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#everysinglestreet [08/11/20] LFC’s last day training at Melwood – All the roads off Deysbrook Lane

Graham Holland    

Stats

  • Sunday 8th November 2020
  • 47 streets – Allerford Road, Berkley Avenue, Bevan’s Lane, Bordehill Gardens, Bramhope Park, Brigadier Drive, Cavalry Close, Chillerton Road, Ciaran Close, Colonel Drive, Corporal Way, Craven Road, Crown Road, Deysbrook Lane, Deysbrook Way, Dorney Court, Elmtree Close, Oxford Road, General Drive, Glan Aber Park, Grenadier Drive, Halcombe Road, Keburn Grove, Kentwell Grove, Knebwoth Close, Lancer Way, Larchtree Mews, Lees Lane, Lisleholme Close, Lisleholme Crescent, Lisleholme, Road, Melwood Drive, Minver Road, Holland Close, Regiment Way, Rockwell Road, Sergeant Road, Sheldon Road, Somerley Close, South Parkside Drive, North Parkside Drive, Springdale Close, Springfield Way, Thornbrook Close, Timmy Drive, Trooper Close, Winterburn Crescent.
  • Total: 1,675 (29.79%)
  • Remaining: 3,948

Notes

This afternoon I had planned to visit Gillmoss, and then I saw a tweet about how it was the last day that Liverpool Football Club will be training at Mellwood – so I just had to visit and take a photo! Mellwood has been Liverpool’s training ground since the 1950s, but it was recently sold to Torus to build affordable housing. Training will move to The Academy, an integrated training facility in Kirkby which already hosts the club’s youth and development teams.

Generations of football fans have waited outside Mellwood for players and managers to arrive in the hope that they can get a smile and an autograph. The signs at the front entrance politely tell us that players aren’t allowed to stop any more due to safety concerns. In recent years high fences have been erected around the entire perimeter to stop people from watching the training sessions, although there are still the odd building block leaning against the wall for someone to stand on and peer over the top of the fence. Signs inform you that you’re not allowed to take photos or video without the club’s permission.

There’s a new housing development off Deysbrook Lane called The Point. I don’t know what the point is of the name. Appropriately for Remembrance Sunday all of the roads had military names – Brigadier Drive, Cavalry Close, Colonel Drive, Corporal Way, General Drive, Grenadier Drive, Lancer Way, Regiment Way, Sergeant Road, and Trooper Close. I’m just disappointed there wasn’t a Private Road! UPDATE: Thanks to Margaret Roberts who pointed out that Deysbrook Army Barracks used to be on the site, hence the military names.

There’s a row of three old cottages remaining on Deysbrook Lane immediately opposite the modern Tesco. St Timothy’s Catholic Church is in the estate behind it, and looks more like a silo or a barn from the outside.

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