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Christina Rutter, better known as Tina to her close friends and family(Image: Supplied)<\/p>\nTina Rutter was described as a ‘charming, funny person’Christina Rutter, better known as Tina to her close friends and family(Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n
Tributes have been paid to a legendary Liverpool landlady who died last month. Christina Anne Rutter, known to those close to her as Tina, worked in several of Liverpool\u2019s pubs and clubs over the years.<\/p>\n
Tina, 72, ran The Coffee House pub in Wavertree<\/a> for decades before stepping down 14 years ago. She was originally from Kensington but lived above the pub while she worked there and moved to Childwall. Paying tribute, her close friend Lily Spry, 58, who lives in New Brighton<\/a>, told the ECHO<\/a> she was a \u201csalt of the earth Liverpudlian\u201d.<\/p>\n Lily met Tina when she went to work at the Coffee House<\/a> in the 1980s<\/a>. She said Tina\u2019s life is \u201cinterwoven into the tapestry of Liverpool’s pubs and clubs\u201d from the 1960s<\/a> onwards.<\/p>\n Tina had her training in the pub game at The Vines on Lime Street, one of Liverpool\u2019s most loved pubs and known to many Scousers as The Big House.<\/p>\n Tina then worked in Tiffany\u2019s nightclub where she met her husband Harry, who worked as a doorman there.<\/p>\n Lily said: \u201cShe had a very happy marriage of 50 years with three children. She ran quite a few different pubs. Her family is from an Irish background. She was just a perfect host and was renowned for parties she\u2019d throw.<\/p>\n \u201cTina was a charming, funny person. If she met you tonight and you told her something, she\u2019d remember it when you saw her again five years later.\u201d<\/p>\n Lily said that Tina was in her element at The Coffee House, where Lily worked in the 1980s and again in the 2000s. Lily said: \u201cWhen she ran the Coffee House, it was the most popular on the high street. Even on days off, we\u2019d come in and drink together anyway. If it got busy,we\u2019d jump behind the bar. We were like one big massive family.<\/p>\n \u201cShe was of the old-type, stalwart landlady of years go by, old school, when the local really was the local and the landlady knew every single thing about someone\u2019s life.<\/p>\n \u201cBefore the internet, if someone hadn’t been seen, they’d make sure they were okay. She used to arrange big days out to the races. It was like one big massive extended family. There are dozens and dozens of marriages that came from people meeting in the pub.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Tina,](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1_er-landlady-of-The-Coffee-House-Wavertree-High-Street-pic-7jpeg.jpg\")
Tina, right, with close friend Lily Spry(Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n
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Tina worked in The Coffee House, Tiffany\u2019s and The Vines(Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n