I used go to the Black Cat on a Saturday for the Blue Mountain Boys in the early sixties. It was a club not a pub, above Samson & Barlows restaurant in London Rd, opposite the Odeon cinema.
It was renamed the Peppermint Lounge but I didn't go there after the name change.
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Pie Stall I've never heard of a pub by that name. There was the Pie Shop at the bottom of Fontenoy St and that has also been renamed after a period of closure. Taxi drivers used to have a knowledge quiz and one of their questions was: If you picked a fare up (before the flyover Churchill Way was built) at Mile End in Scottie and the fare wanted dropping at the front door of the Pie shop, what route would you take?
Answer: The taxi would have to go through the tunnel (only one in those days) and turn around in Birkenhead and return to Liverpool, Such was the road layout and that was only way it could be done.
The Griffin in its heyday was run by Brian Toner, that was at the corner of Bankhall and Derby rd. Joe Rogers and Harry Chambers played there for years, it was the place to hear good music on a Sunday. They were extremely popular and attracted many other singers and musicians to sit in. Sadly Joe & Harry have left us within the last couple of years.
The Pyramid was one of the clubs run by Terry Phillips and associates. I think it was in Temple St.
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