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A vast area covering dozens of streets from Heyworth Street, down across Netherfield Road and beyond to Great Homer Street. Bulldozed during a slum clearance programme, Ken Rogers had held a couple of talks in St Georges Church about the forming of the friends of Everton Park enthusiasts.
The area of course is steeped in history including one of the first Iron Churches whose owner had his residence on nearby land, who upon looking out across the River Mersey mouth, hit upon developing the land across the water, turning it into a resort and naming it New Brighton.
The old campfield pub is built on the old camp field from the days of Prince Rupert's soldiers were encamped in 1643 when the Parliamentarians (Roundheads) took Liverpool Castle over as a base. Prince Rupert of the Royalists (Cavaliers) attacked the Castle from his base at Everton, and lost 1500 men in a lengthy battle. His cottage was near the Everton lock up (still there) and Molly Bushells' - Ma Nobletts Everton toffee shop.
Last weekend they had a time team style dig at Everton Park near Heyworth street to unearth the foundations of St Benedicts church, so it being nice weather, a few of us popped along to see what was going on. Ex residents of the demolished streets and some who had worshipped or were married at the church showed up with old photographs.
This was the trench dug to reveal the St Benedicts church foundations. Avant gardens along with the Liverpool bi-ennial are planting flowers in the soil so the footprint along Kepler st will always be visible.

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Fritz from California was with his team getting the soil readied.

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A mate pointing out the 'police station' sign on the lintel above the door way to the nearby power/generating station to one of the organisers Polly. Does anyone know why that's there as it was never a police station?

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We continued our walkabout taking in the whole rectangle of Heyworth st/Grecian terrace/Netherfield road and Browside.
This is the corpy worker taking the glaze off the setts. We're looking up Everton Terrace and the rear of the old industrial school which became Everton Terrace police station can be seen top left

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Below is the now shot of looking up past the rounded sandstone wall up to what would have been Everton Terrace.

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Here we can see the then and now shots more clearly.

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Here, it's recognised that the lighter blocks on the wall in the old pic by the EWS (Emergency water supply) painted sign are still there which gives us the perfect juxtapose.

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Here we are nearer the top of Everton Terrace with the old school/police station on the left which was Nos 33-35 Everton Terrace. Photo from 1962.
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So far we've been looking at the back of the school/police station on Everton Terrace. To give you an idea of how it looked from the front onto Netherfleld road, here it is with Ann Fowlers also in view near the top of Prince Edwin st.

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The area of course is steeped in history including one of the first Iron Churches whose owner had his residence on nearby land, who upon looking out across the River Mersey mouth, hit upon developing the land across the water, turning it into a resort and naming it New Brighton.
The old campfield pub is built on the old camp field from the days of Prince Rupert's soldiers were encamped in 1643 when the Parliamentarians (Roundheads) took Liverpool Castle over as a base. Prince Rupert of the Royalists (Cavaliers) attacked the Castle from his base at Everton, and lost 1500 men in a lengthy battle. His cottage was near the Everton lock up (still there) and Molly Bushells' - Ma Nobletts Everton toffee shop.
Last weekend they had a time team style dig at Everton Park near Heyworth street to unearth the foundations of St Benedicts church, so it being nice weather, a few of us popped along to see what was going on. Ex residents of the demolished streets and some who had worshipped or were married at the church showed up with old photographs.
This was the trench dug to reveal the St Benedicts church foundations. Avant gardens along with the Liverpool bi-ennial are planting flowers in the soil so the footprint along Kepler st will always be visible.

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Fritz from California was with his team getting the soil readied.

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A mate pointing out the 'police station' sign on the lintel above the door way to the nearby power/generating station to one of the organisers Polly. Does anyone know why that's there as it was never a police station?

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We continued our walkabout taking in the whole rectangle of Heyworth st/Grecian terrace/Netherfield road and Browside.
This is the corpy worker taking the glaze off the setts. We're looking up Everton Terrace and the rear of the old industrial school which became Everton Terrace police station can be seen top left

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Below is the now shot of looking up past the rounded sandstone wall up to what would have been Everton Terrace.

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Here we can see the then and now shots more clearly.

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Here, it's recognised that the lighter blocks on the wall in the old pic by the EWS (Emergency water supply) painted sign are still there which gives us the perfect juxtapose.

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Here we are nearer the top of Everton Terrace with the old school/police station on the left which was Nos 33-35 Everton Terrace. Photo from 1962.
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So far we've been looking at the back of the school/police station on Everton Terrace. To give you an idea of how it looked from the front onto Netherfleld road, here it is with Ann Fowlers also in view near the top of Prince Edwin st.

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