Pubs of Liverpool and Merseyside

**Ross08** · 04-26-2009

Originally Posted by 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

I think you're right...

**wallasey** · 04-26-2009

Originally Posted by 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

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** · 04-28-2009

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

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.

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)

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

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

**hmtmaj** · 04-28-2009

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

**Ged** · 04-28-2009

No, Spike never worked with us.

**SteH** · 04-29-2009

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

**Kev** · 04-29-2009

Cheers ged.

**lindylou** · 04-29-2009

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

**Ged** · 04-29-2009

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** · 04-29-2009

Originally Posted by 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.

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** · 04-29-2009

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** · 04-29-2009

Originally Posted by Ged

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

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.

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)

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

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

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

**Ged** · 04-29-2009

Real p1ss artisans maybe

**gregs dad** · 05-01-2009

Coopers pub in it`s new livery today.

**gregs dad** · 05-11-2009

The Atlantic on Derby Rd being renovated

The Bar of the Atlantic

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