill (this is behind Mason Street) taken in 1914. If anyone can tell me the name of the pub then a Gold star - and no..I don't know myself :)

hey
i was just consulting freddy o connor's book pub on every corner volume 2:south liverpool, and come across a pub on highgate street.
it was called the bricklayers arms when it was pulled down. (page 53)
it is under the heading Beer House, and closed in 1919....

could be?

Hi all

Could anyone get a picture of the Saddle pub. I believe it is on Fountains Road, Liverpool 4. This is the pub where, in the first story told about the origins of the Maybrick Diary, Mike Barrett said that he had received the document from his drinking buddy, Tony Devereaux, a typesetter at the Echo. In that first story, his wife Anne and Mike himself claimed they knew nothing about the Diary before the handover in the pub.

Anne, who now calls herself by her maiden name, Anne Graham, is now claiming she in fact gave the Diary to Tony to give to Mike, certainly a strange scenario, and the Diary had been in her family since 1950 or before. Although note that this claim does not make it old and nor does it make it authentic.

The latest news is that Mr. Barrett is going to be at the upcoming May 2007 Maybrick Trial at the Liverpool Cricket Club in Aigburth and threatens to "to tell the full and truthful story of how he came into possession of the diary and how the pressure of the world's media affected his health. He is also prepared to answer questions from the audience" according to event organizer Chris Jones (http://forum.casebook.org/showthread.php?t=1328&page=7).

All the best

Chris

hey
i was just consulting freddy o connor's book pub on every corner volume 2:south liverpool, and come across a pub on highgate street.
it was called the bricklayers arms when it was pulled down. (page 53)
it is under the heading Beer House, and closed in 1919....

could be?


Well spotted, MissInformed. :)
It is the same building.

Jona76.
Love to see more of your "Rare pics". :celb (23):

Hi all

Could anyone get a picture of the Saddle pub. I believe it is on Fountains Road, Liverpool 4. This is the pub where, in the first story told about the origins of the Maybrick Diary, Mike Barrett said that he had received the document from his drinking buddy, Tony Devereaux, a typesetter at the Echo. In that first story, his wife Anne and Mike himself claimed they knew nothing about the Diary before the handover in the pub.

All the best

Chris

Will see what I can do, but I wonder if it will still be there or not seeing as Fountains Road has pretty much been obliterated by estates. But, I will try and have a look for you this week. If not, it will be next weekend!

Hope that I can find it for you!

All the best

Russ

Some more pics taken by my boyfriend today of 'Royal Hotel' on Smithdown Road...

Love to see more of your "Rare pics

I'll have to start a new thread for one of em ;o) 14 tunnels to Lime Street - got a full collection of pictures from the conversion of the Tunnel in to the cutting!

Oooohhhh... i am excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! post post post!!:)

Will see what I can do, but I wonder if it will still be there or not seeing as Fountains Road has pretty much been obliterated by estates. But, I will try and have a look for you this week. If not, it will be next weekend!

Hope that I can find it for you!

All the best

Russ

Hi Russ

Many thanks, Russ. Actually since I wrote my query I did find a photograph on Liverpool Pictorial though wonder, as you do, whether it is still there and if it looks the same. See below.

Chris

http://liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/saddleL4.jpg

Some more pics taken by my boyfriend today of 'Royal Hotel' on Smithdown Road...

Lovely pics.
I keep meaning to take close-ups of the tiles.
Do they still have gas lighting there?

Oooohhhh... i am excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! post post post!!

I will do when I get home, Mr Sony has me kidnapped at my desk at the moment :gossip: :neutral:

South Hill Road / Dingle Mount.
June 1992.

I always meant to put this photo on toxteth.net, but could never find it, so I settled for a more distant view.
It was always difficult to tell if the pub was open or not, and I used to walk the dog round that area most days.
Like other parts of Liverpool, this pub was left standing while the neighbourhood was rebuilt, and I loved this block.
But, unfortunately, it has now been demolished.
And I never did go inside.

South Hill Road / Dingle Mount.
June 1992.

I always meant to put this photo on toxteth.net, but could never find it, so I settled for a more distant view.
It was always difficult to tell if the pub was open or not, and I used to walk the dog round that area most days.
Like other parts of Liverpool, this pub was left standing while the neighbourhood was rebuilt, and I loved this block.
But, unfortunately, it has now been demolished.
And I never did go inside.

What a shame, Philip, both that you weren't able to go inside and that the building has been demolished. From the architecture it looks as if it could have been an earlier nineteenth century building unlike some of the later Victorian pubs common in Toxteth and elsewhere in Liverpool. :disgust:

Chris

What a shame, Philip, both that you weren't able to go inside and that the building has been demolished. From the architecture it looks as if it could have been an earlier nineteenth century building unlike some of the later Victorian pubs common in Toxteth and elsewhere in Liverpool. :disgust:

Chris

Here's a little history of the building (wot I wrote for toxteth.net).

This pub was originally part of a small terrace of three houses, built some time after 1835, as a map of that date shows two other terraces on South Hill Road, nearer Park Road, with a much smaller building on the site of this pub. The terrace is shown as three houses on the 1847 OS map. Later in the 19th century the Dingle Mount corner was extended to become a public house. In the late 20th century it was one of the few remaining Victorian buildings in the area. It was demolished in 2002 (August?). The site is now grassed over with a Mosaic Cross inserted.
Note the now demolished church of St Finbar to the right.

What a shame, Philip, both that you weren't able to go inside and that the building has been demolished. From the architecture it looks as if it could have been an earlier nineteenth century building unlike some of the later Victorian pubs common in Toxteth and elsewhere in Liverpool. :disgust:

Chris

I went there a few times. A permanent stay-behind.

Here's a little history of the building (wot I wrote for toxteth.net).

This pub was originally part of a small terrace of three houses, built some time after 1835, as a map of that date shows two other terraces on South Hill Road, nearer Park Road, with a much smaller building on the site of this pub. The terrace is shown as three houses on the 1847 OS map. Later in the 19th century the Dingle Mount corner was extended to become a public house. In the late 20th century it was one of the few remaining Victorian buildings in the area. It was demolished in 2002 (August?). The site is now grassed over with a Mosaic Cross inserted.
Note the now demolished church of St Finbar to the right.

Thanks for this information, Philip.

Chris

I went there a few times. A permanent stay-behind.

I'm not surprised.
I could usually see dim lights inside, and it always seemed to have a "For Sale" sign.

BTW, the South Hill, the next nearest pub before Park Road, has just been demolished.

Lovely pics.
I keep meaning to take close-ups of the tiles.
Do they still have gas lighting there?

I don't know Philip.
I shall get my chief investigator on the job tomorra....:)

Will see what I can do, but I wonder if it will still be there or not seeing as Fountains Road has pretty much been obliterated by estates. But, I will try and have a look for you this week. If not, it will be next weekend!

Hope that I can find it for you!

All the best

Russ


It's definitely still there and in use, saw it today.

Paradise Street.

Great little pub this, has a certain charm

Ye Olde House at Home and The Travellers Rest, Aigburth Vale. It's quite rare to find two pubs together nowadays. These have recently been refurbished and are now private dwellings, looking similar to the surrounding houses.

Ye Olde House at Home and The Travellers Rest, Aigburth Vale. It's quite rare to find two pubs together nowadays. These have recently been refurbished and are now private dwellings, looking similar to the surrounding houses.

All these decent pubs closing down in well off areas is due to them being choked with smoke. Many people just will not go in them any more.

It's definitely still there and in use, saw it today.

Hi Steve

Many thanks for confirming that the Saddle Inn, Fountains Road, Anfield, is still there.

I misspoke earlier when I said the original handover of the Maybrick Diary between Tony Devereux and Mike Barrett took place there. The two of them did know each other from drinking together at the Saddle but that is not how the story of Mike's acquisition of the Diary was originally told.

Checking Shirley Harrison's 1993 Hyperion edition of The Diary of Jack the Ripper, p. 4, she says that it was after Devereux fractured his hip "around Christmas 1991" and Mike would call round to do shopping and other chores for Tony, that the handover took place:

"One day, a few months later, when he arrived at Tony's house there was a parcel wrapped in brown paper on the table.

"'Take it. I want you to have it. Do something with it,' was all Tony said."

The rest, as they say, is history.

Chris

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The Pitch Pine, one of Tetley's Houses - Bank Hall. Still witht he old Tetley's lamp intact.

I'll have to start a new thread for one of em ;o) 14 tunnels to Lime Street - got a full collection of pictures from the conversion of the Tunnel in to the cutting!

any news on these jona??:)

Paradise Street.
Love all the pub pics posted here:PDT_Piratz_26:
The Beehive is a cracking pub. It's a bit like the Tardis. It looks like a small pub on the outside, until you walk in. It also stretches back a bit and has a restaurant in the rear. Good, honest people drink there too. Sebo and I had a pint and a meal there last year. I was halfway through my meal when I realised I left my camera 20 minutes before in the Bar area. I ran back there in a panic and the camera was gone. By this time, I was bricking it! "Are you looking for a camera, luv?" came a voice from behind the bar. One of the customers handed it in to the staff. I couldn't thank the person enough who handed it in:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Love all the pub pics posted here:PDT_Piratz_26:
The Beehive is a cracking pub. It's a bit like the Tardis. It looks like a small pub on the outside, until you walk in. It also stretches back a bit and has a restaurant in the rear. Good, honest people drink there too. Sebo and I had a pint and a meal there last year. I was halfway through my meal when I realised I left my camera 20 minutes before in the Bar area. I ran back there in a panic and the camera was gone. By this time, I was bricking it! "Are you looking for a camera, luv?" came a voice from behind the bar. One of the customers handed it in to the staff. I couldn't thank the person enough who handed it in:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Hello Dave

Good to hear about the happy ending to the story of your mislaid camera in the bar of the Beehive, Paradise Street. It's certainly heartwarming and reassuring to know there are still some honest people!

Chris

Thanks for the picture of the Swan, Dave, and the others, of course.
Happy memories.
I used to belong to the Merseyside Postcard Club, and we had our monthly meetings there for a few years.
(That was when there was a chippy over the road in Seymour Street).
After which we met at the YMCA, and finally at the Bluecoat Chambers.

Here's an updated pic of 'The Saddle Inn' Fountains rd. (Dec 2006).

A selection...

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Broadgreen Road, Old Swan This scene is so much improved since those tenements went! I wonder how old this pub really is; Apparently, it was started when the turnpike between Liverpool and Warrington and Manchester was built (now the A57). This was a popular stop off for Stagecoaches which probabbly secured trade at the bar and has done ever since, but in another form of a Stagecoach!

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Prescot Road, Old Swan And opposite the Old Swan pub, is the Red House which is evidently a little newer than the previous establishment.

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Edge Lane Drive, Broadgreen The Gardners Arms is at the bottom of Broadgreen Road and is around the point where the old Broadgreen Village used to be. Most of that was swept away when the area became heavily suburbanised with the arrival of Queens Drive and Edge Lane Drive.

A selection...

http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/163/20061221001xv8.jpg
Broadgreen Road, Old Swan This scene is so much improved since those tenements went! I wonder how old this pub really is; Apparently, it was started when the turnpike between Liverpool and Warrington and Manchester was built (now the A57). This was a popular stop off for Stagecoaches which probabbly secured trade at the bar and has done ever since, but in another form of a Stagecoach!

http://img173.imageshack.us/img173/505/20061221002na2.jpg
Prescot Road, Old Swan And opposite the Old Swan pub, is the Red House which is evidently a little newer than the previous establishment.

http://img173.imageshack.us/img173/8387/20061221011nw5.jpg
Edge Lane Drive, Broadgreen The Gardners Arms is at the bottom of Broadgreen Road and is around the point where the old Broadgreen Village used to be. Most of that was swept away when the area became heavily suburbanised with the arrival of Queens Drive and Edge Lane Drive.


The Old swan is alleged to date from the late 1700s, notice the bricked up window which was supposedly done to avoid paying too much tax when it used to be based on how many windows were in a property.

great pics everyone:)

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This used to be The Allerton...I guess a name change didn't help it. This must have been tinned-up very recently.

This used to be The Allerton...I guess a name change didn't help it. This must have been tinned-up very recently.

It was tinned up in the last few days to everyone's surprise. Redrow have bought the site plus the factory (comfy?) next to it. Looks like its gonna be houses :PDT_Piratz_26:.

I'm glad the pub has gone eventually though :), residents must be overjoyed:)

Has the parkway just closed!

I was only in there in November!:shock:

The Bears Paw Pub in Edge Hill - this has an archway in the cellar which runs across to the Williamson Tunnels in Paddington across the road!

Pics from 2004 and around the 1800's!

Garston:

The Alexandra
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/141/330926691_632fdd5183.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/330926691/)
The Paletine
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/144/330926195_5027fa43ac.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/330926195/)
The Derby
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/330925864_20636a2acf.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/330925864/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/132/330925737_a46c9a1ca0.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/330925737/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/141/330925782_0b8274ea5e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/330925782)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/132/330925986_f0b379200c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/330925986/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/330926106_9e8307a616.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/330926106/)
The Welly
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/159/330925638_e57927be01.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/330925638/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/140/330925563_1a72946f3e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/330925563/)
The Dealers
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/330925337_6cc3518f50.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/330925337/)
The Mariners
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/123/330925112_e4071cca9c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/330925112/)
The George
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/142/330924995_b98e46c60c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/330924995/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/142/330924609_1172a03575.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/330924609/)
The Queens
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/330924413_9905eda964.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/330924413/)
The Swnn Inn
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/134/330924758_5003d3ea43.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/330924758/)

The Bears Paw Pub in Edge Hill - this has an archway in the cellar which runs across to the Williamson Tunnels in Paddington across the road!

Pics from 2004 and around the 1800's!

thats brilliant!! More facts like this!!

Do you have pics of the archway?:)

Was this the Falkland?

heres some old buildings we stumbled across today

pretty certain they were pubs, any more info would be great!

heres some old buildings we stumbled across today

pretty certain they were pubs, any more info would be great!

For future reference.
If you can give the names of the 2 streets that the corner ones are on, or approximate address for the others, I've got a 1936 Street Directory.

In the meantime:

1. Yes, a pub. Park Lane.
2 & 3. Yes, a pub. The Eagle, Paradise Street.
4 & 5. ???

sorry!! :)

have checked on toxteth.net

no 4 is at the corner of greenland st and flint st

it used to be a wine and spirit vault so i wasnt far off :)

no 5 is on park lane opposite the swedish church

loving all this!!!!

merry christmas everybody!!

:celb (23):

merry christmas everybody!!

:celb (23):

To u also bunf :PDT_Piratz_26:

Hi Bunf.

1 was The Royal.
Here's how it looked in June 1992.

4 was the Greenland Arms.

5.
If it's exactly opposite the Swedish Church, and on the corner of Greetham Street, it is listed in 1936 as being occupied by Guinness, Brewers.
Even so, I don't think it was actually run as a pub - probably just their offices in Liverpool.
Does anybody know if Guinness was brewed (or even bottled) in Liverpool?

Wavertree Public Houses:

http://static.flickr.com/115/251290770_bbb053f5d3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/251290770/)

http://static.flickr.com/104/251290668_2d9f7a2369.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/251290668/)

http://static.flickr.com/98/251290525_28f8cfb072.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/251290525/)

http://static.flickr.com/96/251290268_f30268db40.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/251290268/)

http://static.flickr.com/59/251290165_495a57654e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/251290165/)

http://static.flickr.com/118/251289940_9f3df4c255.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/251289940/)

http://static.flickr.com/82/251289735_0d162081b1.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/251289735/)

If it's exactly opposite the Swedish Church, and on the corner of Greetham Street, it is listed in 1936 as being occupied by Guinness, Brewers.
Even so, I don't think it was actually run as a pub - probably just their offices in Liverpool.
Does anybody know if Guinness was brewed (or even bottled) in Liverpool?


excellent info and pic thank you sir!

a very merry christmas to you

fab pics, especially the interiors.

Aigburth Arms:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/133/336289716_fbc46784ed.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/336289716/)

Sullivans Bar. Aigburth Vale:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/336289497_41bc457714.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/336289497/)
^^Nice Stone Liverbird (http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?p=30752#post30752) near the top^^

Sorry Ste, just spotted your post. This is the one on the left of West Derby Rd as you go into town. I think it closed last year. I took this pic in 2003 along with these others.
http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/pubcrawl/index.htm

It closed because it was meant to be pulled down for the Merseytram which never got built. This is the same case with the Botanic on Picton Road.

Vauxhall Rd/Gem St.
I've read mention of a pub at this location...The Jamaica?

Aigburth Arms:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/133/336289716_fbc46784ed.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/336289716/)

Sullivans Bar. Aigburth Vale:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/336289497_41bc457714.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/336289497/)
^^Nice Stone Liverbird (http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?p=30752#post30752) near the top^^

Steve's chippy is near there(favourite chippy.).:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

This was on the corner of Eliot Street and Great Charlotte Street (where George is).
It was demolished in Dec 1985 for the Clayton Square redevelopment.

Inside pics of both Beehive pubs in city centre (Mount Pleasant and Paradise St)

demolished in Dec 1985 for the Clayton Square redevelopment.
Even when I was only just born I was smashing things.:shock:

Didn't Cissie Dave say that their was a dead body found in the King Edward Pub?:shock:

Even when I was only just born I was smashing things.:shock:

Didn't Cissie Dave say that their was a dead body found in the King Edward Pub?:shock:

Yeah there was last year I think, a vagrant/drug addict who looks like he'd gone their for a kip and never woke up.

Some pics of Bootle pubs taken 13-1-07

Great pics Steh, I've been in all of those pubs, the best one being the Jawbone...great atmosphere in there.:celb (23): :celb (6):

Great pics Steh, I've been in all of those pubs, the best one being the Jawbone...great atmosphere in there.:celb (23): :celb (6):

It was a bit of a nostalgia trip today, many years ago I used to work in North West Waterin Merton House Stanley Rd and the Jawbone was a regular Friday wind down pub. I went in there today for the first time in 13 years and loved it.

It was a bit of a nostalgia trip today, many years ago I used to work in North West Waterin Merton House Stanley Rd and the Jawbone was a regular Friday wind down pub. I went in there today for the first time in 13 years and loved it.

Yeah I've had many a good night in the Merton too, but much prefered the Jawbone, I must admit its been ages since I was down in Bootle village but can still remember a few good weekends down there.

Yeah I've had many a good night in the Merton too, but much prefered the Jawbone, I must admit its been ages since I was down in Bootle village but can still remember a few good weekends down there.

Didnt go in the Merton today for that reason,the Jawbone was the one for me. I did see Steve McManaman in the Merton once though:)

What was the pub futher down from the Jawbone?...we used to go along that road and have a drink in each one, oh yeah, It was King D i c ks, then end up in Sully's.
That was many moons ago ..all a distant memory now.:celb (6): :celb (23): :PDT_Piratz_26:

What was the pub futher down from the Jawbone?...we used to go along that road and have a drink in each one, oh yeah, It was King ****s, then end up in Sully's.
That was many moons ago ..all a distant memory now.:celb (6): :celb (23): :PDT_Piratz_26:

Sorry no idea, it was either the Merton and then down Stanley Rd to Sullys or Jawbone and home.

Great photies folks..a bit of help for a newbie please..How do I get my pictures on here..I just used me photobucket thingy and "copied" the photie and tried to paste it but all the gobbldygook jargon came up even when I pressed "preview post"..is that normal ..would my photie have appeared if I had Submitted it...if not what do I do..Cheers. Gerard.

Make sure you submit it.

If you just preview it & do nothing else, you lose it.

Hello Philip,Ive just tried that on a New Thread "The Floating bridge at the Pier Head" Copied and Pasted from Photobucket and Submitted and Nothing...Just the Gobblydeegook..Thanks.

When you are doing a thread go to the "manage attachments" section of the "additional optoins" bit underneath the main box. It should give you the option to upload a picture from your PC.

Does anyone ever take pics of the Pub signs?

I got the Idea of taking pics of the signs too while In town last month and was reminded of Liverpool Views So I thought I'd expand to taking pics of signs too, not just buildings, Incase the weather was crap.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/44/353382145_d1a9cd7616.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxmolyneux/353382145/)

Had a great one of the Cock and Bottle but accidently deleted It! :mad:

Got a set of 20 here.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxmolyneux/sets/72157594472401333/

Although, I hate Edge Lane, I'm going to go there and take a pic of the Wellington Pub Sign, nice cartoon looking boot on the sign.

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Railway Inn, Wellington Road Wavertree.

I still can't believe the Parkway closed down, It looked brand new and In good nick inside!

Pubs around here keep reopening and reclosing too, probably when someone needs money off the insurance.:Colorz_Grey_PDT_24:

When you are doing a thread go to the "manage attachments" section of the "additional optoins" bit underneath the main box. It should give you the option to upload a picture from your PC.

Cheers Ste.

Gerard, your picture with the cobbles (or are they called sets?) was excellent.
I like to get the road and pavements in, when I can, especially when they're wet.

Gerard, your picture with the cobbles (or are they called sets?) was excellent.
I like to get the road and pavements in, when I can, especially when they're wet.

Cheers Phil,Thats the original "Over the Bridge" on Vauxhy and I thought the distance shot of the Pub looked great and even better when it turned out..thanks again Phil.

Great photos and comments.
Thanks for sharing.

Great photos and comments.
Thanks for sharing.

My pleasure Phil..glad you like 'em.
:celb (6):..Go ead lad..

Great snaps :handclap:

Great snaps :handclap:

Ta very much Kev..:celb (6): go ead lad..

The Falkner Pub..The Red Door on the right is 36 Falkner St..Brian Epstein owned this place...This is where John and Cynthia Lennon spent their Honeymoon..Epstein gave them the Keys to the place after they got Married to spend their Honeymoon there....That'll do me Kidder John said..C'mon Cyn were off the Crack..(At the other End of Falkner St).

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I lived at 38 Faulkner street a long time ago. great pic of the old house. the pub was called the Blackburne Arms then

I was in it last week - called the Blackburne Arms then as well. Gone a bit upmarket though.

Fabulous photies :handclap: :handclap: and good little comments too. :celb (23):

You haven't still got all those old barrels out of the Pontack in your kitchen av yer?

While on the pub theme. I love this one. Stanley road i think.

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My dad had a saying whenever he went up to Scotland road " Im going to see me 3 birds in Scottie, The Eagle, The Parrot and the Throstles Nest":)

While on the pub theme. I love this one. Stanley road i think.

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My dad had a saying whenever he went up to Scotland road " Im going to see me 3 birds in Scottie, The Eagle, The Parrot and the Throstles Nest":)

Those 'three birds' are the only three pubs left in Scottie Road now.

I Know Ste. Sad innit:tear:

I wonder if they will open the grapes again ( Foot Hospital )
Could it not be turned into a local history center. money permitting i mean.

I Know Ste. Sad innit:tear:

I wonder if they will open the grapes again ( Foot Hospital )
Could it not be turned into a local history center. money permitting i mean.

Where's that one mate? I've noticed some activity around the Crown Vaults lately which strictly speaking is on Kirkdale Rd, they've reboarded the doors and I've seen people in the upper floors.

:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

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Tony, that pub's known as the Pansy locally as it's on the corner of Pansy street. My in-laws live in the flower streets.

No Ged..Got one of the Old stools instead,That Stools seen a Few good old Gerard Gardens Barnies I can tell yer !!!..This really is an amazing piece of DIY Kit so Im told..The Mrs says She would be lost without this stool when She's painting the Ceilings.

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Tut tut, letting the Mrs paint the ceiling whilst you no doubt are directing matters from the couch with the remote in one hand and a can of lager in the other :)

I like it....

I Know Ste. Sad innit:tear:

I wonder if they will open the grapes again ( Foot Hospital )
Could it not be turned into a local history center. money permitting i mean.


Ron Formby's been trying to get the old bank on Scottie turned into a local history centre. If you check out his website there's a wealth of local talent such as ex pro footballers who will donate their medals for show instead of keeping them in a cabinet at home. There's loads of history in that area, St Martin's cottages the first municipal housing in Europe, Victoria Square which won an architectural advanced design award and the Eldon Street clinker flats, the first prefabricated housing ever,pioneered by John Alexander Brodie. Then there's the Eldon Grove model from the Museum of Liverpool life (on loan) and my tenements model. He's now proposing the Pontack since that has fallen into disuse.

Ron Formby's been trying to get the old bank on Scottie turned into a local history centre. If you check out his website there's a wealth of local talent such as ex pro footballers who will donate their medals for show instead of keeping them in a cabinet at home. There's loads of history in that area, St Martin's cottages the first municipal housing in Europe, Victoria Square which won an architectural advanced design award and the Eldon Street clinker flats, the first prefabricated housing ever,pioneered by John Alexander Brodie. Then there's the Eldon Grove model from the Museum of Liverpool life (on loan) and my tenements model. He's now proposing the Pontack since that has fallen into disuse.

I remember there was a plan to try and get some minibus tours going of the areas heritage, I really hope that's still on the table and can become a success.

Excellent pics by the way Phil,Tony...Peter Kavanaghs..Now thats what yer call a Traditional Boozer..I dont think Ive been in that one on Stanley Rd Tony..I was in the Chippie in the Photie the other Night though!!.

Does anyone have a pic of The Europa on Scotland road?

My family drank there years back and i would love to see it when it was open.

I think Tony meant this Grapes Ged at the Top of Silvester St..

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Yep thats the one gerard:)

Does anyone have a pic of The Europa on Scotland road?

My family drank there years back and i would love to see it when it was open.
I don't know that pub Gnomie (haven't googled). Where was it on Scottie?

a few streets away from St Anthonys church. I think opposite Athol street. im not from the area so i cant be certain.

I used to love drinking in the Philharmonic

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Not gonna take pics of the toilets though. i may get thumped

I used to love drinking in the Philharmonic

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Not gonna take pics of the toilets though. i may get thumped

You must be on some Overtime Tony if yer bevvie in there Lad !!

Whats RGF on the pics? Fantastic btw :PDT_Piratz_26::handclap:

While on the pub theme. I love this one. Stanley road i think.

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My dad had a saying whenever he went up to Scotland road " Im going to see me 3 birds in Scottie, The Eagle, The Parrot and the Throstles Nest":)

No, I meant this one is known locally as the Pansy.

Some city centre hostelries....

No, I meant this one is known locally as the Pansy.

Cool. ta for the info Ged.

nice building i thinks

Was this the Falkland?

That was the Monument Phil outside TJ'S

No, I meant this one is known locally as the Pansy.

Appologies Ged..must have been the way I Read it mate.

Thanks for that :PDT_Piratz_26:

Thanks for that :PDT_Piratz_26:

My pleasure Kev..

Ged & Gerard.
Great pics.
Gerard, are your's quite recent?
Ged, roughly, when were yours taken?

Thanks in advance.

The Dvd sleeve..

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Thanks Gerard.

The DVD looks great.
Where can I buy it?

Bolton Street.

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I'm starting to feel like wanting my own pub one day, even though I don't drink alcohol!

I think It's the traditional thing and social thing about pubs.

Bolton Street.

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Phil, don't know why it took me 12 hours to find this pic, but it's a cracker:PDT_Piratz_26:

Phil, don't know why it took me 12 hours to find this pic, but it's a cracker:PDT_Piratz_26:

Thanks, Dave.

Superb Photie Phil..Absolutely superb Lad..

Gerard - calm down, calm down dear it's only a commercial :)

I hope you don't think I had anything to do with the removal of your dvd off the scottie press site as I certainly have no juristiction over Ron and as you know I think it's brill and I think we appreciate each others ventures and bringing the Gerard Gardens area some recognition.

Ron's idea for the Pontack could actually save it from demolition in the long run and as i've witnessed a number of my old addresses bite the dust, I think it should be something you might consider worth supporting.

The fantastic pool achievements that you once emailed me were indeed just that - fantastic and of course they would take pride of place in your ma's arl place, i'm sure she'd be very very proud of you. It wouldn't be a case of Pontack or Gerard Gardens experts coming out of the woodwork, all those ex residents have a story to tell as we've seen at these screenings and book launches. Tommy O'Keefe has some fantastic old photos of the area as does Joe Devine as you know, Mr Ryan in the bungalow at the top of your road was one of the first families in the Gardens in the mid 1930s when he moved from Christian Street where he was born.

I had my first shandy in the Ponnie after many years being served at the hatch with lemo and crisps so to keep the old building there as a heritage centre would be far more fitting than it's most recent use as a private detective agency me arl mate. Great pub photies by the way.

Ged & Gerard.
Great pics.
Gerard, are your's quite recent?
Ged, roughly, when were yours taken?

Thanks in advance.


Phil. Mainly late 90s - I have about another 60 of these, I posted some on another thread, past Liverpool images I think. The Shenanagans one is more recent though because it was the Rising Sun until a few years back, the Brunswick is now closed down.

I did a few along the dock road like Bonkers and The Sandhills before they were demolished. I did the A1 at LLoyds during demoltion and the Dominion is looking a bit sad these days.

Phil. Mainly late 90s - I have about another 60 of these, I posted some on another thread, past Liverpool images I think. The Shenanagans one is more recent though because it was the Rising Sun until a few years back, the Brunswick is now closed down.

I did a few along the dock road like Bonkers and The Sandhills before they were demolished. I did the A1 at LLoyds during demoltion and the Dominion is looking a bit sad these days.

Thanks, Ged.
I'm anal about dating things! :celb (23):

I only got onto doing the pubs in the late 90s because Freddie O'Connor beat us all to them so I didn't really see the point but I took them just to keep them because at least they were in colour.

I only got onto doing the pubs in the late 90s because Freddie O'Connor beat us all to them so I didn't really see the point but I took them just to keep them because at least they were in colour.

It's interesting what prompts us to take photos.
I watched the Rialto burn down in the riots (1981), and wondered where all the other cinemas in Liverpool were, so I did some research and started photographing them all in 1982.

I started photographing the tenements in the late 80s but only got around so many before some were demolished. I missed out on my own ones near Scottie but luckily a local chap called Joe Devine took loads. Co-incidentally I'd just started reading Freddy O'Connors 'It all came tumbling down' - I honestly can't remember what came first - whether that influenced me - or whether i'd just started taking them anyway - it's all a bit of a blur - mainly due to drinking 5 nights a week ha ha.

I started photographing the tenements in the late 80s but only got around so many before some were demolished. I missed out on my own ones near Scottie but luckily a local chap called Joe Devine took loads. Co-incidentally I'd just started reading Freddy O'Connors 'It all came tumbling down' - I honestly can't remember what came first - whether that influenced me - or whether i'd just started taking them anyway - it's all a bit of a blur - mainly due to drinking 5 nights a week ha ha.

"It all came tumbling down" influenced me as well.
I knew Liverpool had lost a lot in the War, but that was a drop in the ocean compared to what went in the 1960s - and the demolition continues.
Most of the pubs seemed to survive the 1960s, but they're getting pulled down at an alarming rate now.

Don't get me started on the cinemas!
The Futurist, the Scala, the Bedford in Walton, and the Princess in Kirkdale are all threatened with demolition.

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"He's now proposing the Pontack since that has fallen into disuse."

As your well aware Ged my Mam who was born in Gerard Street and then grew up in Gerard Gardens took the Pontack and was the longest serving tennant of nearly 20 years in the Pub..I myself grew up in the Pub before moving into Gerard Gardens when I got Married..Does this mean we are gonna have Ponnie experts everywhere Now..People who Didnt even know the place existed when it was open...I wont be able to sleep Lad with the thought of that...Ehh..

Fair point Gerard. but if they dont open these places then i would never learn of the area. Im not from there but my family all lived there and its great for me to learn where my roots are. the Scottie press and lots of people , you and Ged included have let me see what the place was like and i get an understanding of the place. My dad was proud to be from Scottie. all my ancestors settled there from Ireland. Plus if they opened the Pontack i could listen to people like you telling me how it was. Sometimes when im out i get talking to old people and leave me mates having a drink, when i come back they say was he a Scottie roader and i say yes. thats what its like for me. I love hearing about the place.

Gerard Mate i dont blame you for anything. i just want to learn about the Scottie area. as i said people like you have learned me loads.

And i like your replies. always honest and interesting.:)

Vauxhall Rd circa 1981.

Great images! I was round by the Marble House (formerly Threlfalls) and saw that it is now a cafe serving the local student population at the newly built campus for the Liverpool Community College.

Great images! I was round by the Marble House (formerly Threlfalls) and saw that it is now a cafe serving the local student population at the newly built campus for the Liverpool Community College.

Thanks wallasey,you've got some Crackers of your own there mate.

I've recently opened a website at www.pubpix.fotopic.net

You'll see quite a few local pubs on there (Although there are loads more still to come)

I want to get as many Merseyside pubs on there as I can, and that is a time consuming task. If anyone would like to contribute at all, drop me a line at

rosscampbell17@aol.com

Of course, any material provided will be credited to yourselves.

Good comments Gerard, don't blame you one bit mate for feeling like that and absolutely everything you've said is correct from your perspective but Ron'll have a different tack, like he did advertise it in the paper and on the homepage, and just like my stuff, it's demoted to the St. Joseph's archive page as and when new articles are put on by him, it's just that I had a book or model or Paul had a screening coming out every few months or something and not a one off - anyway, enough of that - it all started because of you and an ex-pat having a barny over how run down the area had become and I thought the scottie press guest book had never been so lively with true 'straight from the heart' comments which is what it's all about - go on the forum now and it can be a week before anyone comments. This board is far more lively and has a lot more amateur sleuths and photographers finding out lots of interesting facts and figures. Keep your photies and comments coming Gerard, they are great.

There's that Grafton move of yours again........... :gossip:

Admiral Street, L8.
:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Admiral Street, L8.
:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

good pic philip
do you know how old that pub is?

good pic philip
do you know how old that pub is?

That's a toughie, Carrie. :eek:
Even the "A Pub on Every Corner" books rarely say just how old any of the pubs are, and I can't find the Queens in it.
Anyway, it's shown as "Hotel" on the 1890 OS map, and I know that area was built in the 1870s.

That's a toughie, Carrie. :eek:
Even the "A Pub on Every Corner" books rarely say just how old any of the pubs are, and I can't find the Queens in it.
Anyway, it's shown as "Hotel" on the 1890 OS map, and I know that area was built in the 1870s.

thats great philip.
My mum lives in the welsh streets and I don't know much about that area at all. Always wondered how old the properties are around there.

The Jollys, Bootle.

The Feathers Hotel on Vauxhall Road (corner of Paul Street) this morning fri 26th Jan, being prepared for demolition. Pic by Ron Formby of the Scottie press.

How it looked in 1912, addressed as 106-108 Vauxhall Road. It was originally called the Liver. Pic courtesy of Freddy O'Connors book 'A pub on every corner' vol 3.

Smithdown Road.

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lovely clear photo Philip. :celb (23):

Smithdown Road.

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Is that the plain old Brook House again? Last time I went in there about 5 years ago it was one of those horrible Its A Scream themed pubs with teenagers getting stoned everywhere.

lovely clear photo Philip. :celb (23):

Thank you, Lindy.
I've finally got a decent camera, but I wish the zoom was better.

There are so many old pubs in Liverpool being done away with.

especially in the city centre.

Old fashioned pubs have more character than new trendy bars.

The Feathers Hotel on Vauxhall Road (corner of Paul Street) this morning fri 26th Jan, being prepared for demolition. Pic by Ron Formby of the Scottie press.

This was caught be me on Wed17Jan07...

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Vauxhall Road, Vauxhall What this building will be missed for is probably the fact that it is built out of yellow sandstone. This type of building material is very rare in this part of the country which is why neigbouring buildings are built out of either red sandstone or brick. To me, this looks Yorkshire-esque with all of it's detailing and such like. I didn't know that it was to be demolished though, just imagined that simple maintanence was being carried out to make it sell-able.

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Vauxhall Road, Vauxhall The pub in happier times from 2003 and here (http://www.sjsfiles.btinternet.co.uk/start.htm)

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The Eagle, Vauxhall Road, Vauxhall At least "The Eagle" is still going, for now.

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The Brinswick, Tithebarn Street, City Centre The Brunswick Pub also seen here on 17JAN07 looking slightly closed.

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Tithebarn Street, City Centre The same pub from 2003 and here (http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/liverpoolphotographs/brunswick.html)

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The Glasshouse, Edge Lane, Old Swan Would it suprise anyone with all the work going on along here, this would turn into a trendy wine bar to serve all the rich persons comming into the city? They will soon be able to boast granite paving like the Parafin Oil Shop a few doors down!

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The Railway Inn, Wellington Road, Wavertree This building looked interesting from Picton Road and was even more attractive once I got opposite it! This image was taken carefully without making the drivers in the rather lengthy traffic jam feel as if I was stalking them. It has happened before!

This building looked interesting from Picton Road and was even more attractive once I got opposite it! This image was taken carefully without making the drivers in the rather lengthy traffic jam feel as if I was stalking them. It has happened before![/QUOTE]

There are some right divvies, or perhaps they've got a guilty conscience.
I was in Smithdown Road the other day, and a lady (sorry, ignorant cow) was in a car screaming at me to put my camera away.
I carried on snapping, and without looking at her car, gave her a discrete "V" sign.

This building looked interesting from Picton Road and was even more attractive once I got opposite it! This image was taken carefully without making the drivers in the rather lengthy traffic jam feel as if I was stalking them. It has happened before!

There are some right divvies, or perhaps they've got a guilty conscience.
I was in Smithdown Road the other day, and a lady (sorry, ignorant cow) was in a car screaming at me to put my camera away.
I carried on snapping, and without looking at her car, gave her a discrete "V" sign.

That's why I try to angle me camera upwards; it's why most of my images are mainly of upper stories! But it's happened to me twice which does knock you back slightly. Might get some business cards printed to avoid confusion.

Just one pub today, did get others but my image size editing is taking slightly longer than anticipated!..

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Clifton Road East, Tuebrook A small backstreet pub in Tuebrook. Anyone know who the Clifton's were? I tried looking them up in my "History of Liverpool Suburbs Book" but they didn't get a mention. My guess is that they were the local land owner from when Tuebrook was an agricultural district and so when the area was built up, the name was remembered through roads and pub names.

This building looked interesting from Picton Road and was even more attractive once I got opposite it! This image was taken carefully without making the drivers in the rather lengthy traffic jam feel as if I was stalking them. It has happened before!

There are some right divvies, or perhaps they've got a guilty conscience.
I was in Smithdown Road the other day, and a lady (sorry, ignorant cow) was in a car screaming at me to put my camera away.
I carried on snapping, and without looking at her car, gave her a discrete "V" sign.[/QUOTE]

Take a tip from Jona - take one Ex-Police Volvo Estate in white - Take one hi-Viz jacket and park where the sod you like and take photo's. :celb (23):

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The Railway Inn now with a different Pub Sign.

I got the Brookhouse at night too but want to redo It.

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I live right by It so I can do It anytime long as the clouds are clear.

Is that the plain old Brook House again? Last time I went in there about 5 years ago it was one of those horrible Its A Scream themed pubs with teenagers getting stoned everywhere.

It's Scream themed still like the one In town In some street off hope street, packed with hippy students who need to be smashed! :mad:

Does anyone have any photos of The Andy Capp pub (known as The Old Stingo) on Netherfield Road?

Smithdown Road.

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There are some right divvies, or perhaps they've got a guilty conscience.
I was in Smithdown Road the other day, and a lady (sorry, ignorant cow) was in a car screaming at me to put my camera away.
I carried on snapping, and without looking at her car, gave her a discrete "V" sign.

Take a tip from Jona - take one Ex-Police Volvo Estate in white - Take one hi-Viz jacket and park where the sod you like and take photo's. :celb (23):[/QUOTE]

Should have taken one directly of her and shouting, "Your hubbie's put me onto you" - imagine tea time in their house that night....

I was by the Higsons brewery and saw this pub. i think it is getting worked on? anyone know the name of it? its a great place.

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Any old pics of it anywhere?

^^ A beautiful building ^^

Thank you, Lindy.
I've finally got a decent camera, but I wish the zoom was better.

Nice pic, what camera you got ?. I have Fuji S5600,s a Minolta 404si
and a simple point and shoot digital

steve

I was by the Higsons brewery and saw this pub. i think it is getting worked on? anyone know the name of it? its a great place.

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Any old pics of it anywhere?

The Angel.
Here's one of my pics.

http://www.toxteth.net/places/liverpool/pubs/angel%202.htm

Nice pic, what camera you got ?. I have Fuji S5600,s a Minolta 404si
and a simple point and shoot digital

steve

Thanks.
Olympus SP-350.

Hi Philip

Thanks for the name and thats a great pic you have of the pub. it looks really good in its hey day. i was looking at the heads ,i may be wrong but im sure they are famous english people. i think i spotted Queen victoria, Nelson, and Shakespeare.

The Angel.
Here's one of my pics.

http://www.toxteth.net/places/liverpool/pubs/angel%202.htm

or Better Known Locally as "Frankie Jones's"
An old friend many many moons ago.

Great pics...

My boyfriend Phil took this of The Mayfair?? on Stanhope Street last week...

i posted this pub ages ago!!

i agree its a beaut!

:)

A few London Road pubs

A few more pubs from the weekend...

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The Edinburgh and the FairfieldPrescot Road, Kensington. Two pubs opposite Prospect Vale close to the border with Old Swan. I would imagine that these two buildings are quite old and may date from when the road was a stagecoach route out of the city to the likes of Warrington and St Helens.

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The Earl Marshall, Earle Road, Edge Hill Not the best image but it is boarded up. It wasn't a pleasant experiance beong round here as the pub sign was squeeking in the wind. I could hear it whilst I walked up Mulliner Street where all the houses are derelict. It was a rather eery but fitting sound.

Excellent Photies..:handclap: :handclap:

What we need to do is make a list of pubs featured already. Anyone got a spare hour? :celb (23):

All the Pubs around Earl, Lawerence and Wellington road nearly end up always opening and reopening!

I wonder If some close them and damage them on purpose when they're low on cash and get money off their Insurance.

Some dude my dad sold his shop too did that with his pub once except he set It on fire. It's one on Lark Lane opposite the black pub that used to be the Masonic.

The Railway Inns got a new pub sign now too so as soon as theres a blue sky I'll take a pic of it.

I got the old sign In my Flickr though.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

The Willobank On Smithdown has a new one too after their old one was probably worn out.

Andy Caps, Netherfield Road. June 2004 (new houses now occupy this site).
A bigger pic is placed at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25632502@N00/373845880/in/pool-60302053@N00/
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/137/373845880_0c3da96419.jpg

When I lived in Crocky in the 80's it was my local. Always remember a window getting put in one night and someone broke out into a rendition of 'how much is that window in the doggy!'.

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Corner Tavern Green Lane Old Swan

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/pubs/cornertav.jpg

Gardeners Arms Broadgreen Road

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/pubs/gardenersarms.jpg

The Glass House off Edge Lane Drive Old Swan

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/pubs/glasshouse.jpg

The Stanley Old Swan

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/pubs/stanley.gif

Sadly the next two are Scotland road pubs that where knocked down in 2006

The Clifford

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/pubs/clifford.jpg

The Hamlet Hotel

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/pubs/hamlethotel.jpg

The Crown Scotland Road

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/pubs/crown.jpg

The Eagle Scotland Road

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/pubs/eagle.jpg

The Grapes(foot hospital) Scotland Road

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/pubs/grapes.jpg

The Hamlet Scotland Road

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/pubs/hamlet.jpg

The Parrot Scotland Road

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/pubs/parrot.jpg

The Throstles Nest Scotland Road

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/pubs/throstles.jpg

I love this one

The Trinity Vaults Latimer Street

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/pubs/atrinity.jpg

Bear And Staff Gateacre

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/pubs/bearandstaff.jpg

Black Bull Gateacre

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/pubs/blackbull.jpg

Brown Cow Gateacre

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/pubs/browncow.jpg

Grange Manor Gateacre

http://h1.ripway.com/andalucia/pubs/grangemanor.jpg

Grange Manor (http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showpost.php?p=17232&postcount=19) is an interesting building. The link includes The Pub In The Park, if that counts....

Grange Manor (http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showpost.php?p=17232&postcount=19) is an interesting building. The link includes The Pub In The Park, if that counts....

Whoever decided to rename such a grand building with so much history and connections 'the pub in the park' should be shot.

The Millfield, Old Swan

Some great images there Gnomie; I can see that you've been busy over the last year or so!

Just out of interest, is this for Liverpool only or can Birkenhead get a mention aswell as? If not, I might create a Wirral Pubs thread???

Hi Wallasey

Have you got a pic of The Dock Hotel , its just by the Tunnel

My family ran it for years.

Hi Wallasey

Have you got a pic of The Dock Hotel , its just by the Tunnel

My family ran it for years.

Thats in Birkenhead I take it; If you give me the road name, I can get it done this weekend if not tomorrow for you.

Thats in Birkenhead I take it; If you give me the road name, I can get it done this weekend if not tomorrow for you.


Dock Hotel
4 Freeman St
Birkenhead
Merseyside
CH41 1BR

Street map http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=332078&y=389454&z=0&sv=CH41%201BR&st=PostCode&lu=N&tl=~&ar=y&bi=~&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf

Dont go out your way though. someone took a pic once for me. not very clear but nice of them to do it.

cheers

Tony.

What we need to do is make a list of pubs featured already. Anyone got a spare hour? :celb (23):

Here you go Kev, the ones marked with * are demolished/boarded up/no longer in use as a pub:-

Aigburth Arms - Aigburth
Alexandra – Garston
Andy Caps – Netherfield Rd*
Angel – Stanhope St*
Athol Vaults – Vauxhall Rd*
Baltic Fleet - Wapping
Barlew Mow – Wavertree
Bear and Staff – Gateacre
Black Bull - Gateacre
Blackburne Arms – Catharine St
Beehive – Paradise St
Brook House – Smithdown Rd
Brown Cow - Gateacre
Brunswick Vaults – Tithebarn St*
Cavern – Mathew St
Clifford – Scotland Rd*
Clifton Arms - Tuebrook
Clock - Wavertree
Cock and Bottle – Wavertree
Coffee House – Wavertree
Corner Tavern – Old Swan
Cornmarket - Fenwick St
Crown – Lime St
Crown Vaults – Scotland Rd*
Dealers - Garston
Derby – Garston
Dods Vaults – Sprainger St*
Dog and Gun – Carr Lane East*
Durty Nellys – London Rd
Eagle – Paradise St*
Eagle & Child – East Prescot Rd*
Eagle Vaults – Scotland Rd
Eagle – Vauxhall Rd
Earl Marshall – Earle Road*
Edinburgh – Prescot Rd
Eldonian - Vauxhall Rd*
Empress – High Park St
Fairfield Arms – Prescot Rd
Feathers – Vauxhall Rd
Gardeners Arms – Broadgreen Rd
George – Garston
Glass House – Edge Lane
Glass House – Eldon St*
Grange Manor - Gateacre
Granton - Robson St, Anfield.*
Grapes – Mathew St
Grapes – Scotland Rd*
Gregsons Well – West Derby Rd*
Greenland Arms – Greenland St*
Green Man – Vauxhall Rd*
Hamlet – Scotland Rd*
Hamlet Hotel – Scotland Rd*
Jawbone - Bootle
Jessicas – Vauxhall Road
Jollys - Bootle
King Edward - King Edward St*
Knotty Ash – East Prescot Rd
Lamb – Wavertree
Lion – Dale St
Liverpool, James St
Lord Warden – London Rd
Mariners - Garston
Mere Bank - Mere Lane
Midland – Ranelagh St
Millfield – Old Swan
Mount – South Hill Rd
Munro – Duke St
Old Swan, Prescot Rd
Palatine - Garston
Parrot – Scotland Rd
Peter Kavanaghs
Philharmonic – Hope St
Pig and Whistle – Chapel St
Pitch Pine - Bank Hall
Prince Alfred – Everton Brow*
Prince Alfred – Wavertree
Prince of Wales – Stanley Rd
Punch and judy – Bolton St
Queens – Admiral St
Queens – Garston
Railway – Tithebarn St
Railway – Wellington Rd, Wavertree
Royal Hotel – Smithdown Rd
Red House – Prescot Rd, Old Swan
Rigbys – Dale St
Royal Standard*
Saddle – Fountains Rd, Kirkdale
Shenanigans – Tithebarn St
Soho Arms*
Stanley – Old Swan
Star - Bootle
Sullivans – Aigburth Vale
Sullivans - Bootle
Swan - Garston
Swan - London Rd*
Throstles Nest – Scotland Rd
Town Hall - Wavertree
Travellers Rest – Aigburth*
Trinity Vaults – Latimer St*
United Powers – Tithebarn St*
Vauxhall Vaults – Vauxhall Rd
Vines – Lime St
Wellington – Garston
Wellington – St Anne St *
Windsor – London Rd
Yates – Bootle
Ye Cracke – Rice St
Ye Olde House At Home - Aigburth

Wow Ste:handclap:

Brilliant to see inside the building Gerard. Im glad your staircase was there and hope it brings back happy memories.

Fantastic pictures!!! What a story!!!

Here's my contribution - The Tunnel Hotel that once stood on Tunnel Road in Wavertree - Hotel and Pub.

(Source Unknown)

Thank You Jona and Tony..

Dock Hotel
4 Freeman St
Birkenhead
Merseyside
CH41 1BR

Street map http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=332078&y=389454&z=0&sv=CH41%201BR&st=PostCode&lu=N&tl=~&ar=y&bi=~&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf

Dont go out your way though. someone took a pic once for me. not very clear but nice of them to do it.

cheers

Tony.

Thats good, it's on the 409 route which I like to catch; would be a good excuse to get down to Seacombe Ferry at the same time.

Fantastic pictures!!! What a story!!!

Here's my contribution - The Tunnel Hotel that once stood on Tunnel Road in Wavertree - Hotel and Pub.

Jona, don't forget your source :)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/98/377526940_bf5df452b3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxmolyneux/377526940/)

Twas going to take one of the pub too but I get paranoid If someone was going to come out and ask about It or people around look at ye.

Got a ton of Greenbank ones though I'll put up later.

On that list theirs a Grapes On Allerton Road In Woolton and A Grapes On Knight Street behind Rodney street too.

The 'other' Rising Sun, known locally as Mrs. Macks but now disused though somebody bought it and had scaffolding put up around it last year,apparently to live in.

The tenements are the top block of Portland Gardens. Interesting that the street sign here is Portland Street but is now Green street and has been rearranged. The Chemist is now a corner shop and the corner facing is the health centre.

Another street further along Vauxhall road was changed from Hopwood street to Gem street and then back to Hopwood street recently for some reason?

Sorry, forgot to say that it's a pic taken from Freddy O'Connors 'A pub on every corner Vol3'

Is Freddy still writing? I loved his "Tumbling Down " book! Some great pubs in there too like the Blue Ball Pub on Prescot Street which went along with most of the area when the Royal Liverpool was built.

One of them, Freddy or Frank is a presenter on Radio Merseyside.

Andy Caps, Netherfield Road. June 2004 (new houses now occupy this site).
A bigger pic is placed at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25632502@N00/373845880/in/pool-60302053@N00/
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/137/373845880_0c3da96419.jpg

Thanks Marky, does anybody have any other pictures of Andy Caps (The Old Stingo), perhaps with St Polycarps church (corner of Conway Street) next to it?

I took a photo of St Polycarps on Friday

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/robbo176/mandys098.jpg

sorry its not with the old Stingo

Mandy

a few pubs from along Netherfield Rd

the Cumberland
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the Tugboat
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The New York
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My one of Andy Caps from 1990. The Wellington and doss house next door just before demolition 18 months ago and The United Powers just before demolition.

The Dryden, only recently closed and where The Secret Millionaire was
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j248/itsmma/DSCF0785.jpg

The Botanic
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j248/itsmma/DSCF0780.jpg

The Rose
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j248/itsmma/DSCF0779.jpg

I remember the Botanic open a couple of years ago.

Wonder If they burned It for the Insurance.:Colorz_Grey_PDT_24:

The Willowbank's new pub sign In Wavertree on Smithdown Road.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/188/379864329_54f08d9aae.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxmolyneux/379864329/)

When I lived in Crocky in the 80's it was my local. Always remember a window getting put in one night and someone broke out into a rendition of 'how much is that window in the doggy!'.

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MarkA, this pub was one of my locals whenever I returned home. Some of my mates from Canny, as well as my Mum and Dad, moved out and upped sticks in Crocky and that was where we met up before moving on to the the back room at the Sandon before the match. Great pics. I still get my chips from the Britannia chippy just across the road from the (ex) pub whenever I'm in Crocky. You can get a bucketload of chips for £1.20 at current prices:unibrow:

Thanks.

The 'other' Rising Sun, known locally as Mrs. Macks but now disused though somebody bought it and had scaffolding put up around it last year,apparently to live in.

The tenements are the top block of Portland Gardens. Interesting that the street sign here is Portland Street but is now Green street and has been rearranged. The Chemist is now a corner shop and the corner facing is the health centre.

Another street further along Vauxhall road was changed from Hopwood street to Gem street and then back to Hopwood street recently for some reason?

Hi Ged
Portland Street was the next street to Burlington Street going towards Hornby
Street but between both streets on Vauxhall Road was a street called Green Street which went to Titchfield Street this is on a map from 1923 also Hopwood Street when it was changed to Gem Street mybe this was in memory of the
Gem picture house that was on Vescock Street which became Sillys Club .

Fergie

An interesting look at Liverpool pub life from the 1973 ATV Special: James Paul McCartney.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EZfBGFdvbg

Agreat find that Paul, haven't seen that T.V. special in years. I noticed the boxer Alan Rudkin who once had the big house was also there.

Below is a pic of the Braddocks on Netherfield rd, right next door to the Old Stingo on the corner of Robsart street. St. Polycarps can be seen beyond at the top of Conway street.

The pic is from Jim Elliotts book 'once upon a time in Liverpool' whom I met with yesterday.

Thanks Ged, a great photo. It looks as though The Braddocks had only just opened (look at the newly planted trees). Do you know what year the picture was taken? It would have been a great view of the city from the top floor.

Where are goods irish´s taverns in Liverpool? Only I know Flanaggan´s apple in Mathew St.
Thanks!!

I don't remember where I got this from, I can't make out the name of the pub on the corner but I think it's on Netherfield road, looking at the lay of the land I would suggest it's looking south ? I have read of the name of the building in the distance on the other side of the road, but of course forget.

Interesting to hear what ale ouses people like.

Personally I like the Lisbon, lovely ceiling.

There is an Irish club by Miller's Bridge in Bootle. Definitely not a theme pub.

I don't remember where I got this from, I can't make out the name of the pub on the corner but I think it's on Netherfield road, looking at the lay of the land I would suggest it's looking south ? I have read of the name of the building in the distance on the other side of the road, but of course forget.

The pub says "Atlantic", but that's definitely the Salvation Army's Ann Fowler Home.

I don't remember where I got this from, I can't make out the name of the pub on the corner but I think it's on Netherfield road, looking at the lay of the land I would suggest it's looking south ? I have read of the name of the building in the distance on the other side of the road, but of course forget.

Im 99% sure Tricky that your Photo was taken at the Top of Roscommon St looking toward Shaw St,The Tug Boat pub would have been just Behind the Photographer.

This Photo taken from St George's Hill 13th July 1967.
You can make out Netherfield Rd Centre Picture and Roscommon Street is just in the Picture leading down to Gt Homer St,,I reckon your Photo tricky was taken in that area Looking Left along Netherfield Rd as we look.
Photo from Harry Ainscough's book "Ainscough's Liverpool".

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/IMG_0001-1.jpg

Looking Back along Netherfield Road, Roscommon St is in the Distance just before the Tugboat pub which can be seen behind to the right of the Taxi
Your Photo would have been taken in the Area to the left of the Taxi looking toward the photographer who took this photo..
Photo from Colin Wilkinson and Michael Meadows book "Liverpool then and Now".

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c60/gedfleming/IMG.jpg

The pub says "Atlantic", but that's definitely the Salvation Army's Ann Fowler Home.

That pub is on the corner of either China St or India St, not sure which one.

Thanks guys for all the pics around Netherfield Rd, brings back a lot of memories to me as that was my neck of the woods when I was growing up.:PDT_Piratz_26:

Netherfield road= Pure evil when your bike breaks are broke!:eek:

Think my mum grew up around Netherfield for little bit when she was a kid. My mum mostly lived In Woolton though I think.

Pogue Mahone in Seel St is perhaps the most authentic Irish pub.

Paul, the Braddocks pic is from 1959 and they are newly opened.

Thanks for the pics Gerard

Ok, thanks u very much!! My hotel is near Albert Dock/Chaltron St, and only I know a few the city center and Anfield. Probably, when I move to live in Liverpool I keeping near the city center.
I am looking for this streets to see theirs situation.
Thanks again.

here are two pictures taken from port cities web site
1st is Ann Fowlers
2nd is Netherfield Rd South taken near Ann Fowlers

I ask in Music, about irish´s taverns in Liverpool. Thanks!!

Thanks for the pics Gerard

My pleasure tricky.

Photo from Colin Wilkinson and Michael Meadows book "Liverpool then and Now".


Is this book still in production? Wouldn't mind getting a copy of that as it sounds rather interesting!

The Lion on Moorfields. Hard to beat. further afield, an honorable mention to the Warbreck, Orrell Park

Here's one taken by Dave years ago. :)
http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/orrell/images/lane2.jpg

Is this book still in production? Wouldn't mind getting a copy of that as it sounds rather interesting!

Hiya Wallasey,I'll make a few enquiries and let yer know.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/387428652_237009bc98_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxmolyneux/387428652/)

Tried this yesterday.

Too many shadows down small streets. :mad::

Shall I keep this pic up? I'm not sure I got the best quality on It.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/154/388040857_82d6313844_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxmolyneux/388040857/)

Shall I keep this pic up? I'm not sure I got the best quality on It.



Blimy that pub features heavily in Slemen's books from cats sitting in a circle to the infamous time slip that occured there! Plus it does excellent beer too :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Personally, Ma Egertons is my favourite Liverpool ale house. Its great to take a step back in time and go for a quick 'alf a Guinness in Ma Edgy's of a lunchtime.

We did have a good night about three weeks ago in McHale's Irish bar by The Crown in Lime Street. It was a Friday night and when we got in there about 8.30 it was pretty quiet, but by 9 it was packed. There was a good singer on and we're gonna go back. Does anyone know who he is or if he's a regular?

Should have asked him his name really. It's a cracking night out though.

Personally, Ma Egertons is my favourite Liverpool ale house. Its great to take a step back in time and go for a quick 'alf a Guinness in Ma Edgy's of a lunchtime.

We did have a good night about three weeks ago in McHale's Irish bar by The Crown in Lime Street. It was a Friday night and when we got in there about 8.30 it was pretty quiet, but by 9 it was packed. There was a good singer on and we're gonna go back. Does anyone know who he is or if he's a regular?

Should have asked him his name really. It's a cracking night out though.


:crybaby: I feelin´envy...... :crybaby:

Hi Wallasey

Have you got a pic of The Dock Hotel , its just by the Tunnel

My family ran it for years.


Apologies for the delay....

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/9523/20070214009th9.jpg
The Dock Hotel, Freeman Street, Bhd This sits at the bottom of Corporation Road and is next to the now defunct dock railway. The A554 Tower Road is on the other side of the railway and provides a link between Seacombe and Woodside. Watson Street is to the right and runs upto Conway Street and Charing Cross (via Rendell Street)

Now, how about your competitors??

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/2278/20070214001yn6.jpg
Meadows Hotel, Watson Street/Conway Street, Bhd I love the ornate detailing on this building but I don't think it's a pub anymore.

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/2007/20070214004qc9.jpg
The Cygnet, St Anne Way/Watson Street, Bhd Now derelict and was suffering from vandalism on the gable end.

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The North Western, Cleveland Street, Bhd Still going strong despite the fact that most of it's old neighbourhood has been cleared and built on with new housing.

Hope you enjoyed this part of Birkenhead; It was certainly a pleasure to walk round en-route home to Liscard.

Gerard, Thanks for yer digging, much appreciated!

Ma Boyle's
Tower Gardens, Liverpool
0151 236 1717

Pogue Mahones
Seel Street, Liverpool
0151 708 8301

Flanagan's Apple
Mathew Street, Liverpool
0151 231 6821

McHale's Irish American Bar
53-56 Lime Street, Liverpool
0151 709 1538



T.P. Molloy's
Victoria Street, Liverpool
0151 474 8845

Peter Kavanagh's
2 - 6 Egerton Street, Liverpool
0151 709 3443

Scruffy Murphy's
70 Hanover Street, Liverpool
0151 707 1656

O' Neill's Irish Bar
2 Wood Street, Liverpool
0151 707 4941

St Michaels Irish Centre
Boundry Lane, Liverpool
0151 263 1808

Tess Riley's
6 Charlotte Row, Gt. Charlotte Street, Liverpool
0151 708 9626

Patrick O'Hanlon
31 London Road, Liverpool
0151 298 1721

Ned Kelly's
1 Sir Thomas Street, Liverpool
0151 236 1561

Prince Wales Hotel

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/186/391137103_4a6dd3ab08.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/391137103/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/142/391137793_4e61da7905.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/391137793/)

The Old Fort

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/183/391138439_c3740e8e1d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ijob/391138439/)

Blimy that pub features heavily in Slemen's books from cats sitting in a circle to the infamous time slip that occured there! Plus it does excellent beer too :PDT_Aliboronz_24:


Are you sure it was cats 'sitting' in a circle ? :unibrow:

Hey Max, which half of you is animal, and what animal?

Great pictures Kev. You must have taken them when you went to the hozzy for your minor op ?? :unibrow:

Yeth I did... :sad::sad:

So did yer kill tooth birds with one stone then?

So did yer kill tooth birds with one stone then?


Taxi for Ged.................................. :PDT_Piratz_26: