A historic D-Day craft once called Liverpool home and operated as a "glamorous" floating nightclub. when Allied forces invaded Normandy on June 6, 1944, to begin the liberation of France from the Nazis. Years later, a converted tank landing craft LCT 7074 which took part in the D-Day landings found a new home in Liverpool.
but by the late 1960s, the venue took on a completely new life. Moored in Salthouse Dock, the Clubship Landfall nightclub was opened by business partners George 'Jud' Evans and Colin Peers who bought it and transformed it into a popular nightlife venue, For years, clubbers would come onboard and walk through a hatch-like door to lower levels where they could grab a drink from the bar or head to the colourful dancefloor that lit up from underneath. George's daughter, Freja Evans Swogger, 57, grew up in and previously her late dad and Colin's catering business, Compass Catering, is how the pair first got involved with the Landfall.
They bought the craft back Freja previously said: "The Master Mariners Club was there for several years. "My dad went into partnership with Colin Peers who was a trained chef and initially I think they just had the catering contract for the place. As they did the catering they saw the clientele were very elderly and it was a somewhat run down gentleman's club and I think they looked at it and thought we could make a nightclub out of this it's a it needs a fresh injection of energy into it and we could really make a run at it.
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