The iconic Everton Lock-Up has been synonymous with Everton Football Club for many decades.
But as the Blues prepare for a future by the banks of the Mersey, they are restoring a different tower by the site of their new stadium.
The Everton Lock-Up on Everton Brow, also known as Prince Rupert’s Tower, after King Charles I’s nephew, whose Royalist Army camped in the area during the English Civil War Siege of Liverpool in 1644 – even though it wasn’t erected until 143 years later – has been associated with the club ever since secretary and future manager Theo Kelly designed what is still the basis for the Blues’ crest used today back in 1938.
