The final days of a historic Kirkdale pub are looming - two years after developers were given permission to flatten the site.
Demolition work has begun at the derelict Cunard pub on the corner of Stanley Road and Boundary Street, one week after its neighbour, the former Just Laminates Flooring and Furniture Showroom, was torn down.
The buildings will be replaced by a three- and four-storey block of nine flats and two ground-floor commercial units, to be used as shops or offices.
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The main portion of the development will be spread over three storeys, with a rooftop apartment and plant room on the top floor.
Planning permission for the development was submitted by the Alfa Property Group to Liverpool City Council in September 2020, and was finally approved in December 2021.
The Cunard was once one of many bustling pubs situated along Stanley Road, from the William Shakespeare to The Royal on the corner of Bankhall Street. In its heyday in the 1970s, it was known as The Cunard Vaults.
Other lost gems of the 1970s include The Railway Hotel on Binns Road in Wavertree, the Pen and Wig on Harrington Street, The Dryden Hotel on Edge Lane, The Queens in Garston, and The Green Man on Vauxhall Road, which famously appeared in Alan Bleasdale's 80s drama Boys from the Blackstuff.
The Blue House in Everton was once a regular haunt for Everton FC fans, while The Clarence Hotel in Norris Green was a stopping-off point for Reds fans on their way to Anfield.
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