POSTSCRIPT (continued):

We are used to being told that the north west was 'backward' and that our architectural styles were 'old fashioned' by the standards of the Metropolis. But by the time Woolton Park was built this was no longer the case. Journals such as The Builder were keeping their readers aware of the latest fashions and in 1848 the founding of the Liverpool Architectural Society provided a forum for local architects to meet and discuss new ideas. Liverpool's affluence meant that there were many local architects and our studies, so far, suggest that they were highly mobile.

The kind of people who came to live in Woolton Park - quite a good address, though not the best - included many we would now describe as YUPPIES. There was a tendency to move on to a better address and, though we have not worked this through yet, it seems to us that many of our houses seem to have had no less than 8 successive occupants in the years 1871-1936; but we need to work this idea through before we can say it was unusual.

Comparing the Rateable Values in Woolton Park with those we noted last year in Beaconsfield Road we see that they are just a bit lower. And here we have not come across a single butler and only one man who seems to be a 'living-in' servant.

We need to do more studies of this kind around Much and Little Woolton before we can make generalisations of a useful and valid nature, but we think that this is one way of working out the 19th century history of our area. If any of our readers can suggest ways in which we can add to our knowledge we will be delighted to be told!

J.D. - S.M.L. - J.B.G.
Woolton, May 1987