Another LRO gem. Formerly a coaching house and site of a turnpike for the old stage coaches travelling out of Liverpool during the 19th Century, it was named the Low Hill Coffee House pre- 1880s and was a noted political house in the 1840s. At that time, land West of Hall Lane was used as a crciket ground whose team used the pub as their headquarters. East of Hall Lane was land used as a military parade ground until the 1880s when terraced property was built on it. In 1950 the Coach & Horses was managed by Randall McDonald and was in use as a pub into the 1980s until it was vacated and there was a change in usage. Currently a communication firm take residence in the property.
The building demolished on the corner had originally been a beer house at No. 2 Low Hill whose manager in 1905 was William Hall. Adjoining it at No.4 was a dairyman and cow keepers premises owned by William Disley. The beer house ceased trading in the 1920s and in the 1950 No.2 was a fish shop. The Autolux taxi sign advertises a business located lower down on Kensington. The other businesses seen here in Kenny which are now replaced by 3 high council flats built in the late 1950s were: Miss Annie Tweedale, Newsagent. Samuel Black, Secondhand boot dealer. Albert Hancox, Tobacconist and Autolux Taxi Services.
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1ST PIC 1950 - 2ND PIC 11/6/55
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