St Domingo Road

A moody night time shot of the former Everton Library, looking down Mere Lane.

Robert Jackson took to one of the balconies to get this unusual shot at one of the ten 'Lost Tribe of Everton & Scottie Road' street reunions that I have organised at the famous St George's 'Iron Church'. These have always been well attended gatherings, bringing former friends and neighbours back together to remember the way it was before the clearances.

Memories are made of this. Walking down St Domingo Road with Sir Thomas White Gardens about to loom on the right.

A remarkable and unusual modern aerial picture uploaded to the Heyworth St Facebook by Philip Mackay showing Heyworth Street and St Domingo Road. St George's Church and the Beacon School can be seen bottom centre.

From St Domingo Road looking towards the start of Heyworth Street and the famous Merebank pub, captured beautifully on a dark evening by Sylvia Morgan.

A wonderful image of St George's Church . . . in the bleak midwinter, as the hymn goes. Uploaded from the Heyworth Street & Surrounding area Facebook page.

Just look at these distinctive overhead tram pylons on St Domingo Road with what appear to be street lights halfway up. The one in the foreground should be in a museum. And if you ever got tired of looking at them on a dark evening as the trams rolled up and down the hill, you could spend half an hour taking in the adverts fronting the old corporation quarry and later tip. So who was the headlined Miss Ada Reeve? I'm also interested in the little terraced houses before the corner church and the soaring spire on the church at the top of nearby Royal Street, so this image packs a lot of information. Uploaded to the Netherfield Road & S.A. Facebook platform by Mary Thornton.

Sadly, a rubbish strewn area in front of the former Our Lady Immaculate church on St Domingo road in the late 60s. Sir 'Tommy Whites' still had people living there at this time.

The famous old building that gave the road its name . . . St Domingo House. It stood close to what would become the Sir Thomas White Gardens flats.

St Domingo Road near Sir Thomas White Gardens and John Jones is getting some interest as he prepares to fly his pigeons.

Derelict shops and homes on St Domingo Road in the late 60s. On the left is the caged Albion Club football court, which itself was next to the Fred Robinson public wash house.

This is Major Lester Primary School, taken from the top floor of Sir Tommy White Gardens tenements in the late 60s, a telephoto shot over the rooftops of Calder Street of the back of the school. It shows kids having a great time playing in the yard. What happy memories it brings back. Five plus decades on, just where has the time gone? Perhaps the last word on that should be left to the great Albert Einstein who, when deliberating on the concept of time concluded: 'The distinction between past, present and future is a persistent illusion.'

Thanks to John Williamson, information and images are featured here of the old Cobbs Quarry that was once in full production at the Everton Valley end of St Domingo Road. I remember this as the much later Corporation tip that had a boundary with my former Major Lester School. John explains that as well as functioning as a stone quarry it also produced pre-cast concrete slabs for pre-fab buildings such as the revolutionary design for the Eldon Street Flats near Scotland Road.. Precast panelled buildings were pioneered in Liverpool, in 1905. The process was invented by city engineer John Alexander Brodie, a creative genius who also invented the idea of the football goal net. He later became the City Engineer and Brodie Avenue in Allerton was named after him. When the quarry was expired the site became a refuse destructor. It was the 'clinker' waste from the destructor that was used in the mix to construct the precast slabs. The burning of refuse produced enough energy to generate electricity. Apparently the concrete house shown being assembled is still standing in Letchworth Garden City, at 158 Wilbury Road, a little bit of Everton, therefore, in Hertfordshire. A remarkable story and, once again, thanks to John Williamson. I have a particular interest in the first image above because above the quarry is Calder Street where my great grandparents Thomas and Margaret Rogers once lived. A tab under the separate header St Domingo Cobbs Quarry has further info and images on the Cobbs site uploaded separately by Stephen Noonan, including the Eldon Street end product and an interesting map.

Cobbs Quarry at the bottom of St Domingo Road.

Cobbs Quarry in full production in the early 1900s.

The concrete house shown being assembled here in Cobb's Quarry is still standing in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire. A remarkable story and, once again, thanks to John Williamson who provided the fascinating information about this old St Domingo Road site. For more info and pictures see separate tab: St Domingo Cobbs Quarry

St Domingo Road at Severn Street

Looking down St Domingo Road from outside the Fred Robinson wash-house.

St Domingo Corporation Yard in 1970

A steam Traction Engine leaving Cobbs Quarry on St Domingo Rd around 1906. It was probably heading towards Scotland Road and Eldon Gardens with a prefabricated slab made from ash,slag and cement from the old destructor. Unfortunately at the time the designers of the slabs did not realise that the sulphur content in the ashes had a detrimental chemical effect on the 'concrete', causing it to swell.

St Domingo Rd football court belonging to the Albion Club. It was situated next to Fred Robinsons wash-house.

A man crosses St Domingo Road with the former Our Lady Immaculate church in the background.

A relative of mine lived in 97 St Domingo Road many years ago. Harry Calby was his name.

Sir Thomas White Gardens in their prime, courtesy of Brian Rea of the Netherfield Road & Surrounding Area Facebook. Brian also provided the 'now' picture below showing Tommy Whites and the facing Penrose Street.

Sir Thomas White Gardens site now from St Domingo.

67-69 St Domingo Road in 1966. From Gerard Fagan's inacityliving site.

49 St Domingo Road alongside the small Liverpool City Mission. From Gerard Fagan's inacityliving site.

A fascinating picture looking down on St Domingo Road with the Sir Thomas White Gardens flats top left and with a glimpse of Our Lady Immaculate RC Church middle left. The streets between STWG coming up the hill were Wye Street, Severn Street and Petton Street. That looks like the steeple of St Domiongo's Church top right, from where a certain famous local football club emerged!

A fine old picture looking up St Domingo Road from Everton Valley with Chadwick Mount Church on the left.

Barbara Gooley offered this memory on the Netherfield Road & Surrounding Area Facebook platform. This picture was taken from Carmel Street, looking towards St Domingo Road. Barbara said: “My mum’s friend had the fruit and veg shop and next door was the chandlers where we got the dog food, gas mantles, Aunt Sally, carbolic soap and things like that.” Clearly the old corner shops and local stores were crucial in those days when you bought things for the day rather than stocking up modern freezers with things you might never get round to eating.

Looking towards St Domingo with the Merebank and old Everton Library prominent.

The old Cottell's Chemist and Merebank pub at the junction of St Domingo Road and Heyworth Street.

The old Cottell's Chemist at the junction of St Domingo Road and Heyworth Street.

A van in an unusual position at the Everton Valley end of St Domingo Road.

A wider picture of the former Our Lady Immaculate Church on St. Domingo Road. This was the site originally proposed for the Roman Catholic Cathedral but only the Lady Chapel was built.

The old St Domingo Road washhouse

The well known Clock Pub and shops on St Domingo Road.

Search separately on Sir Thomas White Gardens for some great images of these famous tenement blocks that fronted onto St Domingo Road.

A great image looking up St Domingo Road from Everton Valley.

The former Our Lady's RC Church on St Domingo Road.

Sad to see the lovely Everton Library building being left to rot despite it being 'The Jewel on the Hill'

The old Everton Library on St Domingo Road, now in a dreadful state of disrepair.