Rodney Street Area

[Gerard]

The Building on the right is No 4 Rodney Street,
Brian Epstein was Born Here on the 19th September 1934 when it was a private nurserie.

[Gerard]

....http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/William_Ewart_Gladstone

[scouserdave]

Had a good mooch around there a couple of years back. Rather than add to the cracking pics on this thread, I'll post the plaques instead. I won't post the addresses, you'll have to go down there and explore yourselves

[Kev]

^^Fantastic Dave^^


^^Number 62^^

[Norm NZ]

All those photo's bring back a lot of memories for me! several of them were owned by the Liverpool Radium Institute ,where I worked, Next time your in the area Kev, how about a photo of the Radium Inst. in Hardman St? Ta.

[ChrisGeorge]

The fella born on Rodney street who became prime minister was prime minister 5 times! And some debate he was our best PM ever.

And he's a Jack the Ripper suspect as well! Not that I believe it. I said the following in my essay, "Jack the Ripper's Liverpool," originally published in Ripperologist and now available on this site:

Gladstone, who was born on Rodney Street in Liverpool in 1809, himself has been named as a possible suspect—and the ‘Gladstone bag’ is a suspected receptacle for Jack to carry knives and organs. The great leader of the Liberal party had a penchant for wandering the streets at night to try to reform fallen women [i.e., prostitutes], though usually in the West End, not the East End. Did he take his reforming efforts a stage further? In 1888, as leader of her Majesty’s loyal opposition, and aged 79 at the time, he would seem to make an unlikely Ripper suspect. Supporters of the Gladstone-as-Ripper theory point to the fact that he remained a robust man even in old age, and could still chop wood on his Hawarden estate outside of Chester. But was he handy with a knife as well as an axe?

Meanwhile, fantastic pictures in this thread, everyone! Glad to see we at Yo Liverpool are adding to what our knowledge of one of Liverpool's most famous streets!

Chris

[scouserdave]

And he's a Jack the Ripper suspect as well! Not that I believe it. I said the following in my essay, "Jack the Ripper's Liverpool," originally published in Ripperologist and now available on this site:
Chris

Yerrokay Chris, calm down.

[Max]

My dentist Is on Rodney street too.

Where's Gladstones Plaque?

[Kev]

I've uploaded a poster which contains all the doors on. Download it: Here

Or look below:

[MissInformed]

thats fab!
gonna use it as my desktop!!

[Gerard]

I've uploaded a poster which contains all the doors on. Download it: Here

Or look below:

Great stuff Kev.

[Kev]

^^Cheers buddy^^

[Gerard]

Warrapened t' me Tom Slemen thingy I put on before !!
Here it is again if its OK..
If this gets the boot I wont put it on again..
Oooohhh..Arrrrrrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhh..Woooohhhhhh hhhhh....Lol !!!

http://www.geocities.com/tom_slemen/rodney.html

[Downey]

Gerard it got moved into Urban Myths: http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3347

[Max]

Kev got my dentist door on there too!