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OR LMFAO *shock* lol

does any body have photos of ilchester square i lived there in the 60s

Jeanny, please see the Ilchester Square - The Dock Cottages thread

It,s the first time that I have seen this thread. The Blood Tub used to be my favourite watering hole in the 1950,s. I used to be a fireman at Bidston Loco.All the lads from the shed used to call in there after work and get steamed up (in the bevvied sense) before heading home. The boss at that time was Eric Holt. The head barmaid was Mrs.Lil Jones, who lived in Laird St. Eric was great, He had an Irish Shilaleagh behind the bar, and if anyone started scrapping inside the pub, he had been known to lay them out with it.Scrapping was "Outside only".There were some real Hardmen who boozed in there,proper scrappers. If you did,nt bother them, they did,nt bother you.It was a great pub. Beer then cost 1/1d a pint.(5p in new money).A quid did you for 2 sessions.
The Blood Tub was known throughout the World. That was because of all the Birkenhead lads who went to sea, and also all the foreign seamen who called in for a bevvy.I was in a bar in HongKong, in 1953; A Chinese guy heard my accent, then asked me "you Liverpool man?", I said "No, Birkenhead". He gave me a big grin and said " Ah Yes. Blood Tub .I know it.Itxxxxxxx good pub.Me in there many times".Then he told all his mates in Chinese about it, and the word Blood Tub was all I could understand.We all ended up bladdered as we drank to my old local.
So that,s it. The awld Blood Tub is one of the most famous boozers in the World.I,ll be a sad man ,when I hear that it has bit the dust.Progress!! Who needs it??

thanks mate some good memories there!

Thanks igor. Enjoyed your post. 'real' colourful accounts are SO interesting to me, much better than what the 'organic' historical accounts say. Thankyou

Demolition of the Blood Tub should be starting soon. Containers have been placed in the car park at the back and they should be fencing it off soon. Pictures Coming Soon

Cameras ready !

the bloodtub r.i.p.

ali ready boxed off mate not much left inside kid!

welll does anyone know what date it is surpossed to be getting knocked down

next 2 weeks or so?

yerrrrrr

MY pictures

There is scaffolding going up around it already and the area is fenced off. They have also started stripping the interior.