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#everysinglestreet [04/11/20] Eaton Road: Part 1

Graham Holland   

Stats

  • Wednesday 4th November 2020
  • 27 streets – Alcester Road, Aldwych Road, Alfriston Road, Alvanley Road, Apsley Road, Arlescourt Road, Aysgarth Avenue, Barnfield Close, Barney Green, Bonsall Road, Chapelcroft Court, Danescourt Road, Darley Drive, Deysbrook Side, Glenmarch Close, Hampton Court Road, Kingscourt Road, Leyfield Close, Leyfield Court, Marford Road, Marlfield Road, Mayfield Close, Norris Green Road, Rosthwaite Road, Sandfield Park East, The Croft, Thornhead Lane
  • Total: 1,629 (28.97%)
  • Remaining: 3,994

Notes

On Monday I finished work at 4pm and did a relatively short run locally, but even then I ran out of light at the end. So today I decided to try an early morning run instead. Apart from getting stuck in rush hour traffic driving home it worked well!It was a cold one this morning. I’m going to have to fish out my warm hat and running gloves!

I ran around half of the roads north off Eaton Road. This address will be recognised by parents across the region as the other end is the home of Alder Hey Hospital. I started at the West Derby end by the Bill Shankly Playing Fields.

There’s a building at the junction of Eaton Road and Marlfield Road with an ornate front. The mosaic sign on the side says “Our members own these stores and receive the profits”. On the day before #lockdown2 it’s an important reminder to support local, independent business where the profits don’t go to the big corporations.

The sign for “Lucas & Son Liverpool, Regd OFFICE” is next to the door. It might as well have been “Steptoe & Son” given the view through into the yard.

Patriotically the Crown Inn is opposite the Royal Standard pub. From where I was standing only one of them had a rainbow overhead! That was a portent though, as I got hit by a short but heavy downpour about ten minutes later.

I took a photo of one of those concrete makers at the side of the road with GPO on. For the younger listeners, GPO was the General Post Office and they were responsible for operating telephone lines before British Telecom was created to take it over. The GPO was formed in 1660 and lasted 360 years before being dissolved in 1969 when the Post Office (Royal Mail) was formed. The markers are pretty rare now, although many of the PO access covers still exist.

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