The Final Smithy
This view of the final Smithy (on the right of the photo) was from Mill Lane. Directly ahead is Pump Lane (now Old Pump Lane). Greasby Road runs to the left and (behind the smithy) to the right. The house on the far left (with the advertisement) is the beginning of Teapot Row. The house with the white window frames is Boxwood Farm.
A modern photo taken from approximately the same position as the photo above.
The 'Grange' Smithy stood at the corner of Mill Lane and Greasby Road from c1896 until 1966. It replaced a previous one which had been on the opposite side of Mill Lane. Greasby Road had been widened in 1960, but it was not until 1966 that the building had to be demolished as part of the improvement of the junction with Mill Lane.
The grassed area at the present junction is part of the site of the Smithy. In the latter years of its existence, the Smithy manufactured items such as ornamental gates. The final smith was Len Brassey.
The smithy shortly before its demolition. Mill Lane
is on the near side of the building.
