Mathew Street

The street connects Rainford Gardens (off Whitechapel)in which Brian Epstein's music shop, NEMS, was situated to North John Street, and is located in an area of the city centre known today as "The Cavern Quarter". Historically it was the centre of Liverpool's wholesale fruit and vegetable market.{{cite web | url = http://www.artinliverpool.com/?p=16840 | title = View Two - Fruitopia. Luli Barzman | year = 2008 | access-date = 2014-05-05}}

The street was originally named Mathew Pluckington Street, after a famous Liverpool merchant.{{sfn|Rosney|2015|loc=Mathew Street}}

It was also home to the influential music club Eric's, which played host to many famous punk and post-punk bands from its opening in 1976, despite only being open for four years.{{cite web |title = Liverpool Museums page about Eric's |url = http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/exhibitions/erics |access-date =2008-02-05}}

The fame of Mathew Street led to the arrest of three men in 2006 when an American in Dallas, Texas, viewing the street's webcam, saw a burglary in progress and called Merseyside Police.{{cite journal |title = Texas man foils burglary in Britain |journal = Wikinews |date = 25 August 2006 |url = http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Texas_man_foils_burglary_in_Britain |access-date = 2008-02-05}}

The psychoanalyst Carl Jung is often cited as visiting Liverpool in 1927,{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2003/jun/05/artsfeatures.europeancapitalofculture2008 |title=History broke Liverpool, and it broke my heart |publisher=guardian.co.uk |access-date=2010-02-24 | location=London | first=Linda | last=Grant | date=2003-06-05}} but he only recorded a dream in which he had, later published in Jung's autobiography Memories, Dreams, Reflections of which he wrote

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"Liverpool is the pool of life, it makes to live."{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=05hJrW5yuakC&q=statue+Jung+liverpool&pg=PA111 |title=Public sculpture of Liverpool - Google Books |isbn=9780853237112 |access-date=2010-02-24 |last1=Cavanagh |first1=Terry |year=1997 }}}}

As a result, a statue of Jung was erected in Mathew Street in 1987, but being made of plaster, was vandalised and replaced by a more durable version in 1993.

Today, Mathew Street is one of Liverpool's most popular nightlife destinations.{{Cite web|url=https://www.liverpool.com/|title=Liverpool.com - Latest Liverpool FC news, opinion and more|website=liverpool}}

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|File:Mathew Street Liverpool sign.jpg|Mathew Street sign

|File:Four Lads 2019.jpg|Mural tribute sculpture to the Beatles by Arthur Dooley

|File:The Cavern Club (29417413936).jpg|The Cavern Club on Mathew Street

|File:Southern side view, Mathew Street, intersection with Temple Court, Liverpool (2019-05-25 14.35.34 by HarshLight).jpg|Corner of Mathew Street and Temple Court

|File:CarlJungStatueLiverpool.jpg|Statue of Carl Jung, based on his quote "Liverpool is the pool of life"

|File:23 Mathew Street, Liverpool.jpg|Magical Beatles Museum

|File:Cilla Black statue, Mathew Street 2019.jpg|Cilla Black statue

|File:Liverpool's Wall of Fame.jpg|Liverpool Wall of Fame

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• Cavern Mecca
• Liverpool Wall of Fame
• The Armadillo Tea Rooms (1980's), Liverpool
• The Cavern Pub

Citations

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Sources

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• {{cite book |last=Rosney |first=Mark |title=Secret Liverpool |year=2015 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jeJiCgAAQBAJ |isbn=9781445640860 }}

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• [http://mathewstreet.co.uk/ Mathew Street] Detailed information, photos and other information
• [http://www.merseyworld.com/mathew/ Mathew Street Virtual Tour]

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