I'd guess it was put there at the time the houses and shops were built, perhaps the 1930s. The big houses on the south side of The Wiend were earlier and built for managers at Lever's.
The buses in those days were the 50 to Spital Crossroads and 58 to Clatterbridge from Woodside, 'via Old Chester Road', every 10 minutes, too.
The smartest buses ever, in my opinion!
Description: Preserved, at Brighton rally