The Vines public house on Lime Street in Liverpool opened by Albert Vines in 1867, taken over by Walkers Brewery ( Warrington )

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The Vines public house on Lime Street in Liverpool opened by Albert Vines in 1867, taken over by Walkers Brewery ( Warrington ) and rebuilt in Baroque style ( 1907 ). Designed by Walter Thomas who also designed the Philharmonic Dining Rooms and the Crown situated on the other end of the block adjacent to Lime Street railway station. Known locally as 'The Big House'. Situated next to the Adelphi Hotel and opposite the now closed Lewis's store in Ranelagh Place. Lime Street in Liverpool city centre where Lime Street railway station and St. Georges Hall are situated. Lime Street was made famous by the old seaman's song 'Maggie May'. Once a popular place in the nineteenth century where prostitutes hung about to meet seamen, Maggie May was one of the more well known ones. The song starts: Oh, Maggie, Maggie May, they have taken her away, and she'll never walk down Lime Street any more.

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Size: 5120px × 3427px
Location: Lime Street; Liverpool; Merseyside; England; Britain; UK
Photo credit: © Dave Ellison / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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