Originally Posted by
Gnomie
there is a bit of info here on the Scottie press site...
http://www.scottiepress.org.uk/main.htm
I know that one part of Vauxhall named the streets in a certain way so that the first letters of each street would spell out names. they where built by Welsh workmen and looking at the map of the streets side by side, the first letter of each one would spell out Owens or Jones etc. I will look through my books for it and post it up.
The terraced House along Goodison Rd opposite Goodison Park spell out Ownes and Hargreaves, the builders.
Masses of Toxteth were built by the Welsh, and hence the Welsh Streets with Welsh names. About 1/3 of all churches in Toxteth was a Welsh church.
Far more Welsh settled in Liverpool than Irish – hence the highly Welsh influences in the Liverpool accent. The Irish make noises where they go and, unlike the Welsh.
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Outsiders think Liverpool is an Irish city on the English mainland for some reason. The Irish did have an influence but far from the most populous and most influential.
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