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    Hi Andy, if you live in Rathbone Road, Oceanic Road or Runic Road and your rear or forward view is of Rathbone Park, I can understand your concern. As regards part of Binns Road disappearing, well, as it's not a through road from Gamel Street and hasn't been for many years, it shouldn't make any difference. I've worked on Binns Road for nigh on 30 years and personally, I hope that the sooner it's done the better as it's in a sorry state right now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by M1796_01F Landscape MASTERPLAN
    "There is the opportunity to integrate this feature as a theme with with public artwork around the wider Edge Lane development."
    Public artwork? Do they mean GRAFFITI? More work for Banksy?


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    My family used to have a printer`s shop in Prescot Road, Old Swan, close to the P.O., the premises are now a pet shop. I wonder if there are any photos around showing the building as the printers, it used to have a canvas awning bearing the name `John Donald`. The printing business finished around 1947, I think, although the shop awning was still in use in the 1950s. The founders lived off St Oswald Street in a street that is no longer there, near where the health centre is today. Later they moved to Guernsey Road, off Green Lane. The great uncle who took over the business lived in West Oakfield Park.

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    Which Street of St Oswalds St did they live ?

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    Mart, I`m blowed if I can find my note of the street concerned - I believe it was almost opposite Macqueen Street. They lived also at 72 St Oswald Street at one time, I think that was the address at the 1891 Census.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThePenkethPedant View Post
    I believe it was almost opposite Macqueen Street.
    It was Gascoyne Street which was in later years changed to Hubert Street for some reason.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JMLE View Post
    It was Gascoyne Street which was in later years changed to Hubert Street for some reason.
    Thanks for that, although the names don`t ring any bells: I think maybe I was trying to work out where 72 St Oswald Street would be if the properties were still standing. No idea how I came to place that number to somwhere opposite Macqueen Street though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThePenkethPedant View Post
    Thanks for that, although the names don`t ring any bells: I think maybe I was trying to work out where 72 St Oswald Street would be if the properties were still standing. No idea how I came to place that number to somwhere opposite Macqueen Street though.
    If you put 72 St Oswalds Street into Google maps, it says it was where the new'ish medical centre is.

    http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=72+st+oswalds+street&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnea r=72+St+Oswald's+St,+Liverpool+L13+2,+United+Kingd om&gl=uk&z=16

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    Thanks for that, thought it was around that area - wonder if any photos exist showing that old area of St Os Street, also when the houses that were there were demolished.

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    I have seen pics of Rock St and Rock Court, which were a bit lower down St Oswalds st.
    Before the flats were built, where Tesco is now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThePenkethPedant View Post
    My family used to have a printer`s shop in Prescot Road, Old Swan, close to the P.O., the premises are now a pet shop. I wonder if there are any photos around showing the building as the printers, it used to have a canvas awning bearing the name `John Donald`. The printing business finished around 1947, I think, although the shop awning was still in use in the 1950s. The founders lived off St Oswald Street in a street that is no longer there, near where the health centre is today. Later they moved to Guernsey Road, off Green Lane. The great uncle who took over the business lived in West Oakfield Park.
    Not a picture of the printer's shop but there is this Google Books result that shows a book printed by "John Donald, Printer, 556 Prescot Road, Old Swan." The publication is the Journal of the Liverpool Geological Association, Volume 6, 1886.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThePenkethPedant View Post
    Thanks for that, thought it was around that area - wonder if any photos exist showing that old area of St Os Street, also when the houses that were there were demolished.
    Not quite as far along St.Oswald st.as you want,but here's acouple of pic's which you might like,anyway!

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    The houses in that area were demolished in the early 1930s when there was a whole programme of variouis slum clearances including that of Hoults corner on St. Oswalds street. It was then widened and the tenements builts as the new way forward housing with indoor bathrooms, hot and cold running water, electricity power supply and points, balaconies with window boxes and central squares containing playground aparatus for the residents children safebeing.
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    What a small world, my grandad lived in No. 43 his surname was wynn, he died in 1977 but my brother bought his house with his then wife and they had a son Gareth, they are divorced now but my ex sister-in-law still lives there. which number were you?
    Hey carole,Was your grandad ritchie wynn??? if so he was a mate of mine that moved to wavertree and we had a drink in the pub called the thatched house on the corner of wavetree rd and the road that led down to smithdown rd .his wife was maureen.i used to live in 81 orleans rd.

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    Hi Glynn,

    Glimpse of Orleans Rd in 1976, 55 seconds in

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MODcrT8pud8

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