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NEWS FROM THE WAVERTREE SOCIETY (Sep.2002)
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25 Quiz Questions
for our 25th Birthday
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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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Page created 14 September 2002 by MRC
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