Roscommon Street

Corner of Roscommon and Abram Street in March 1986, before its demolition in April 1988. Can someone shed light on the building pictured? The local street directly tells me that this was the public house Royal Arms at number 123, though by all accounts it doesn’t look like a pub

Help wanted. I have located a relative who, in the 1891 census, lived at 4 Berkley Square. Census pages before and after give details for 2 Back Roscommon Street, and 23a Roscommon Street, giving an indication of roughly where Berkley Square was. But, I am unable to locate Berkley Square on any maps I have. Any ideas? Thanks.

1982 from Roscommon Street, with Mazzini and Garabaldi already demolished, Cavour House now amongst those tower blocks awaiting their fate.

My mother, Norma Skelly, or perhaps as Norma Thompson, taught at Roscommon Street Secondary late 1940s - early 1950s. She passed away here in Australia on 21 March 2023.

I was in Mr. Bozie's boxing team in 1960 when Roscommon St were city champions

1960s: The famous Roscommon St is now beginning to be dominated by high rise flats, but the houses on the left, numbers 41 to 49, were still holding on in there, as highlighted by Denis Hargreaves from the Netherfield Rd Facebook platform/

30th April 2019 brought back good memories of Rozzie. I went there in the late 70s early 80s. My auntie used to run the Tugboat pub with Billiy McKay and I lived in Arkwright Street. My nan lived in the Braddocks and my grandad in St George's heights. I had a really bad accident on the car park facing the Braddocks when I was seriously burnt due to an old ambulance/van being set on fire. The petrol tank exploded in my face, but still love the good memories of living there

Sorry, I forgot to add: The picture of the rubble of the house being knocked down opposite Portland Place is the Farmers Arms.

Loved looking at these photos. I grew up in the Farmer's Arms in the 70s. My mother Blanche was the licencee. My bedroom was on the first floor on the right, above the 'parlour' of the pub. I remember being told that before being a pub, it was a bishop's residence. The garage next door used to be a cinema. I used to play on a rope that we hung on the street gas light, immediately outside of the front door. I have one endearing memory of the janitor of Roscommon Street school (I didn't go there). He was called Joe the Pole. A lovely man who did not deserve the taunting of idiotic local kids, particularly as I was told that during the war he was a Spitfire pilot in the UK whilst being a member of the Polish air force. I also remember going to the Shrewsbury Boys Club in POrtland Place and being shot in the back by an air rifle! The lad was expelled... I left Liverpool in 1976 to join the Royal Navy and remained in the south to enter another career; 30 years as a police officer. I'm now an ex-pat in France - but have fond memories of Roscommon Street. Thank you again.

I lived in the Wynstay Arms when I was a young girl 1958. My Mum and Dad where Managers of the pub and I remember a lot about Roscommon Street and Portland Place and the school and cinema. These pictures take me back to that time.

A powerful 1980s picture of Roscommon Street's famous school before demolition.

Clock pub on corner of Roscommon Street

Intriguing aerial shot.

The site of the Roscommon Street picture house being demolished, opposite the Wynstay Arms on the corner of Portland Place.

The bottom of Roscommon Street with Slater's on the corner.

Six giant high rise blocks tower over Roscommon Street, but what makes this image so intriguing is sight of the old Roscommon Street School on the right.

Garabaldi Heights going up across Roscommon Street.

The Farmers Arms on Roscommon Street

This sign was once prominently placed in Roscommon Street. I wrote about it in one of my Liverpool Echo 'Lost Tribes' columns and received a great response from readers. Sadly, whoever erected the sign got the Christian name wrong. It is actually Sir Henry Morton Stanley, not 'Herbert' as it says in the sign. Stanley, of course, became legendary for finding fellow explorer and missionary Dr David Livingstone in Africa. Readers were quick to pick up on Stanley's remarkable Everton connection. Mr. D. Hogg wrote in to say that he recalled the inscribed brass plate on the wall of a house in Roscommon Street, declaring that the Welsh-born American journalist and explorer had slept there before he sailed to Africa in 1871 to find Livingstone who had lost contact with the outside world for six years. On finding Livingstone, Stanley, uttered the famous words: “Dr. Livingstone I presume?” Mrs E. Morris from Liverpool 4 told me: "The plaque mentioned was above the door of the old Homeopathy Hospital at the bottom of Roscommon Street, on the right hand side coming up from Great Homer Street." Joan Murray from Liverpool 13 actually wrote a local history booklet which touched on the subject. In it, she explained: "Stanley is probably more famous for finding Livingstone than for his journalistic writings. He lived with an uncle named Tom Morris at 22 Roscommon Street. Stanley started work at a haberdashery shop in London Road, then as a butcher in a shop near to the Liverpool docks. "Eventually he sailed for America as a cabin boy, which is where he took up residence before becoming a newspaper journalist." Stanley came from a humble background. He was born John Rowlands of Denbigh in 1841. He changed his name in America and his ultimate knighthood highlighted the remarkable turn-around in his fortunes from his low key days living in Everton.

Demolished toilets at the old Roscommon Street School.

Roscommon Street lower end.

The old Roscommon Street School from Mike Pealing.

Roscommon Street just prior to demolition

Roscommon Street's famous old school.

A later Roscommon Street image down to the Cavour tower block from Netherfield Road.

The Elephant pub on the corner of Great Homer Street and Roscommon Street.

Higham Street to Roscommon Street.

A later view of Roscommon Street.

Roscommon Street school playground.

Ron Evans on Roscommon Street.

Roscommon Street at Greaty showing the Lee's shoe shop.

Roscommon Street at Portland Place.