Having walked past the school and its new playground, cross Prince Alfred Road and go through the gap in the railings opposite No.33, on to the green expanse known as 'The Mystery'. Turn round and you will see an interesting variety of old houses fronting on to Prince Alfred Road, many of them - such as the cream painted block of private flats, once a row of five houses known as Hope Terrace - having unobstructed views over the park.

The present-day Wavertree Playground - better known as the Mystery (or 'Mizzy' for short) ever since it opened to the public in 1895 - was once the grounds of a large house known as The Grange, which stood alongside Prince Alfred Road just 100 yards or so from this point. From 1852 onwards this was the residence of a wealthy Liverpool merchant, the Irish-born Samuel R. Graves. When Graves moved from Falkner Square to Wavertree - and when he became Liverpool's Member of Parliament in 1865 - Prince Alfred Road was called 'Cow Lane', a reminder of its origins as one of the old farm tracks leading out of the village. Not exactly a prestige address for one of Liverpool's leading citizens! Graves must have been very pleased when, in 1866, he played host to Queen Victoria's second son - Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh - and the Local Board agreed to rename Cow Lane in honour of the prince's stay.