"We
are now at the Crown Pub next to the station. This is probably the
first pub people see on arrival in Liverpool. The architect is unknown.
1859 is the earliest reference to a pub here. In 1888 William Clarkson,
the owner of the Midland, took over here. But like others in 1905,
it was taken over by Peter Walker, Brewers of Warrington and Burton
on Trent.
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"As
we entered, you鈥檇 have noticed that exterior, the richest art nouveau
of any pub. This exterior is really impressive with its moulded
plaster friezes, the shallow box windows on the first and second
floor, the cut glass windows, the copper panels and the beautiful
golden letters outside.
"Looking
from the window of the Crown, we can see Wellington on his monument
and he had a great influence on the pubs of Liverpool. Before the
19th century, most beer was brewed in private houses, known as pot
houses. But most of the social problems then were not caused by
beer drinking, but by spirit drinking. Wellington
had the idea that if he could encourage people to drink beer
rather than spirits, it would solve a great many social problems.
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