Lennon's 'noisy' former local in row with neighbours
BBCPeople living near a pub once favoured by Beatles legend John Lennon have said a rise in noise has become "unbearable" since new owners took over.
Ye Cracke, on Rice Street in Liverpool city centre and close to an art school attended by Lennon, now wants to open up its old cellar to customers.
But people living in houses nearby have said there has been a significant increase in noise since Ye Cracke Incorporated Ltd took the reins last year - and fear it could get even worse.
Liverpool City Council is to consider the licensing bid on Tuesday.
The pub opened in the 1800s and, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, was a regular haunt of Lennon and Stuart Sutcliffe, who studied at the Liverpool College of Art and lived on nearby Gambier Terrace.
Ye Cracke was taken over in September after being closed for refurbishment for about six months.
People who have objected to the planned licensing changes said it "used to be a very quiet local neighbourhood pub" but that the noise was now "unbearable".
One objector said: "Expanding into the former storage room increases the footprint and the number of customers on the premises, thus inevitably also the noise."
The neighbour added that one person living nearby had said "the noise is so loud he cannot sleep and is actively looking to move".
Another complained of "shouting, swearing, high-pitched screaming laughter of drunken punters, one-on-one conversations over a drink so loud I can literally follow the whole conversation from my bedroom and garden".
They said staff had "so far been unwilling or unable to manage the customers' noise and behaviour".
The BBC has been unable to reach Ye Crack Incorporated Ltd for comment.
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