Start Date
30 September, 2025
There will be 10 weekly meetings on Tuesday, 11am - 1pm, starting from 30 September.
Overview
A fascinating cultural survey of Liverpool’s pubs, inns and hostelries, beginning with one of Liverpool’s oldest extant buildings – Ye Hole in the Wall on Hackins Hey, and finishing with a survey of Liverpool brewers such as Higson’s, Cains; this course is intended to highlight the rich visual/cultural history and developmental stories behind these a large number of significant locations, which generations of Liverpudlians have passed through in countless rites of passage. This course will appeal to anyone with an interest in Liverpool history, town planning, breweriana, art, architecture and social history.
Syllabus
Week: 1 The Georgian Era
Week: 2 Pub Art of G W Herdman and Followers
Week: 3 Characters & Consequences – Pub Interiors
Week: 4 Liverpool Drunks (Social History)
Week:5 Victorian/Edwardian Eras
Week: 6 Oddments & Quirks/Peter Kavanagh’s
Week: 7 Philharmonic Hotel/Dining Rooms
Week: 8 Liverpool’s Irish Pubs
Week: 9 Ye Cracke/Rock n Roll Pubs
Week: 10 Liverpool Brewers and Breweriana
Please note that the ‘last date available to book’ date is only a guide. We reserve the right to close bookings earlier.
In order to avoid disappointment, please be sure enrol as soon as possible. Registrations will not be processed until the following day if received after 3pm.
Course Lecturer: Dr Lee Kendall
Dr. Lee R. Kendall was born in Liverpool in 1974 and earned his BA (Hons) in History of Art at University of Leicester in 1997 before going on to complete a PhD in the same subject at Liverpool John Moores University in 2006. An independent art historian with a particular interest in all things Liverpool related, his publications include “Being for the Benefit of… Beatles Art in Liverpool” (2012). He has been part of the front of house team at Tate Gallery, Liverpool since 2009 and has lectured for the University of Liverpool's CE Department since 2019.
Courses fees: Full fee £155/Concession £80.
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