From a drawing by W. G. Herdman in possession of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board.
THIS drawing was made in 1857, and shows Lime Street, before the two tall granite columns-—called sometimes “The Candlesticks” were removed. They now occupy a place in the Sefton Park Road and the Aigburth Road gateway entrances to Sefton Park. The stone lions were originally placed as in this picture, and were afterwards removed to their present positions.
The old London and North Western Railway station, seen on the right of the picture, occupied the site of Waterworks Fields, and was built, from a design by John Foster, in the year 1836.
A curious and cruel sport used to take place in Waterworks Fields on Shrove Tuesday. A number of boys with pinioned arms were set to chase a cock, which became the property of the boy who could capture it, either by flinging his body upon it, or by seizing it with his teeth.
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Muir, Ramsay, et al. Bygone Liverpool. Liverpool: Young, 1913. Internet Archive online version of a copy in the University of Toronto Library. Web. 29 September 2022.
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