{"id":34933,"date":"2022-11-18T17:26:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T17:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34933"},"modified":"2022-11-18T17:26:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T17:26:38","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-scousers-doorstep-scotland-road-pubs-of-liverpool-face-last-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34933","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the (Scouser\u2019s) doorstep\u2019: Scotland Road Pubs of Liverpool face last orders"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Last orders could soon be called on the area around Liverpool’s Scotland Road, which was once home to more than 200 pubs, reports the BBC.<\/h3>\n
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\u2026 last remaining pub on what is affectionately known locally as \u2018Scottie Road\u2019\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

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The Throstles Nest, which opened in 1804, is the last remaining pub on what is affectionately known locally as “Scottie Road” and has recently been put up for sale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Now part of the A59, the road runs for about a mile through Vauxhall and into the city centre.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It took its name from the original stagecoach route it was once part of and remains one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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However, the area around it has been in steady decline since the 1960s, when rehousing and road development schemes started a population decline that saw residency fall by 67% in 20 years.<\/p>\n

Previously surrounded by rows upon rows of tenements, ice cream parlours, tailors, grocers, pubs and cinemas and a stone’s throw from the childhood home of one of the city’s most famous daughters, Cilla Black, the Throstles Nest is now a lone outpost from a bygone era….<\/p>\n

Landlord Kevin McMullen, who has owned the pub for 40 years, has vivid memories of its heyday.<\/p>\n

“You wouldn’t be able to see the door for people,” the 78-year-old said….<\/p>\n

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