thanks paulwirral
have you sorted out what the original pic pub was
No mate, its a puzzler indeed. I am trying to find old photographs of the area of the Royal Oak. When Liscard was rebuilt in the late 1960s to make way for the new town centre maybe the building to the left were demolished and then set back. Without evidence of that I am in the dark.
I don't think there is no clear cut evidence as to the origin that can be proved. Hmm...