WE THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CALL UPON THE SEFTON COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE TO REFUSE ANY APPLICATIONS FOR DEMOLITION OR CHANGE OF USE OF THE PRIORY PUBLIC HOUSE SEFTON ROAD LITHERLAND.THIS FAMOUS 200 YEARS OLD PLUS, LOCAL LITHERLAND LANDMARK WAS A FORMER COACHING HOUSE AND IS STEEPED IN HISTORY NAMELY AS A FORMER PLACE OF WORSHIP AND AS A MEETING PLACE FOR LITHERLAND URBAN DISTRICT COUNCILLORS PRIOR TO THE BUILDING OF ST PHILLIPS CHURCH AND LITHERLAND TOWN HALL. THIS PUB WAS ALSO FREQUENTED BY THE WORLD FAMOUS BEATLES WHO PLAYED THEIR FIRST GIG AS THE BEATLES AT LITHERLAND TOWN HALL IN THE EARLY SIXTIES. IT IS WITHOUT DOUBT A MOST VALUABLE COMMUNITY ASSET AND SHOULD BE KEPT IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AT ALL COSTS.