At least with this thread we can bring all the unadopted roads together like one big happy family, poor things.....
what a coincidence!, while getting those mini photos for Kev. I came across these from when CDS were setting up the housing co op
Those little houses were known as The Scotch Cottages, I believe they were built for the workers (builders mainly from Scotland)
looking back to what was to become Marantos..........and an added bonus for Kev. a Mini Clubman
Feel free to move these pictures to a more appropriate place as I'm still finding my way around the forum.
leda grove is a charming and quaint little known place, all throughout the year. however come summer time it is ablaze with an abundance of greenery and flowers.the residents are to be applauded for their potted displays. who needs adoption if this is their standard.
Interesting 1980 mixed use development : family homes and old people's retirement flats
Hi Kev and Billo
You might be right that those little cottages were built at the end of the court purposely and there was nothing there in the spot before they were built, although in a lot of courts, the far end of the court was originally where the privies were. So I wonder if those little cottages might have replaced privies at those locations? Just a thought.
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The green doors on the right was the garage of S&R Smyths Removals Ltd where I worked as a driver for a while. The vans were away all over the country all week but on Friday night about six had to be reversed in there and they were all longer than the street was wide. Just opposite, where the red wagon is now was a little shop and it got smacked into pretty regularly while all the shunting was going on.
Homer St Dingle is an interesting short length of road which whilst unadopted has recently been resurfaced by the look of it. Not sure who the "GWF scum" graffitti refers to !!
The houses on the Homer St side of Cockburn street have been demolished to make way for a new urban park in the Dingle. Only one terraced house survives having been incorporated into the Bleak House pub. These houses probably dated form the 1850s or. Those streets on the other side of Cockburn Street which slope steeply down to Grafton St date from around 1910.
It interesting to note that similar houses to those demolished survive elsewhere in Liverpool for example in Woolton. Why should one area's houses be demolished and another's survive. The question is still being asked today with the demolition of the so called "Welsh Streets" in the Prince's Park area of Toxteth
The road we lived in as kids was very long yet our little bit(just a few houses) was unadopted. im not telling you where it is cos me dad lived there until last may when he passed away and i dont want to see pics of the house. still if you really want to know Kev..PM me. but promise not to post the pic.
I recall you could not get cable TV in unadopted roads. has this changed?
The date on the deeds of my house (off Cockburn Street, sloping down to Grafton Street) say 1906. It has survived two major wars. Most of the people around here would survive quite happily without the 'Bleak House.'
But the 'Phoenix' is a different matter. They toucha our pub, we smakka them gobs.
Sounds like you live in them there 'Bread' streets Steven. My wifes nan lived in Netherby street until moving into a home just before her death. You could hear and feel the rumble of trains beneath. Great views across the Mersey.
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Took a wander down there today:
Entrance off Jericho Lane:
The entrance. Not sure if you'd get a car through on the pavement side. Doesn't look like anything's gone through that gate in a while though.
Off to a rough start; the road here is so choked with rubble and junk that the owner has been using the pavement:
A tree pokes out of the old tarmac. This is set about 6-8 feet back off the current track. It's amazing how overgrown this road is.
For most of it's length the road is nothing but a dirt track now.
The old lamp posts are still standing for the most part. I have no idea if they still work (I'd guess not).
End of the line. A couple of taxis suggest that someone still uses this for something. Though I guess they could have been dumped there. They don;t look particularly neglected to me.
The one on the right still has its Liverpool license on it.
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Yeah I didn't get a close enough shot to make out the year on it sadly and didn't think to go closer to check at the time. :/
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