Hi Miss Liverpool has had several zoos through the ages not to be confused with ZOOALOGICAL gardens Just before i tell you about rice lane The park at the top of westderby road by the register office is called Grant gardens and never was a zoo at was a cemetary in the victorian days. The picture of the elephant towing the car is at the top of break road you can see the watertower in the picture
Yhat was a circus and Zoo. Did you know there was a zoo on top of Lewisis store. Anyway back to rice lane. Yes it had a zooalogical gardens
I think walton hall park was part ot it and it covered a huge area The entrance was Inbetween Dunlops or that Resterant and you know that little flower shop it used to sell mobility stuff well the gates where just there and that little shop its closed down now by the way well that was the gatehouse to the park and yes its the original building, Kennsingtomn Zooalogical gardens was the biggerst and newsham park was part of that The ran from Kenny almost to breck road and from low hill up to near the flower market on Prescot road. I have seen a map of this. Also i think i may have seen a picture on this site of the entrance to the rice lane one.
Cheers Coilin