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emmsthheight
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Hi
Makes sense.
I thought it said Union Tap, too, and up here, a Tap is used to describe and alehouse or bar.
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Emms
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km1971
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Tap is short for taproom or tap-room.
Ken
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Originally a tap-room was a cool room at the back where large barrels of beers were kept. Beer was taken to the front in jugs as and when it was required. Later it could mean just a room at the back, or even the whole place could be called the "xxx Taproom". It is just a word associated with public houses.
The Union Hotel is marked on the 1848-64 plan of Liverpool (Hanover St) available from Alan Godfrey Maps. Clayton Lane ran at the back of the Union Hotel.
Ken
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Hi Ken
Thank you! Now I know properly what it means too. I love learning how these thins came to be, and it makes it easier to remember too.
Best wishes
Emms
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