some Liverpool pubs
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Two pubs of note to Elder Dempster Lines personnel were the imposing Langton Castle on the north docks road, close to the Brocklebank Dock, and the Seven Steps (the Brunswick Hotel) on the south docks road, close to the Brunswick Dock.
Liverpool Docks
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Elder Dempster used the Brocklebank Dock in the north docks, and in the south docks the Brunswick Dock, the Toxteth Dock and Harrington Dock (with the ED Dock Office between the latter two). The mailboats were based in the Brocklebank Dock and the cargo ships used the south docks.
When some other familiar places in Liverpool were visited in early 2011 the Langton Castle was still there (although boarded up) and the Seven Steps an office building, but the Baltic Fleet was going strong as was the Carnarvon Castle (with a new frontage).
Since 2011 the Langton Castle was demolished and an office block built on the site. The Seven Steps has been refurbished and is still in use as offices.
the Seven Steps
when the south docks closed in the 1970s
Seven Steps ancient
Seven Steps modern
the Seven Steps as an office building 2011
the Seven Steps as an office building 2020
the Baltic Fleet 2011
on the south docks road
the Carnarvon Castle 2011
Tarleton Street
the Langton Castle 2011
site of the Langton Castle 2020
a message on the Langton Castle 2011
Closing Time
The Lost Pubs of Liverpool
Kevin Casey and Kenn Taylor
The Bluecoat Press, 2010
ISBN 9781904438854
Langton Castle and the Seven Steps 2020 © Google
maps © courtesy Geoff Topp Collection
book cover © publisher and authors
all 2011 photographs and text © Mike Ingham
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