In years gone by, playing in the Scotland Road and Westminster darts league was one way of frequenting a range of famous pubs in the heart of north Liverpool.
Kevin Robinson-Hale, 37, spent his younger years playing for the Eagle Vaults. By the time he stepped up the oche, the Scotland Road area no longer boasted its once hundreds of watering holes, but enough remained to provide good competition.
“There were at least three or four pubs along the stretch” remembers Kevin, “and it was always bustling in the years before that.” Today, the Eagle Vaults pub has been converted into flats.