Originally Posted by
knowhowe
Excuse the ignorance, I missed out on this story of the proposed street name changes. What's the connection between Penny Lane and PC and/or slavery?
Lots of Liverpool streets were named after those involved in the Africa trade. Has there ever been a move to change these names?
I recall that the statue at the end of Prince's Avenue was removed because of an ignorant local idea that its subject was one of them- even though he lived far too late to have ever participated in the trade...