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#everysinglestreet [01/03/21] Joe’s Dairy and the last of the roads off Green Lane

Graham Holland    

It was great to be able to run after work and arrive back home while there was still daylight!

Hidden behind a new building with a tunnel through the middle is Archbrook Mews, a series of apartments created from an old mews.  

There’s a statue of St Cecilia above the entrance to her church. The inscription below says:

SANCTA CAECILIA
PATRONA MUSICAE SACRAE
ORA PRO NOBIS

Saint Cecilia
Patron of Sacred Music
Pray for us

Just along the road from St Cecilia’s, St John the Baptist seems to have fallen on hard times. His vicarage is for sale, and his church hall is up for rent.

The convenience store on the corner of West Derby Road and Snaefell Avenue is instantly recognisable as a former bank. I don’t know what bank it was, but you can still make out ’Tuebrook Branch’ above the door.

I found Brainerd Street. I’ve got the nerd, but I’m not sure about the brain!

Perfect Food store – a bold claim to make for a shop that’s not open 24 hours a day.

Joe’s Dairy

At the West Derby Road end of Marlborough Road I spotted an archway through to the rear of the property. I wondered what it could have been so I took a closer look. And there above the arch were the letters D A [light] R Y. After a bit of research I discovered this was the location of Joe’s Dairy, owned by Joe Capstick. There were cows here right up to 1975. I’ve included a photo of Joe in the yard with his son and a horse. 

joes dairy marlborough road

If you’re interested in the Cowhouses of Liverpool you can read more about them here.

https://asenseofplace.com/2014/05/12/the-cowhouses-of-liverpool/

There’s also a 27 minute video of a talk by local historian Duncan Scott back in 2013. I’ve included a photo of the cover of his book too.

Stats

  • Monday 1st March 2021
  • 27 streets
    Archbrook Mews, Balmoral Court, Bankfield Court, Bankfield Road, Braddan Avenue, Brainerd Street, Buckingham Road, Clairville Way, Ellerslie Road, Green Lane, Hilberry Avenue, Hughenden Road, Ivy Leigh, Marlborough Road, New Road, Oak Leigh, Osborne Road, Santon Avenue, Silverdale Avenue, Snaefell Avenue, Snaefell Grove, Sulby Avenue, Sutton Street, The Grove, Uppingham Road, Victoria Road
  • Total: 2,782 (49.22%)
  • Remaining: 2,870

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