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Ged
So much to see here for those familiar with it.
John Collier - John Collier - the window to watch. There were quite a few tailors and clothes shops on the once bustling London Road.
Sampson & Barlow's Peppermint Lounge is on the opposite corner and had an upstairs function room, the club part of it having been called Gullivers and Trophies at various times in its lift-time. The window cleaners cart, Anglia Estate and Austin Cambridge add to the flavour, oh and those old overhanging road signs.
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My sister had her wedding reception upstairs in Sampson & Barlow... got a few pics somewhere, I remember the day well.. it was in the same room apparently that was The Peppermint Lounge...The Beatles played there when it was The Cassanova Club....
on 11th,14th,16th,21st & 28th Feb & 7th & 12th March 1961 by all accounts..
Trophies night club and pool hall was owned by my good mate and fellow Merseyside county pool team player Les Oulton...
I got free practise when I was captain of the Merseyside pool team...Les also played for my pool team in The Pontack outside Gerard Gardens.....the nightclub part was great, the opening night was a fantastic night...I literally played pool all day in there and then made myself at home in the night club later.... courtesy of my mate Les of course..
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The place on the left next door to the club in the photo later became the Yan-Yan...
the place to go for a chinese meal after a night on the town..
a regular haunt full of the same faces every week....all the lads and gals from Gerard Gardens
and the 4 squares on Soho St... happy days with great memories of them places....
Thanks for showing the pic Ged..
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