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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Lee Grimsditch

Rough Liverpool pub known for 'mad fights' where TV star fled fearing for his life

A pub which once had the unenviable reputation as one of the roughest in the city, was the place where Ricky Tomlinson left half-way through his own gig after a shocking incident.

The Bow and Arrow pub used to be on the corner of Yew Tree Lane and Princess Drive before it called time for good in 2008. Sitting on the border of Huyton and West Derby, people still dispute as to exactly which area the pub belonged.

Whenever the question is raised as to what was the roughest pub in Liverpool, you can count The Bow and Arrow to be among the contenders. Back in 2008, the Liverpool ECHO ran a feature on notorious Liverpool pubs from the past.

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