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    Default The Parrot.

    So what was your dad saying John...........tell him to eat his words

    Quite a story behind the building too.

    Its origins go back to the 1830s when a large house existed at the junction of Hygeia Street and Rake Lane (later West Derby Road). A zoological gardens had opened opposite in 1832, with the entrance facing Hygeia Street. A Mr. William Mayman who resided in the house in question acquired a job as a keeper in the zoo. He became something of a local hero when he was injured rescuing a young boy who was being mauled by an escaped bear. As a reward for his brave deed, a subscription was raised which resulted in him opening part of his house as a pub.

    He comissioned a sign which read 'Mayman in the jaws of the bear' which apparently attracted quite a clientele and by 1843, the premises was licenced as the man and bear. By the 1850s when the licensee was a Mr Mitchell, the name had been changed to the Parrot, then at No.181. The premises were then added to or rebuilt in the 1860s as from then on it was listed as 127 West Derby Road.

    It was a decorative pub boasting two statues on its facade. William Ryder was the manager in 1903 when it also had adjoining cocoa rooms which were listed as the British workman public House Co. Ltd.



    This 1960s view when the manager was Joseph Ainsworth shows the former cocoa rooms then listed to Low & Co Builders Merchants and at 131, Crown Fireplace specialists. Adjoining the pub in Hygeia street was TKS Motor Engineering. Part of Ogdens Tobacco works can be seen in the background. Listed 1964.

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    I knew you wouldn't sleep until you found out this mystery Ged.
    Brilliant stuff.Can't wait to show the ol' fella.
    Cheers (sometimes you really are amazing Ged).

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    Thanks John. It was just a case of trawling through my books and knowing which one it might be in. Still can't find the Palladium though Do you know which street it was in?
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    Hi Ged,
    I think I recall my dad saying The Palladium was near Farnworth st.
    I will get more info asap.

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    John, I really appreciate you giving Corrie a miss for this, cheers mate
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    Adverts are on!!!
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    Ged...
    Just phoned the ol' fella and he said The Palladium was on Empire street.
    He bought his first house there for £200.!!!!

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    O.K. I'll check it out next time i'm in the LRO.
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    Liverpool regeneration project to create 175 energy efficient homes
    Publisher: Jon Land
    Published: 07/12/2007


    Liverpool regeneration project
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    Work has started on an exciting £24 million regeneration project in Liverpool which will see the construction of 175 energy efficient homes.

    The development is being led by Riverside Housing and its subsidiary Community Seven in partnership with Lovell, Liverpool City Council, the Housing Corporation, English Partnerships and Kensington Regeneration.

    When finished, the development will comprise 45 new homes for rent, 24 for shared ownership and 106 for outright sale.

    The first phase of 87 properties, which is due to start being handed over in summer 2008, will involve the development of the disused open space off Gilead Street which lies within the Kensington New Deal for Communities area, the Liverpool Housing Market Renewal Initiative (HMRI) area and the Wavertree Zone of Opportunity.

    Local residents have had their say on the development through the formation of Gilead Steering Group, which meets monthly.

    Member Jan Kelly said: “We have been involved from the very start and have been consulted every step of the way from as far back as four years ago when the development was just in the pipeline to choosing Lovell as the preferred developer.

    “After years in the planning, it’s great to see that work has started on site. This is exactly what we need in the area.”

    Kensington Regeneration Board member and local resident Enid Bristow added: “This will be a superb development which will have a huge impact on the area, not least because it will be a very attractive landmark on a main road into Liverpool.

    "Local residents are really looking forward to seeing new, high quality homes being built in this area.”

    Tom McGuire, Director of Community Seven, said: “Historically, Kensington has suffered from poor condition properties and high turnover but this is all changing.
    "We are not only improving the quality of lives of existing residents but are also encouraging others to choose Kensington as a place to live.”

    John Carleton, Field Director for the Housing Corporation in the North, said: “In partnership with the Housing Corporation, Riverside Housing has done an excellent job with this development.

    "Affordable housing is crucial to Liverpool's economic growth and Gilead Street will provide a mixture of family homes and shared ownership schemes, in a place where people want to live now and the future.”

    Councillor Marilyn Fielding, Liverpool’s executive member for housing and neighbourhood services, said: “Liverpool is building for a better tomorrow.

    "By working with our partners and communities, we are creating communities that are safe, secure and which offer a range of housing that can meet the needs and aspirations of all our citizens.”

    Lovell regional director Nigel Yates added: “We’re excited to be working on this modern, eco-friendly housing development which will answer the demand for high quality new affordable and open market homes in Kensington and play an important part in the ongoing regeneration of the area.”

    English Partnerships’ investment will ensure high quality design and environmental standards are achieved.

    The new homes will have low running costs through energy-saving features such as condensing boilers and increased levels of insulation.

    These high levels of energy efficiency will be made possible by an advanced off-site manufacture system where much of the construction work will be carried out off-site in factory conditions.

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    Why do modern houses with all this weird and wonderful technology have to be so ugly???

    Give me a terrace any day!
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    It is sad they are not keeping the beautiful old charm of your city.. I too agree with you Wallesey.. Independant homes can still be made tastefully to co-exist with the Old World charm .. I don't understand it either.

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    £24m house estate gets under way
    Jan 21 2008
    by Nick Coligan, Liverpool Echo



    A LONG-awaited scheme to build dozens of new homes in one of Liverpool’s most deprived areas has finally started.

    The £24m scheme will see a 175-house estate built off Gilead Street, Kensington.

    The first phase of almost 90 properties, which should be finished by the summer, is being constructed on a disused former playground and football pitch.

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    Hi folks, Sorry for being late, only just stumbled in , & have been enjoying the chat . I remember Every St , Dee St , Butler St , etc . From a hair-raising experience in my youth when I made a disparaging remark about a 'young lady' there & next I was surrounded by a lynch mob & by a stroke of luck managed to catch a passing tram ,making my escape! I see Butler St,is still there & a small bit of Every St . There was a a run-down picture-house called the Palladium on that side of West Derby Rd , just there too, they didn't have tickets , only metal talleys , & I think they accepted empty jam-jars for entrance fee(as did the Cabbage Hall Cinema), Happy days! Ron

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    Anybody know when they're gonna start building the new fire station etc on Beech Street? It's been ages since the scheme was announced. On the planning explorer it says it hasn't even been approved yet [07F/0136] but that can't be right,can it?

    Dave.

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    Default Knotty problem in Kensington-What's in a Neighbourhood name

    The delays with the sadly mis named "Neighbourhood Centre" has been delayed for several reasons, One of the big problems has been most local people have confused the term Neigbourhoood with Community the fomer actually just means "its round here!), the Mike Lane Neighbourhood Centre is basically a housing and shopping development-maybe a community room in a fire station. Imagine the scenario...the community meeting starts.Alarm bell goes off..NEE NAH NEE NAH NEE NAH .meetign stops meetign restarts
    ....get the picture.

    As Richie "Dick" Keenan said only this week "This was never never never going to be a community centre" and he should know he is deputy chair of kenny regen anda director of Parks Options.

    the site is infested with Japanese Knotweed ( a natural laxative apparently) and the site needs costly decontaminating. The sod breaking ceremony is taking place shortly, and there will be no shortage of "sods" to choose from.

    It was originally going to make money through office spaces but nobody was interested (the rental rates were full commercial ie liverpool City Centre????)

    There was going to be 91 flats....except now nobody wants flats now...they're havng a rethink on that one

    The rest of the centre is going to have shops...this is an area with probably the worst range of shops in Liverpool...(I live there so I know).pretty good if you want a kebab, a tan, or a bottle of cheap cider, but not much else. There wa a rumour that Iceland were opening a shop but with the banking crisis in that country I diont think that is likely.

    The whole scheme is costing ?19 million so they say, and at the last count, generous Kenny Regen are putting in at least ?2million.

    My prediction is once the knotweed has been got rid of, the fire station will go up (watch out for the traffic chaos at the junctin of sheil/Beech Perscot road eveytime there is a "Shout"),

    the grade 2 listed building on the site will be converted into four two bedroom flats (planning permission for this was applied for well over a year ago),

    if the other flats are built Tom McGuire at C7 will snap them up at a bargian price (hopefully cheaper than the ones they area still trying to sell in Laurel road)

    and a few empty shop units laying ide because the rents they are asking are too onorous.

    The local communtiy's cut from all this, well apparently the Company which will take over from Kenny regen in 2010 wil get the ground rent, oh yeah the consultant company iniolved is from Manchester (How annoying is that!).

    Watch this space for the chickens coming home to roost on this one.

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