Boundary Markers

[ChrisGeorge]

Here's the relevant pic.
Checked today, and this milestone's still missing.

However, the Boundary Stone is still a few yards away on the other side of the door of the Old Bank.
T T P = Township of Toxteth Park.
T G = Township of Garston.

Hello Philip

Many thanks for this. I worked for a while at what was then, in 1968, Martin's Bank in Aigburth Vale, on the eastern corner of Ashfield Road and Aigburth Road, which later became Barclay's Bank. This is pictured at Toxteth.net at http://www.toxteth.net/places/liverp...rth%20vale.htm

I am assuming that the "Old Bank" is what was when I worked there, Westminster Bank, on the other side of Ashfield Road, pictured on Toxteth.net at http://www.toxteth.net/places/liverp...20vale%202.htm

I am sorry to hear that the old mile marker is missing. I assume somebody might have it as a souvenir.

Chris

[PhilipG]

The bank on the Garston side is now a wine-bar.
The Boundary Stone is outside the former bank on the Liverpool side.
That building is now a sort of private Labour Exchange. "Work today. Get Paid today".

For years there were a few single storey shops before you got to Aigburth Vale.
(I think I mixed up Aigburth Vale with Ashfield Road before).
Those single storey shops and the building on the corner of the Vale have gone and have been replaced with a block of flats.
The ground floor is taken up with garages as that was historically an area prone to flooding.
At one stage a cinema was planned for that site. Not a lot of people know that!

[ChrisGeorge]

The bank on the Garston side is now a wine-bar.
The Boundary Stone is outside the former bank on the Liverpool side.
That building is now a sort of private Labour Exchange. "Work today. Get Paid today".

For years there were a few single storey shops before you got to Aigburth Vale.
(I think I mixed up Aigburth Vale with Ashfield Road before).
Those single storey shops and the building on the corner of the Vale have gone and have been replaced with a block of flats.
The ground floor is taken up with garages as that was historically an area prone to flooding.
At one stage a cinema was planned for that site. Not a lot of people know that!

Hi Philip

Yes last time I drove through Aigburth Vale, I was startled to see that where I labored as a bank clerk in 1968, the former Martin's and later Barclay's Bank, is now a wine bar! Thanks for clarifying that the boundary marker is on opposite street corner, beside the former bank on the Liverpool side, what had been "the opposition" -- Westminster Bank-- when I worked in the locality, but now a sort of private Labour Exchange. "Work today. Get Paid today". Incredible.

Good to know about the trivia that a cinema was actually mooted to go into the area at one time! Thanks, Philip.

Chris

[ChrisGeorge]

Hi all

Found this railway boundary marker on Liverpool Parks and Suburbs. Stated to be "A boundary marker on the pavement of Smithdown Road." Can anyone place it more exactly?



Chris

[MissInformed]

I have never seen that!
I will have to have a look out for it..
thanks Chris!

[marky]

Location of Railway metal plate: This is near the site of the old railway station, Smithdown rd. You can see it in the bottom-left corner of the following pic. It reads:

BOUNDARY POST
L. & N. W. Ry. Co.

[MissInformed]

that's brilliant marky!
all the times i have been along there, and never seen it!

[ChrisGeorge]

Location of Railway metal plate: This is near the site of the old railway station, Smithdown rd. You can see it in the bottom-left corner of the following pic. It reads:

BOUNDARY POST
L. & N. W. Ry. Co.

Hi Marky

Many thanks for tying down the exact location of this marker for us!

Chris