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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Ellen Kirwin

Landmark bar which attracted celebrities still serving regulars

A Liverpool landmark venue, which is known for being the oldest of its kind in the city, still serves locals today.

The Orrell Park Ballroom, lovingly known as the OPB, has been a meeting spot for people in North Liverpool for decades but it's also attracted some of the city's great musicians and entertainers.

It was first opened on Moss Lane in 1927, above a row of shops opposite Orrell Park train station. The building quickly become renowned as a local landmark, thanks to it containing a spelling mistake in the brick.

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