NEWS FROM THE WAVERTREE SOCIETY (Sep.2002)

25 Quiz Questions
for our 25th Birthday

SECTION A: OLD NAMES FOR PRESENT-DAY STREETS

What are the following streets (within the old Township of Wavertree) known as today?

1. COW LANE
2. RABBIT LANE
3. WAVERTREE LANE
4. PICTON STREET
5. KETTLE NOOK

SECTION B: PEOPLE COMMEMORATED BY STREET NAMES

Who were the following - i.e. what were their occupations or official positions - and (bonus mark!) in what year was a Wavertree street named after them?

6. PRINCE ALFRED
7. CHARLES BERRINGTON
8. SIR JAMES PICTON
9. THOMAS MENLOVE
10. WILLIAM RATHBONE

SECTION C: FAMOUS WAVERTREE RESIDENTS

Where in Wavertree did the following people live (not necessarily while they were famous)?:

11. MRS FELICIA HEMANS
12. SIR JAMES PICTON
13. LORD WAVERTREE
14. JOHN LENNON
15. ALAN BLEASDALE

SECTION D: NOTABLE DATES OF WAVERTREE LANDMARKS

In which year were the following built or officially opened?

16. THE MONKS WELL (built, according to the inscription)
17. THE TOWN HALL (built, according to the inscription)
18. THE PICTON CLOCK (completed)
19. WAVERTREE PLAYGROUND (opened)
20. WAVERTREE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND (opened)

SECTION E: FORGOTTEN NAMES FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS

Where in Wavertree are/were the following?

21. THE SMALLEST HOUSE IN ENGLAND
22. DILWORTH'S FOLLY
23. GROVE TERRACE
24. HOPE TERRACE

25. MARIENBURG TERRACE

For the Answers
come along to our A.G.M.
on 13th October! You can find some (but not all) of them in our book: 'Discovering Historic Wavertree'. The answers will also be published in a forthcoming Newsletter.

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