Grafton collapses

Stately-but-decayed Liverpool nightlife icon The Grafton edged a bit further into history last night as a chunk of it collapsed.

Mandatory bit here about how The Beatles played there, you know, in 1963. (There was a theft before their second gig at the venue, which saw 100 tickets vanish.)

The Grafton closed in 2008 after over eighty years of mixed fortunes as a nightclub; attempts to find a owner in 2011 failed.

Venuewatch: De-Grated

It's been quite a while since Liverpool's Grafton club was on the circuit - the Beatles played there in the past, but it's glory days have so far receded into the distance it's perhaps not surprising its owners are closing it down once and for all. The site is going to become a comedy club.