The city centre street has changed massively over the yearsDanny Gutmann15:41, 10 Jul 2026In its heyday Great Howard Street was lined with pubs filled with dockers propping up the bars after a long day's graft. Sadly, many of those pubs have long since been consigned to history, and today you'll find a string of cafes, coffee shops and a wellness centre calling the street home.‌Beginning in the early 1940s many tenements and smaller pubs in the area were flattened in the Blitz. As the decades passed and the shipping trade remained a prominent part of the city's economy, Great Howard Street remained well stocked with pubs including the likes of The Bull, The King Edward, The Marble Hall Hotel and the Dock Wall to name just a few.‌But by the 70s, as shipping moved north to Seaforth, the thou