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Please see Sue's Image for a comprehensive history of the building. The words Mecca and Locarno can be seen in the carved stonework of the parapet, while the Grafton Rooms Image are visible on the left. The venue's website is here http://www.liverpoololympia.com/index.html?1182448000812

Low Hill fire station, West Derby Road, Liverpool

Shown respectively in Image and Image The latter is described at https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1062584 as "a well preserved example of the work of the foremost Edwardian theatre architect ... Frank Matcham".

The infamous Grafton. Tales of its "grab-a-grannie" nights can be heard from all four corners of the globe but despite its tacky reputation it is remembered with great fondness by generations of Scousers. The Beatles played here the night before their final appearance at the Cavern and the rest is history.

The Liverpool Olympia is one of the most versatile entertainment and conference venues in Merseyside. Built in 1905, The Olympia Theatre seated 3750 in stalls and 3 balconies. It has an ornate interior decorated with elephants and Indian panelling and a vast stage but was also designed to house circus events - the elephant, horse and lions accommodation still survives below the stage. In 1925 it was converted to a cinema, bought by ABC in 1930. Throughout the war it was used as a naval depot, remaining closed until sold to Mecca in 1948 when it was converted into a ballroom known as the Locarno. Bingo followed from 1964-82, then after being shuttered, bingo returned from 1987-90. After another period of disuse it was restored and used once more for live entertainment - including the circus. It has also been a discotheque. It is now a venue for boxing and concerts. It is grade II listed building. (information from Theatre Trust UK)

Georgian elegance and refined proportions shine through even the most peeling facade I think I have ever seen. Built c1830 by J.A. Picton, it once boasted twelve houses. Grade II listed. The listing states that from 1887 it is believed to have housed England's first mosque. The neighbouring building may still be a mosque, but this looks in desperate need of several licks of paint.

This Ordnance Survey bench mark is on the perimeter wall of Grant Gardens (formerly the Necropolis http://www.toxtethparkcemetery.co.uk/Necropolis%20Web%20Home%20Page.html ) near its south east corner in West Derby Road.

Due to the expansion of the port of Liverpool in the early 18th century Liverpool Necropolis (Low Hill Cemetery) was opened 1825, at the corner of Everton Road and West Derby Road (formerly Rake Lane). Designed by Architect John Foster Jr.at a cost of £8,000, the much needed cemetery was rapidly filled in the following 70 years with 80,000 burials. It was closed to burials in 1898 and in 1913 the lodges, gates & walls were demolished, monuments and large gravestones removed and the area landscaped. Grant Gardens were opened by Alderman J R Grant in 1914. See photos and more info: http://www.thescousehouse.net/index.php?showtopic=10306

Grant Gardens is a park on the site of a former cemetery (Liverpool Necropolis/Low Hill Cemetery). The Necropolis opened in 1825 but was closed by the council in 1898 because of unsanitary conditions spreading to surrounding neighbourhoods (Grant Gardens. (2022, October 19). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Gardens ) as it was nearing its full capacity of 80,000 burials. It was reopened as a public park in 1914; memorials and structures above ground have been removed, the graves themselves are intact.

A grassed park in Liverpool.