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Originally Posted by Bob Edwards Wavertree Playground, also known locally as The Mystery was one of the first purpose-built public playgrounds in the United Kingdom. In May 1895, a stately home called "The Grange" was demolished and it looked inevitable that the estate it was based within would used as building for the increasing suburbs of Liverpool. Much to the surprise of Liverpool society, it was however announced that an anonymous donor had purchased the Grange ...
Originally Posted by Bob Edwards First written about by Richard Whittington Egan So who was the man in the cylinder, how did he get there and was he there of his own accord? these were the questions that sprung to mind when I first heard this tale. It referred to a cylinder, which was found near the junction of Great Homer Street and Fulford Street in Kirkdale. ...