A new bar has opened its doors inside the former Blacklers department store in Liverpool city centre.
The Rocking Horse is based on Great Charlotte Street, which is often referred to as 'the top of town' by many.
The site, which was formerly a TSB bank and before that Blacklers department store, has been taken on by Pub Invest Group, which also operates nearby bars Celtic Corner and Ruby Blues.
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Sitting pride of place in the small intimate pub is Blackie, the rocking horse which helped to make generations of Liverpool children happy.
He was the much-loved highlight of Blacklers' children's clothing department and later Alder Hey Children's Hospital.
Back when the site was Blacklers, it was famous for its Christmas grotto and eventually closed its doors for the final time in 1988.
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Megan Parkhill, general manager of the Rocking Horse, said: "We were originally due to open the site in the winter but due to lockdown and the ongoing pandemic we left opening until summer.
"The Rocking Horse is a small welcoming venue which adds to the already fantastic array of sites along Great Charlotte Street.
"We are happy to now have the site open and look forward to hospitality slowly moving back to some form of normality over the coming months."
The Rocking Horse is open from 12pm-11pm Sunday to Thursday and 12pm - 1am Fridays and Saturdays.
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