IN PICTURES | Bulldozers blitz birkdale’s Blundell

5th March 2020

Campaigners have said they are heartbroken to see bulldozers ripping into a former Birkdale Pub

Activists spoken of their sadness after demotion work finally started on turning a fire-damaged former Birkdale pub into a new housing development.

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Community campaigners, backed by members of the Campaign for Real Ale had launched a last-ditch bid to save the former Blundell Arms pub on Upper Aughton Road months ago, which shut its doors more than three years ago, and turn it into a community hub.

In its heyday, the two-storey pub, bounded by Clarence Road and Everton Road, was seen as a focal point for the local community and its function rooms hosted many weddings, birthdays, christenings and much more

Now the majority of the pub has fallen foul of bulldozers wrecking any lingering hopes that the pub could be saved.