Boundary Markers

**ChrisGeorge** · 12-08-2006

Originally Posted by 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!

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** · 12-11-2006

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 · 12-11-2006

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

**marky** · 12-23-2006

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 · 12-23-2006

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

**ChrisGeorge** · 12-23-2006

Originally Posted by 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.

Hi Marky

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

Chris