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<p><img border="0" src="../cavernclub/images/84-99_big.gif" width="145" height="68"></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">April 26<sup>th</sup> 1984 was heralded as a new
beginning with the opening of a new Cavern Club. Over 15,000 of the old Cavern
bricks had been saved and treated. The old bricks were used to reconstruct the
arches and the vaults to more or less the same dimensions as the original club.
there are however a number of significant differences between the original Club
and new floor plan.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font color="#FFFFFF"><img border="0" src="../cavernclub/images/mojocavern.jpg" width="219" height="145"><font face="Arial" size="2">
<img border="0" src="../cavernclub/images/tarbock.jpg" width="145" height="219"> <img border="0" src="../cavernclub/images/kramercavern.jpg" width="219" height="145"><br>
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<font size="1" face="Arial">Pictures from the first night at the 'new' Cavern<br>
Mojo Filter - Jimmy Tarbock - Billy J Kramer</font></font></p>
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<li><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">The Club today only occupies 75% of the
original site.</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">The reconstructed club is deeper than the
original. Between 1957 and 1973 you would have descended 18 stairs. Today
you will walk down 30 steps.</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">The entrance to the Club today is 15 yards
nearer to North John Street than the original club. Ironically the main fire
escape onto Mathew Street from the new Club is the exact site of the
original doorway. Why they didn’t put the reconstructed entrance in the
same place remains a mystery - the present day entrance could have been the
fire escape.</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">The original archways and vaults were at 90°
to Mathew Street, not parallel as they are today. In fact the stage Paul
McCartney performed on 14<sup>th</sup> December 1999, is only feet away from
the original Cavern Stage.</font></li>
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<p align="center"><font color="#FFFFFF"><img border="0" src="../cavernclub/images/merseyscavern.jpg" width="219" height="145"> <img border="0" src="../cavernclub/images/bluejeanscav.jpg" width="219" height="145"><br>
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The Merseybeats - The Swinging Blue Jeans</font></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">The excitement generated by the new development
has been somewhat premature. Between 1984 and 1989 the Cavern had four different
owners and went into receivership twice. The Club was closed by Merseyside
Police in December 1989 however it had started to re-establish itself as one of
Liverpool’s principle night-spots.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">In early 1991 Cavern City Tours put a proposal to
Royal Life, the owners of the development. The royal accepted and on the 12<sup>th</sup>
July 1991 the Cavern re-opened to the Public.</font></p>
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