Before becoming a Royal British Legion the building was a Church Hall and was called the Mossley Church Hall Institute.

It has seen it's share of many famous faces from singers, comedians, actors and football players.

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Here is just part of its history but the building itself has a lot more history and interesting stories to tell.

Allerton Hebrew Congregagtion - How it started

The idea for a synagogue in the Allerton area was conceived in 1950 by the Rev Hyman Goldman. Rev Goldman was living in the Greenbank area of the city and attended the Greenbank Drive Synagogue. 

When moving out to the Allerton area he decided that there needed to be a Synagogue which was within walking distance of his new home. After searching various options he found that Mossley Hill Church Hall now The Royal British Legion was available to rent on Friday evenings and Saturday mornings, and that is where the Allerton 'Minyan' started.

Rev Goldman is one who strictly observes the regulation which forbids Orthodox Jews to use transport (public and private) on Sabbath and festivals. He felt that provision of facilities for divine worship in the vicinity of his new home would be a useful and necessary Jewish amenity to the Allerton neighbourhood.

He did not at that time envisage any grandiose scheme such as that which was subsequently planned and executed; he wanted only a Bethel (house of God) - a 'minyan' - where Jews could assemble for worship and study, and within whose walls children, who might not be receiving any Jewish education, could be taught the eternal principles of Judaism.

Rev Goldman discussed his proposal with his two sons, who advised him to contact 
other Jewish residents of Allerton and see whether they would be interested in his proposition. He therefore contacted several Allerton residents, but in the main they were members of various other congregations and did not evince much enthusiasm for his plans. They did not seem unduly perturbed over the long distances between their homes and the synagogues they attended. Rev Goldman was not dismayed by the apparent lack of support; he was convinced that if a synagogue were established in Allerton nearby residents would attend it in preference to going to other synagogues.

One whom he approached and who displayed much interest in the plan was Mr Solomon Rubin, a member of the Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation, Princes Road, who promised his support if a suitable site for a synagogue could be found.

Rev Goldman commenced seeking accommodation, for which he advertised in the local press. Among places he subsequently inspected were the Liverpool University Athletics Club, the Mather Avenue centre of the Territorial Army and the Rose Lane County Primary School. Finally he learnt of the Mosley Hill Church Hall in Rose Lane (now the Mossley Hill Royal British Legion).

He found the secretary, Mr T Price, very sympathetic and eventually Rev Goldman's request was put before Canon F H Perkins, the then Vicar of the church. The church granted Rev Goldman the use of the hall, with chairs and a table, for Friday evening and Saturday morning services, for the remarkably low fee of 15s a week.

Actually, the premises contained two halls and there was a proviso that should the larger one be required by old age pensioners who frequently met there, Rev Goldman’s congregation would be required to use the smaller hall. This condition was willingly accepted.

The acquisition of the use of the Rose Lane premises marked what can be called the first milestone in the history of the Allerton Congregation.