Pubs of Liverpool and Merseyside

**cileuuelle medic** · 08-22-2007

Originally Posted by Bendo

Pic from the Echo

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liver...0252-19671627/

Cant believe this place has gone many a great drunken night out many years ago.
Not been in for a while.
Any reasons for its collapse ?? what had been demolished next to pub and what was being built

**Bendo** · 08-22-2007

There was an MOT center next door thats been knocked down within the last couple of weeks, apartments are due to be built there.

Fairly sure the building next door wasn't attached to the pub though.

**Max** · 08-22-2007

Originally Posted by cileuuelle medic

Cant believe this place has gone many a great drunken night out many years ago.
Not been in for a while.
Any reasons for its collapse ?? what had been demolished next to pub and what was being built

Aw man and I kept taking pics of that place but was too fussy to keep them!

Hope they rebuild It.

**edwardo** · 08-22-2007

Have Anyone heard of this place it was in Marsh Lane???

**Bendo** · 08-22-2007

Originally Posted by Max

Hope they rebuild It.

Would imagine they will, judging from the pic in the echo, it's only the left section, the main structure looks to be intact, given it's listed I imagine they are working on making sure the rest stays up and the part that fell down will eventually be rebuilt.

**ChrisGeorge** · 08-22-2007

Originally Posted by Bendo

Would imagine they will, judging from the pic in the echo, it's only the left section, the main structure looks to be intact, given it's listed I imagine they are working on making sure the rest stays up and the part that fell down will eventually be rebuilt.

Hi Bendo

I think you are correct, thank goodness. Thanks, Max for finding the following photograph by our very own Kev (ijob on Flickr) -- great photograph of the Lamb pub, Wavertree, Kev!

Chris

**ChrisGeorge** · 08-22-2007

It looks from the entrance to the left hand portion of the building as if that used to be an old carriage house for the inn.

Chris

**Bendo** · 08-22-2007

Pic from the BBC site, hopefully they have got it propped up since this was taken

**jon_hall** · 08-22-2007

Surprised you haven't complained about the traffic Bendo

**Bendo** · 08-23-2007

Originally Posted by jon_hall

Surprised you haven't complained about the traffic Bendo

It's 2 mins walk from me and I'd happily sit in traffic all day if work was being done to avoid pulling down the entire thing, Wavertree High Street has lots of great old buildings and I'd miss them.

Oh and it was only a 2 min diversion on the way to work and it was cleared when I was coming home.

**Ross08** · 08-23-2007

Some of you may find this collection of pub photographs interesting.

Visit http://pubguide.fotopic.net

This is still in the early stages, but is something that myself and my two mates decided to put together a few months back. We had visited a few pubs around Merseyside and had taken a couple of photos when we decided that this was something we could build on. Of course, tomorrow's history is being made today! So we have been taking quite a few photos and have put them together on the net where others may enjoy them too.

We've got some older ones too which will be going on soon.

Please feel free to let me know what you think (as I say, it is early days) and if you would like to contribute any photographs then you'd be more than welcome. Of course, full credit will be given.

I'd love to hear from anyone with photographs of pubs that are no longer with us or anyone with photos of Higsons pubs.

This could prove to be an interesting collection in time to come and will act as a 'time capsule' that I, for one, would love to look back at a few years from now.

I'd like others to join in with this and expand this website to create a place for people to come and see our region's pubs both now and in times past.

Ross.

ross.campbell@sky.com

**alan** · 09-07-2007

Originally Posted by SteH

Hen and Chickens, Melling.

I remember when i was an apprentice plasterer by boss used to go the garage opposite and buy a car every 2 years or so first in 1962 it was a Morris thousand traveler and in 64 an 1100, i think the owners emirgraterd in about 65. Happy days.

**lindylou** · 09-10-2007

Just been past the 'Birkenhead House' (as it was always known) - The Newsham ( corner of Lower Breck rd & West Derby rd) - was surprise to see it is boarded up.
That pub was always so popular and busy in all the years I remember it.

It's becoming more noticable, more and more local pubs being closed down and boarded up.

It does make you wonder why the local boozers are losing popularity.

Is it, as we have already discussed, that people don't go out as much now because of the anti-socials ? or is it because of the no smoking rule?

I have a suspicion that it is linked to the smoking ban - especially in the more working class areas.

**Mark R** · 09-10-2007

Originally Posted by lindylou

Just been past the 'Birkenhead House' (as it was always known) - The Newsham ( corner of Lower Breck rd & West Derby rd) - was surprise to see it is boarded up.
That pub was always so popular and busy in all the years I remember it.

Aah, the Birk. I remember playing there with my band in the mid 1980's...

PhilipG · 09-10-2007

Lindy.

Pubs have been rapidly closing down for the last couple of years.
I think the no-smoking effect will really come into effect when the weather starts getting colder (probably next week!).