restaurant waitress. Perhaps she was working as a waitress at the Royal Park. Another 'Welsh' landlord was Henry Thomas. His family too had come from North Wales, moving to Liverpool in the 1830s. He was born just a few streets away in Wynnstay Street in 1891. Before the First World War he had been a mariner and had ended up in New Zealand. At the start of the War he joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, fought in Egypt, Gallipoli and France before returning to Liverpool in 1920 to take over the running of what had now been renamed as the Admiral Hotel. Here he lived with his family: wife Dorothy and two sons, Roy and Paul Thomas. The pub's name varied over the years (licensee in brackets)4: 1871: Royal Park Hotel (John Roberts) 1881: Royal Park Hotel (Mrs Mary Webster) 1894: Royal Park Hotel (Robert Fishlock) 1911: Royal Park Hotel (Joseph Pantoll) 1926: The Admiral Hotel (Henry Thomas) 1927: The Admiral Hotel (John Hughes) 1934: The Admiral Hotel (Wm Henry Taylor) 1938: The Royal Park Hotel (Wm Henry Taylor) 1941 Royal Park Hotel (Cyril Burns) 1946: The Royal Park Hotel (Cyril Burns) 1955: Royal Park Hotel (Edward John Cook) 1966: Royal Park Hotel (but no landlord noted) Demolition It is thought that it was during the mid 1970s that the pub was demolished, along with all the properties on the block including the adjacent Toxteth Masonic Hall, leaving an open space that was originally tarmac and part of a school. The school was demolished and the space was converted to football pitches in 2004 but then became derelict by 2010. In 2012 they were renovated and reopened as the Admiral Park Recreation Ground5. Sources 1. Kelly's Directory of Liverpool and Lancs 1869 2. A History of the Royal & Ancient Park of Toxteth, R. Griffiths Original edition 1907 3. Toxteth Park Cemetery Inscriptions 4. Various Kelly's Directories for Liverpool & Birkenhead as per the years stated. Printed and Published by Kelly & Co, Ltd. High Holborn, London 5. http://www.plusgroupltd.org.uk/cheshire/article.asp?id=685 References The Welsh in Liverpool Dissertation http://www.liverpool-welsh.co.uk/DISSERTATION.pdf UK Census. Royal Archives. Kew. London Family History Trees at Ancestor.com Ordnance Survey maps The Liverpool Group Lodges and Chapters Hotels in Liverpool History of Liverpool Toxteth Pubs in Liverpool