Pubs of Liverpool and Merseyside

**taffy** · 08-09-2009

Nice looking pub. Not been in to sample its wares

**pablo42** · 08-09-2009

Originally Posted by ItsaZappathing

You only had to see the the lads who went in and it was pretty easy to figure it out. Plus I know a few scraps occured there. Last time I passed there and it was open I thought, "I'm glad I'm not a boozer".
Mind you, it's the same thing I suppose as the Crown pub which I thought was great, many would disagree.

Phew Zap, I used to go there twenty years ago and it was bad then. Just seemed a lumber house. I remember when I knocked around Salford in the bad old days, thay had a stunt with the pubs in the area. They used to arrange fights in a pub most nights, and after s few days see the boss. They told the boss they could make the trouble go away for a small fee. The fee in those days was about ?50 per week. All the pubs were paying. I knoe there were a lot of long frauds in a lot of the pubs that were looked after, but not been back for a while so don't know what happened.

**Sirob** · 08-10-2009

A sad end to The Parkway, end of Mather Avenue.

**ItsaZappathing** · 08-10-2009

And another bites the dust. Good pics Sirob.
I wonder how many pubs we have left in Liverpool. ? Not many that's fer sure.

**Ged** · 08-10-2009

Another biggish pub, 'Maggies' - was once called Maggie Mays right next door to the Giro has been boarded up for a good few months now.

**scouse smurf** · 08-10-2009

Originally Posted by Ged

Another biggish pub, 'Maggies' - was once called Maggie Mays right next door to the Giro has been boarded up for a good few months now.

Was it called thatchers for a while too or was that just coz she was the only Maggie I knew as a kid?

**pablo42** · 08-11-2009

Originally Posted by scouse smurf

Was it called thatchers for a while too or was that just coz she was the only Maggie I knew as a kid?

As far as I remember it was always called Maggies. I always thought it was after Thatcher, maybe it wasn't.

**gregs dad** · 08-19-2009

The Iron Horse on the corner of Sandhills Lane is now called Atlantic Corner after a paint job

**pablo42** · 08-19-2009

Originally Posted by gregs dad

The Iron Horse on the corner of Sandhills Lane is now called Atlantic Corner after a paint job

Great pic Joe. Is that two pubs there or have they knocked it into one?

**gregs dad** · 08-19-2009

Originally Posted by pablo42

Great pic Joe. Is that two pubs there or have they knocked it into one?

It is only one now, the green part is only opened at the week for weddings etc,I believe Billy Butler used to do his radio show from there.
There are some interior shots of inside on my Liverpool pub section set on flickr

**Ged** · 08-20-2009

Great pic Joe. Sad to see the Merebank is the latest one boarded up.

**Norm NZ** · 08-20-2009

Originally Posted by Sirob

A sad end to The Parkway, end of Mather Avenue.

Thank's Sirob! I've only just seen this picture, Sad to see it in such a state, It was of course, the Alleton Hotel when I lived there and used it occasionally!!!

**garstonian** · 08-20-2009

I've got some pub photos you might like to see at www.Flickr.com/photos/garstonian

**lindylou** · 08-20-2009

Originally Posted by Ged

Great pic Joe. Sad to see the Merebank is the latest one boarded up.

I read somewhere that we are losing something like 40 pubs a year (not sure if this is meant to be across the UK or in a specific region) and this was predicted when they brought out the smoking ban.

I know you don't agree with this Ged

.. but it does make you think.

**gregs dad** · 08-20-2009

Lindylou it is the supermarket beer prices that are closing the pubs down.
There are a few pubs in town who are always busy because they keep their prices reasonable. On holiday down south last week our local had a happy hour between 5 and 6 when they charged ?2,70 for a pint of Fosters,I don`t know what they charged in the sad hours.In the Midland by Central station it`s only ?2.00 all day and there is never less than a dozen people in it