The still boarded-up Wellington Inn
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The still boarded-up Wellington Inn
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 23 Jan 2011
It is sad to see the Wellington still boarded up. I was brought up opposite the Wellington. It was then run by Frank Wall, a former Liverpool Police Inspector, and was a very busy pub. In those days the pubs closed early and in summer we used to watch the turning out at 9 o'clock. A few feet away to the right was a drop of a foot or more from the pavement to the roadway. We used to bet which of the known hard drinkers would come to grief on the step. One particular gentleman was soon excluded from the list of runners as he invariably misjudged the drop.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.146416
Longitude
-4.124934