Thanks Ged and Robbo for the replies.
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I've gone through my info at home and have the following timeline:
Mrs Mary O'Neil (my G Grandmother) had the following addresses:
Up until 1915 she was living at 80 Old Hall Street.
Between 1916 and 1923 the Prince of Wales had Albert Stokes as licencee - he was Mary's brother-in-law.
In 1916 Mary is forced to go and live with her sister at "17a West Derby Street, off Pembroke Place." This is how she addresses her letters to her aunts in New York city of which I have copies from a probate package. She uses this address from 1916 to 1920.
In 1923, Mrs M. O'Neil is herself listed as the licencee of the Prince of Wales (Higsons Brewery) - she only holds the licence though for a year until end of 1924 after which she moves to other premises. It is this year that the address shows (I have in this order): 1 Dalton Street, 126 Pembroke Place, 17a West Derby Street.
1295 licencee is William Davies.
1926-1929 licencee is Robert Banks.
I stopped my research there as it appears family connection had finished - so my interest is between 1916 to 1924.
My Grandfather remembers growing up in the pub, learning the bar trade, playing the piano, taking savings to the bank AND... that "bloody noisy sign" squeaking and creaking in the wind outside his bedroom window!
I know it may be pushing it to find a picture of the pub during that era but any picture of the pub would be the next best thing - hence my post.
Incidentally I remember when they were building the hospital - coming down London Road on the old Crosville buses - to a young kid it seemed MASSIVE, seemed to take AGES to build and it always looked MESSY. I'm sure I read somewhere recently that they are planning to knock it all down and build another one! Wonder if more Prince of Wales will be lost if/when they do?
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