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The Liverpool Tapestry:
People, Places and Passions
Kirkland Brothers Bakery opened in 1888, and was described in
the Liverpool Mercury as “a new building…. has been specially
designed and constructed with the object of obtaining a perfectly
sanitary bake house, containing all the best health arrangements and
the latest improvements for the manufacture of bread.”
During the 1980’s it was known as a highly fashionable wine
bar, with a concert room over which was a regular venue for
jazz concerts from the likes of George Melly. Described as “so
fashionable it was a legend in it’s own lunchtime”, it is now a
traditional pub, The Fly in the Loaf, but has retained its original
shop frontage.
This memorial stands in the Roscoe Memorial Garden, Mount
Pleasant, and marks the burial place of the most famous slavery
abolitionist, William Roscoe, described as “historian, poet, patriot
and Christian philanthropist”. He founded the Anti-Slavery Society
in Liverpool, using his influence as an MP
for Liverpool to help abolish slavery.
Kirkland’s
Designed and stitched by Kate Esme
William Roscoe Memorial
Designed and stitched by Kate Esme