Down Memory Lane 

The pictures in this section are all b&w (except where indicated), mostly 640 wide, and the maps are 1024 wide. Higher resolution versions of all are available to interested parties who should contact me - see end.

Information wanted on Highfield family - see old photo no.11 below - E-mail me with any news of them.

Easy navigation - you can move backwards and forwards through these pages using the arrow buttons at the bottom of each page - start anywhere.

Old photographs / postcards etc. of Lark Lane and surrounding area:

  1. The Lane from Aigburth Road end, postcard 1906 (jpg - 73Kb)
  2. Bickerton Street, 1935 (jpg - 40Kb)
  3. North side of the Lane, Sefton Park end, 1969 (jpg - 82Kb)
  4. South side of the Lane, Sefton Park end, 1969 (jpg - 92Kb)
  5. From Waverley Road towards Aigburth Road, 1969 (jpg - 96Kb)
  6. Interior of Christ Church, Linnett Lane, postcard 1908 (jpg - 76Kb) + next pic
  7. Lark Lane Postmark, 1908 (jpg - 18Kb) + last pic
  8. Tram on Aigburth Road, <pre 1956 (jpg - 43Kb)
  9. Aigburth Road / Entrance to Lark Lane, coloured, c.1900 (jpg - 52Kb)
  10. Entrance to Lark Lane, c.1900 (jpg - 52Kb)
  11. No.41, W.Highfield, Jeweller, early 1900's (now S.Banks, Butcher) (jpg - 58Kb)
  12. Bickerton Street Grocery (now part of Masonic pub) 1950's ? (jpg - 96Kb) - Pic added Jan, '01 (At Last!)
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Old maps / documents of Lark Lane and surrounding area:

  1. 1816 Sherriff map (gif - 46Kb)
  2. 1835 Jonathon Bennison's map (gif - 21Kb)
  3. 1848 O.S. map (gif - 45Kb)
  4. 1863 Newland's Plan of Liverpool (gif - 31Kb)
  5. 1936 Kelly's Liverpool Street Directory - Lark Lane (3 gifs - 46Kb)
  6. 1936 Kelly's Liverpool Street Directory - streets off Lark Lane (?gifs - ??Kb)
  7. 1909 receipt from Alexandra Bakery, Lark Lane, colour (jpg - 82Kb)
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"Lark Lane & St. Michael's MERCURY" Section containing 12 magazine covers from 1981 to 1985 : 


'Nancy with the Laughing Face' by Joan Ratcliffe.

An exerpt from the book re No 3 Lark Lane - where John Henry Rigby ran a popular taxi and carriage business pre WW1.

A link to the full version of the book (External site - please come back).



Village Green


Page maintained and last updated on Saturday 20th January 2001 by Alan Lightfoot - any feedback please E-mail me or use this telephone number: 0151 - 280 9498