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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Tom Duffy

Liverpool landlady who founded Smokie Mo's tells of her £1.2m rent row

A Liverpool landlady at the centre of a £1.2m rent dispute with her landlord has told of her 'ordeal'.

Maureen Bramwell, 69, who ran the bars inside Grand Central Hall, was locked out of the city centre venue on the morning of March 29. Landlords Nextdom, controlled by Liverpool businessman Gerry O'Brien, served official notice of forfeiture of the lease to Ms Bramwell's company Local Bar Four Limited.

Ms Bramwell, owes £1.2m in rent. Ms Bramwell, who founded the well known Smokie Mo's chain of city bars, has now told of her experience.

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