Current Affairs Liverpool streets named after slavers....

[peteblue]

What do you mean? Was your Savile comment a joke?

How could it not have been.....dear god we have some stupid people on here.....

 

[peteblue]

Not entirely sure with the man who thinks complaining about the slave trade is PC gone mad

Apart from you, who on this planet, or indeed any other, would even imagine that a street called Savile Row which has been the centre of bespoke tailoring for the last 2-300 years was named after Jimmy Savile.....

 

[Alan Whittle]

As far as I know, yeah. In Colston Avenue (?), opposite a statue of Colston, not far from Colston Hill, Colston Girls School, and probably half a dozen Colston named roads.

edit. Though I am sure you know, in the local dialect it is of course, The Collsunall.

Indeed. My lad worked there while he was at UWE. Collsunall was always very busy.

 

[dead_soft]

Apart from you, who on this planet, or indeed any other, would even imagine that a street called Savile Row which has been the centre of bespoke tailoring for the last 2-300 years was named after Jimmy Savile.....

I did not think it. I thought you, going by your post history, would have got yourself into enough of a tizz to think it

 

[peteblue]

I did not think it. I thought you, going by your post history, would have got yourself into enough of a tizz to think it

Oh come on. Savile Row....Jimmy Savile.....you even pushed the question twice...even though it was Kurt who mentioned Jimmy Savile......just put your hand up, admit you embarrassed yourself and move on......

 

[PhilM]

No. For two main reasons.

1 - People don't have a clue why the street names are what they are by and large - I'd guess 99% of people.

2 - When people do, they can then learn about that period of history and understand the context of why what happened did happen. Simply trying to erase history does nothing - learn from it instead.

Indeed, my view of getting rid of them is an attempt to try and pretend it didn't happen. What good does that do anyone?

This with bells on. Whitewashing history to facilitate and/or appease modern day views is reckless and borderline ignorant.

 

[Kurt.]

Oh come on. Savile Row....Jimmy Savile.....you even pushed the question twice...even though it was Kurt who mentioned Jimmy Savile......just put your hand up, admit you embarrassed yourself and move on......

????? I was obviously talking about poor Jimmy Row

*places hands behind back, whistles to self, walks away

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Anyone know the story about the streets that all have Russian names? (Kremlin Drive, Moscow Drive, Russian Drive etc)

Did Russian people move there, hence the names?

If you come into the City via The Rocket then you drive past them to get to Goodison and I've always wondered about it

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

Anyone know the story about the streets that all have Russian names? (Kremlin Drive, Moscow Drive, Russian Drive etc)

Did Russian people move there, hence the names?

If you come into the City via The Rocket then you drive past them to get to Goodison and I've always wondered about it

I know this one!

The land was owned by a Christian philanthropist who paid for housing to be built on it whilst he was away spreading the good word of the King James Bible to the Ruskies. He had such a boss time he named the streets on a Russian theme.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

I know this one!

The land was owned by a Christian philanthropist who paid for housing to be built on it whilst he was away spreading the good word of the King James Bible to the Ruskies. He had such a boss time he named the streets on a Russian theme.

Thanks for the explanation

I like it!

 

[peteblue]

This is quite interesting.....

Liverpool Street Name Origins

The origins of the street names of Liverpool Abercromby Square Was named after Sir Ralph Abercromby who was killed in 1801 at Alexandria, Egypt, after he had successfully landed his forces at Aboukir. Ackers Hall Avenue Named after the Hall, to which the avenue led, the Dower House of...

www.yoliverpool.com

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

This is quite interesting.....

Liverpool Street Name Origins

The origins of the street names of Liverpool Abercromby Square Was named after Sir Ralph Abercromby who was killed in 1801 at Alexandria, Egypt, after he had successfully landed his forces at Aboukir. Ackers Hall Avenue Named after the Hall, to which the avenue led, the Dower House of...

www.yoliverpool.com

There goes my afternoon...

 

[blue1948]

Letsbe Avenue gets my vote.

and Quality street

 

[blue1948]

I know the streets from Spellow lane along County road were named after the builders kids . I also assume that was commonplace at the time as so many houses were being built and i don't think the planning was as tight .

 

[Joey66]

My first driving instructor told me he knew EVERY street in Liverpool I stated impossible - he replied Every street is a street...... just looked it still exist -
Changing names is just highlighting the bad past that named those streets roads etc imo ignorance is bliss also its history......as bad as it was.....- Liverpool FC should change their name to Anfield FC though.......