A lost city-centre venue gave generations of gig goers, students and clubbers some of the best nights out of their lives.
Some will talk about the Iron Door, the Cavern, Allinson's and Eric's - all clubs which in some way or another have featured in Merseyside's musical history. But the Magnet, founded in 1958, also holds an illustrious and iconic place in the city's heart.
Originally, a street level bar named the Rumblin’ Tum, an eating house famed from the outside for its geometric wood panelling at the window, the basement of the site was named the Sink Club. One of the city’s first black music venues, many will remember entry was by way of a numbered sink plug on a short length of chain which proved membership.
