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This was found at the junction of
Dingle Lane with Dingle Mount. The 1847
OS map confirms that there are no buildings present at this junction at that
time. Philip Mayer tells me that it was built around 1870.
1881 Gore shows No 24 Dingle Lane,
'Girls Industrial School' , Miss Esther Churnley is Matron. This is the first
time that the property is found. Prior to this Dingle Lane appears to be scarcely
inhabited, there are just a few large houses and mansions. The residents are
mainly of the Dingle Estates
- the famous names of both Cropper and Yates abound.
1894
Gore, Toxteth Park Girls' Industrial School, Miss Robina Fraser, Matron.
In 1901
census the school is still shown as 24 Dingle Lane, Miss Robina Fraser (who hails
from Lerwick in Shetland) is Matron.
The 1905 map is ambiguous around
the Dingle
Lane area. Several schools and institutions are shown but an apparent lack of space to
display building names means that some institution names are not close to the actual
buildings. The location is assumed but not proven.
1911 the junction of Dingle Lane with Dingle Mount is named as 'Brookfield'
inhabited by Thomas Jones a customs officer. Next door, but un-numbered, is an institution shown
as 'Toxteth Park Girls' Home for Domestic Training', as in 1901, Miss Robina Fraser is
Matron.
1926 the property is un-numbered,
but at the correct junction is 'Toxteth Park Girls Home for Domestic
Training' - Miss Margaret E. Taylor is the Matron.
At some
time there is a re-numbering shown in the trade directories, the property ceases
to be 24 and
is now No 124 and remains as this number from now on.
It could of course have happened earlier as the property is listed without a
number from 1901 until 1936
1936 Kelly shows
No 124 Dingle Lane, as the 'Toxteth Park Girls Home for Domestic
Training' and Miss Margaret E. Taylor is Matron.
1946
Kelly shows No 124 Dingle Lane, as the 'Toxteth Park Girls
Home for Domestic Training' and Miss Margaret E. Taylor is Matron.
1955
124 Dingle Lane, correctly placed, is 'The Merseyside Social Club for
the Blind'. The Matthew Arnold School is shown next door
1962
there is no entry for the property although the Matthew Arnold School is shown
still next door.
1966 Exactly the same
as for 1962
1998 photographs show
it as the 'Festival Club' and Higsons Brewery signs can be seen.
As the building is clearly derelict, these may relate to a past usage rather
than a 1998 usage.' Philip Mayer tells me that It was finally demolished
in March 2002.
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