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Charles Taylor had previously (from 1856 onwards) been the tenant of Wavertree Mill, off Woolton Road. His young daughter had been severely injured by the sails of the windmill, and this, perhaps, was the reason for his move. It seems likely that, for a year or two, the new building on the corner of Sandown Lane was used to store some of the flour from Wavertree Mill, both for baking on the premises and for sale.
By 1891, Charles Taylor and his family had moved to 17 Sandown Lane, a fine double-fronted house. Wavertree Road had been renamed Picton Road (in honour of James Picton, Chairman of the Local Board) and No.83 had been taken over by John Molyneux - formerly of Kirkdale Mill - who had married Taylor's daughter Marion. Charles Taylor, who described himself as a 'baker & corn dealer' in the 1881 Census, was by now just a 'baker'.
By 1911 the numbering of the properties had changed, and 83 had become 203 Picton Road. Gore's Directory for that year lists both "Taylor Charles, bread & flour dealer" and "Molyneux John T, baker's manager" at the address, though the Census confirms that only the Molyneuxs actually lived there. Meanwhile 1 Sandown Lane - the former 4 Almond Terrace - was still the home of a car (or 'cab') proprietor, whose stable yard was at the rear. In 1911 this was John Dilworth, but at the previous three censuses (back to 1881) it had been Richard Winstanley.
Charles Taylor died, aged 86, in 1921, by which time the shop had become part of a local chain of bakers & confectioners called Francis & McKay. This firm continued to trade there until the 1960s. The former houses, 3 & 4 Almond Terrace, were demolished in the 1970s, and replaced by a row of three terraced houses fronting onto Sandown Lane.
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