20th September 2006

This large pub on Lawrence Road predates most of the shops, terraces and buildings in the area and dates back to the time that Salisbury Road was developed, again before the Victorian terracing was built. At this time nearby Salisbury Road (which is still wider than all of the other nearby streets) was the main throughfare from the toxteth boundary, on Smithdown Road to what was then Wavertree Lane (Road and later Picton Road).

To the right of screen note the small (green) building, at the back of the pub, which has all of the hallmarks of a stable. To the left is a large open area. The was open from at least the early 1950s and used as a car park. I have coloured it differently on the map, however I do not know if this was formerly a building, a collapse or a bombing casualty.