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    My family are Welsh.

    My Nain before she was drafted into the Land Army worked in TJs and sang at night for the troops.

    Her Mum and Dad moved to Birkenhead where there used to be quite a large Welsh speaking community.

    Don't forget the Welsh didn't just build half the city but were also teachers and doctors.

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    Yes, there were many Welsh teachers and doctors .. many years ago our local GP was Welsh.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lindylou View Post
    There are some Welsh named streets in Anfield .. can't think of all of them off the top of my head, but there is Corwyn, Berwyn, Bala, that spring to mind.

    Thought of some others .. Conwy drive, Gwent way, Cardigan way, (off Whitefield rd area ).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Silverbuttons View Post
    My family are Welsh.

    My Nain before she was drafted into the Land Army worked in TJs and sang at night for the troops.

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    T J Hughes and Owen Owen department stores were of course founded by Welshmen. Much of the source of finance for the Welsh Builders in Liverpool came from the Bank of North and South Wales. This was established 1836 and headquartered in Castle St Liverpool. This was taken over by the Midland Bank (now HSBC) in the early years of the 20th C.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lindylou View Post
    There are some Welsh named streets in Anfield .. can't think of all of them off the top of my head, but there is Corwyn, Berwyn, Bala, that spring to mind.
    Other ones in Anfield include Skerries Road, Vrynwy St, Valley Road and Dinorwic Road. There was a Welsh builder in lte Victorian times called John Jones who was named Drinkwater, because he refused to undertake the custom of buying his workers a pint of beer when the first house of a terrace was completed.

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    There used to be a Welsh church in Douglas rd, Anfield (opposite the juniour school).
    The church was demolished a long time ago - probably early 70s at a rough guess.

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    All very good,but there doesnt seem to be any Welsh community in Liverpool anymore.What happened to them all,did they all go back to Wales?


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    We've got the Welsh streets near to where I live and a lot of Welsh people still live there. Mind you, they are in the process of being knocked down at the moment.

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    Default Where have all the Welsh gone in Liverpool

    Quote Originally Posted by Pmac View Post
    All very good,but there doesnt seem to be any Welsh community in Liverpool anymore.What happened to them all,did they all go back to Wales?
    They are still in Liverpool. They integrated and generally in my experience don't make a big thing of their ancestry. Check the Liverpool phone book for Welsh surnames, there's plenty there. However are still a few Welsh chapels still operating in the Liverpool area. The large one one in Heathfield rd , Wavertree comes to mind

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    The Welsh didn't just build Welsh named streets.
    In fact, it's probably correct to say that they built most of Liverpool's terraced streets from the second half of the 19th century onwards.

    Earlier on in this thread somebody wondered if Lewis's was a Welsh firm.
    Until recently, under Owen Owen control it was, but it was originally founded by a Jew called Levy.
    Last edited by PhilipG; 03-30-2007 at 12:55 PM.

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    Yes, that's right. Loads of streets in Anfield were built by the Welsh.
    Wolverton st where I grew up was welsh built if I'm not mistaken.

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    Anyone wishing to look more into the Welsh builders may wish to try and get a copy of The Welsh Builder On Merseyside by JR Jones.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SteH View Post
    Anyone wishing to look more into the Welsh builders may wish to try and get a copy of The Welsh Builder On Merseyside by JR Jones.
    Also there's an interesting chapter in the book " Building the Industrial City" edited by Martin Doughty. Published by Leicester University Press 1986

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    Default Bethel Presbyterian Church of Wales, Wavertree

    Church built in 1920s but due for demolition and replacement with a smaller version I understand. Minister: Prof. Dr. D Ben Rees. For more info on the Liverpool Welsh, see

    http://www.liverpool-welsh.com/heritage.htm
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    Quote Originally Posted by taffy View Post
    Church built in 1920s but due for demolition and replacement with a smaller version I understand. Minister: Prof. Dr. D Ben Rees. For more info on the Liverpool Welsh, see

    http://www.liverpool-welsh.com/heritage.htm
    The photo is of the one in Heathfield Road/Smithdown Place, which all the tourists think is Penny Lane.
    The congregation came here about 1924 from a chapel in Webster Road.
    The Webster Road chapel was then converted into a cinema called the Cameo.
    And the rest, as they say, is history.

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