The Merseyside Pub Guide

by Phil Wieland

NEW FERRY

Pub	Beer	Comments	Location
Alice's Place (The Blossoms) (Toll Bar) "Bent's House"	Trophy / 4X	This plain knocked through one bar pub has 1970s style decor except for the 1950s door. There is a function suite at the back. On my most recent visit the bitter was sour and we had to have a lager instead. Not visited since the latest renaming. Last visited 2003.	New Chester Road / Grove Street
Cleveland Arms	Thwaites / Carling, Carlsberg, Warsteiner	A well cared for pub with one bar plus a partially knocked through side room, and a pool room at the back. It is unusual nowadays to see cask mild available. The decor is nicely restrained traditional, the beer is excellent, and the only negative I noted was the too loud jukebox. Last visited 2003.	31 Bebington Road / Undeley Terrace
de Râilway (The Railway)	John Smith's, Trophy, Worthington / Carling, Carlsberg, Foster's, Stella	On the sign, the first A has a circumflex and the second A has two dots underneath it in a spoof of some Nordic language or other. Plain pleasant interior decor with a pale wood floor.   Karaoke   Live music   Play Your Cards Right Last visited 2003.	Bebington Road / Brook Street
Farmers Arms	Falstaff, Tetley / Carlsberg	The rather naff looking "bog wall" exterior conceals a plain, slightly tatty interior in this two-sided friendly pub. Last visited 2003.	New Chester Road / Grove Street
Freddie's Club		Not visited.	Stanley Road
Great Eastern	Banks's / Heineken	A plain but well looked after bar side, and a 'parlour' not visited. The four hand pumps were all off. Last visited 2000.	New Ferry Road / Shorefields
Little House	Trophy / 4X, Labatts, Stella	In this three bar pub the decor in the side bar is pale wood floor and bare brick walls. The back room is (fake) half-timbered. LSTV. In 2006 reported as CLOSED and demolished.   Free food   Karaoke Last visited 2003.	New Chester Road / Earl Street
Queens Hotel	John Smith's / Carling, Foster's, Miller	The scruffy exterior hides a pleasant knocked through well cared for one bar pub, perhaps slightly tatty in places. Music too loud. LSTV. In 2007 I learned this had been CLOSED and demolished to make way for a supermarket. Last visited 2003.	Bebington Road / Brook Street
Shillings Cafe Bar	Boddingtons, Flowers, Trophy	A fashionable pale wood floor and pastel wall interior in this busy pub. Last visited 2003.	New Chester Road / Bebington Road
Travellers Rest	Banks's / Foster's	The rather pleasant looking building misleads. Inside is a tatty plain two bar pub. Now CLOSED. Last visited 2000.	11 New Ferry Road / Marquis Street
Wirral Hotel	Boddingtons, Trophy / 4X	A scruffy knocked through one bar pub with a deafeningly loud Karaoke.   Karaoke Last visited 2003.	Bebington Road / Woodhead Street