The history of the name goes back a long way. In the 1770s, there is a record of Greenside Farm in Wavertree.

At the beginning of the 19th Century there was a house called Greenside House in Wavertree, between The Lamb Public House and Lake Cottages. The house was demolised and Greenside Avenue built on the site at the end of the 19th Century.

1768 Greenside Farm was leased to Thomas HALE by newly-widowed Jane PICKANCE

1821 - 1833 Miss Hannah PARR

1840 - 1854 Daniel BELL

1856 - 1878 The EVANS family

In 1881, the house next to the Lamb is listed as the Rectory, occupied by the LODGE family.

1891 - the BADNALL family

Greenside House was demolished some time during the 1890s. The 1895 Directory has no entry for the Lamb Hotel (111 High Street, Wavertree) or for Greenside House (probably 113 High Street). This directory does not have a list of streets either, so it is unclear when Greenside Avenue was actually built.

Greenside Avenue is first listed as an address in the electoral register from 1897, and in Liverpool Directories from 1898. The following looks at No 7 Greenside Avenue, which appears to include parts of the old building, either boundary walls or outbuildings

In 1897, the only occupant of Greenside Avenue was Joseph PARR at No5. The register notes 'house successive'. Other addresses given for Joseph PARR are 25 Gordon Street and 2 Anderton Square, High Street.

The following information relates to No 7:

1898 - 1899 - Richard GEE,

1901 - 1904 - William BOGGIS

1911 - McLAUGHLIN

By 1920 the CARLIN family had moved in – John Charles and Margaret (nee STEMBRIDGE). They were a Catholic family, and seemed to have quite a few children (though some may have been in-laws). They were in the house up to 1929 if not beyond.

1934 - HANMER

1938 - John WILLIAMS, railway employee

1939 - DASHLEY, PURVIS and EDWARDS; not sure how they all fitted in!

1945 - 1950 the KENNILS family

By 1955, Arthur and Pamela JONES had moved in. They were still there in 1970.