Just popping in briefly...
You're pretty spot on there Richie.
It's taken from around where Costco appears to be now standing.
The train is heading to Riverside having just emerged from Waterloo tunnel from Edgehill, the headcode looks like it's a railtour special.
(That tower structure in the distance was part of the Tates complex.)
The higher level brick bridge in the background seen behind the metal bridge carrying Great Howard Street is still around.
Streetview hereThe view from the river side of Great Howard is now obscured by Costco but here's a pic I found, I supect from before Costco was constructed...
sourceBeyond and behind those visible bridges was a further set of bridges ...
You can see the entrance to Waterloo tunnel clearly in that, it goes all the way to Edgehill.
It's still there though somewhat submerged these days....
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28 days later lads have been having a dib around...
In the early 60's I was sometimes dragged off to mass in St Augustines which was in that immediate vicinity. I was more interested in the trains than God so I didn't mind too much..
In the late 60's, when I used to occasionally get the electric into Exchange instead of getting off at Oriel to catch the bus to school(and later New Strand when the bus terminus moved there), the train would always crawl along on that higher over bridge in that last picture and you could look down and see all that way below. The track was all still there then but primarily used for I think condemned wagon storage, or at least for a while.
The line to Riverside then proceeded through the land where Costco is and emerged through the gates here..
Streetview todayIt then crossed the Waterloo road and entered the Dock complex immediately opposite there..
(it's changed a lot today) and then proceeded along to Riverside.
Interesting bit of film that with some great scenes around and about, I've not seen it before.
From an industrial anorak perspective, at 09.17'ish there's even a shot of D2854 in action on the dock line.
It's survived and been preserved in gwo.....though I've no idea if Tiffany who is seen singing on the bus at that point is still in full working order....)
That's an interesting picture Tsar, it shows the American Bar in its original setting.
We had a natter on here around
five years ago about that place and I wondered if it later got incorporated within the new Forum when it was initially built.
Here's another version of the same pic that Richie posted above which dates it..And here's a shot from '59...(It must be '59 as The Rebel Set is showing as well as Yesterday's Enemy)
Note that street light from the orginal 30's view that Tsar posted is still there in that shot.
Look at the Bobby on his stand doing traffic control, a very common sight at major junctions around town back then until well into the mid 60's when traffic lights started to get more widely installed.
And those tram lines still visible in the road. They were there and in lots of other places around town and places like West Derby village well into the mid sixties at least. I remember being taken by my older sisters to see Summer Holiday at the Forum/ABC in '63 and the scene still looked pretty much like that then.
The Rebel Set....I wonder how much that influenced some people...
Although I was tiny at the time, I do remember that Beatnick era quite well, lots of lads walking round with trimmed beards and duffle coats and the girls all seemingly wearing tight jumpers. It seemed to last until the start of Merseybeat which swept it all away.
Oh and happy New Year everyone.
