{"id":1691,"date":"2020-11-11T21:41:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T21:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itsafrogslife.net\/grahamruns\/?p=1691"},"modified":"2020-11-18T22:02:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T22:02:50","slug":"everysinglestreet-11-11-20-all-the-roads-off-holt-road-with-dr-solomon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsafrogslife.net\/grahamruns\/2020\/11\/11\/everysinglestreet-11-11-20-all-the-roads-off-holt-road-with-dr-solomon\/","title":{"rendered":"#everysinglestreet [11\/11\/20] All the roads off Holt Road with Dr Solomon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stats<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Wednesday 11th November 2020<\/strong> <\/li><li><strong>34 streets &#8211; <\/strong>Anglezark Close, Balm Street, Bradfield Street, Brae Street, Cameron Street, Chiswell Street, Clearwater Close, Cliff Street, Cotswold Street, Tottenham Street, Deane Road, Dell Street, Denman Street, Dial Street, Fell Street, Frost Street, Gannock Street, Gilead Street, Holdsworth Drive, Holt Road, Ingrow Road, Lennox Way, Ling Street, Minto Close, Needham Road, Odsey Street, Quorn Street, Redgrave Street, Solomon Street, Stamford Street, Toft Street, Wedgewood Street, Wimpole Street, Wrenbury Street.<\/li><li><strong>Total: 1,712 (30.45%)<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Remaining: 3,911<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s a Jewish cemetery on Deane Road, owned by the Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation (LOHC). It\u2019s the oldest surviving Jewish cemetery in Liverpool having opened in 1837 and closed for regular burials in 1904, with the last plot being filled in 1929. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The large, red church on Edge Lane is now a Hindu Temple. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two houses on Cameron Street wit the original red and cream checkered brickwork. Nearly all of the other houses have been painted, although there are still a few single houses that remain untouched. I\u2019m sure it would have been quite a sight to see the whole street when it was first built. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dial Street has both original and modern versions of street signs. One house has a polar bear on the bay roof with stars above. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There wasn\u2019t enough space to put a full width house on the end of the terrace on Needham Road at the junction with Chiswell Street, so they made it side on instead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Holt Road there\u2019s a cycle shop called Onya Bike. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m curious as to the purpose of a particular architectural feature on one row of houses where there\u2019s a \u2018fake window\u2019 straddling two properties. Is it just to look nice?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>St Cyprians Church on the corner of Edge Lane and Durning Road was consecrated in 1881, and closed in 2006. It\u2019s now student accommodation. I\u2019d always thought it was a Greek Orthodox church but I can\u2019t find any reference to it online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wimpole Street has long since been knocked down but they\u2019ve left a road sign in place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I bet people who aren\u2019t from Liverpool would be really confused by a pub called \u2018The Liver Vaults\u2019!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s a Quorn Street and an Anglezark Close. I looked for a Noahzark Close but couldn\u2019t find one. A very old \u2018Housing Department\u2019 sign says Cycling and Ball Games Prohibited. Why cycling? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are three streets together &#8211; Solomon Street, Balm Street and Gilead Street. These were inspired by a piece of local history. At the back end of the 1800s an Irish Jewish doctor &#8211; Doctor Samual Solomon &#8211; started selling a medicine which he called the Cordial Balm of Gilead. The drink was simply brandy flavoured with herbs, but just like the snake-oil salesmen of the Wild West he marketed it as a miracle medicine which he claimed cured everything from impurity of blood and feverous disorders, to bilious cases and lowness of spirits. Doctor Solomon cleverly adopted a biblical name for his medicine to tap into the religious beliefs of the population. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Samual also wrote and printed his own book entitled \u201cA guide to health, or, Advice to both sexes in a variety of complaints: with an essay on the venereal disease, gleets, seminal weakness, and that destructive habit called onanism : likewise, an address to parents, tutors, and guardians of youth\u201d which (you probably guessed what\u2019s coming) recommended taking Cordial Balm of Gilead to cure all those ills. Doctor Solomon died an exceedingly rich man. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019re probably wondering why I know all that about Doctor Solomon. Well\u2026 back in 2012 I was approached by someone from the Kensington Regeneration Company. They were putting on an event to celebrate local history and were looking for someone to write a song about the good Doctor to be performed at the event. \u201cOh, by the way, we will pay you.\u201d \u201cAlso, will you perform it on the night? We\u2019ll pay you for that too.\u201d So that\u2019s where The Ballad of Doctor Solomon came from. If you\u2019d like to listen to it I&#8217;ve just uploaded it to SoundCloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Ballad of Doctor Solomon by grahamholland\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F928070290&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-facebook wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/grahamholland\/posts\/10158004046081275\" data-width=\"552\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Doctor Samual Solomon became rich in the late 18th century selling the Cordial Balm of Gilead as a cure-all medicine. 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