That’s Walnut Street.What land were they grabbing, and why? Or is this another hilarious 'kerching'?
Is that the land that is now the estate on Walnut St?That’s Walnut Street.
More likely the background is Grasmere Street as that's quite a long row of houses.It looks like the Walnut Street photo is smack bang, where Thirlmere Street Gardens now stands. Looking toward the terraced houses on Thirlmere Street, as there was a gap in the houses on the Walnut Street side. The map below shows that at the time, the Thirlmere Gardens was the only open space on Walnut Street...
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