Topic: Old photos of and around Liverpool

[So… Howard Philips]

Brilliant.

Ian Callaghan could still get a game in our current midfield.

[SamLad]

Ian Callaghan could still get a game in our current midfield.

Stevie has some time on his hands right now.

[Black Bull Nova]

Can't find a thread on here to post old LFC pictures, so I thought I'd stick this in here.
Ken Dodd and the Giant Men in 1965.

picture upload site

The days of gentlemen footballers, recognised every face except the bloke on the very far right as you look at it and the one immediately above Ken (albeit you can only see the hair). Should be able to work that out from who is missing from below


Chris Lawler, Roger Hunt, Geoff Strong, Tommy Lawrence, Ron Yeats, Gerry Byrne, Ronnie Moran?, Ian Callaghan, Alf Arrowsmith, Tommy Smith, Gordon Milne


plus Bob Shankly, Joe Fagan and Bob Paisley


Gordon Wallace, Willie Stevenson, Peter Thompson, Ian St.John (does not look like the last two)

[oojason]

'Old Liverpool 1930's footage colour and sound enhanced' - a 14 minute video, from the Lee Rymill youtube channel:-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/62TDcJSOJaE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/62TDcJSOJaE</a>

^ or click here to watch - www.youtube.com/watch?v=62TDcJSOJaE

[gazzam1963]

A remarkable and brilliant bit of film that , bet the guy who filmed it would never have imagined newly 90 years later people would be marvelling over it . Such a New York vibe on there too especially the construction of the India Buildings

[Terry de Niro]

A remarkable and brilliant bit of film that , bet the guy who filmed it would never have imagined newly 90 years later people would be marvelling over it . Such a New York vibe on there too especially the construction of the India Buildings

Exactly what I was thinking. Brilliant clip.

[Brissyred]

'Old Liverpool 1930's footage colour and sound enhanced' - a 14 minute video:-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/UXZZwmUFkvo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/UXZZwmUFkvo</a>

That belongs in the 'would you sit here' thread.
Todays OH&S nazi's would have a thromy.

[Statto Red]

Those of us who remember the old Hood Street Gyrotory & bus stops, which was like playing frogger if the bus driver didn't pull in & stop the bus kerbside, when letting passengers board.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/nostalgia/liverpools-lost-bubble-bus-stops-25407363

[So… Howard Philips]

That belongs in the 'would you sit here' thread.
Todays OH&S nazi's would have a thromy.

Hmm. You may be having a bit of a laugh but last Friday I walked past the ventilation shaft of the Wallasey Tunnel at Seacombe and read the memorial to the nine men killed during it’s construction.

Building sites are still dangerous places but probably a  lot safer now than in the 1960s when the tunnel was being excavated.

[Terry de Niro]

Another old film.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/3-i5MK40vp8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/3-i5MK40vp8</a>

[Lad]

'Old Liverpool 1930's footage colour and sound enhanced' - a 14 minute video:-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/UXZZwmUFkvo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/UXZZwmUFkvo</a>

Great film but as someone who struggles being at the top of a ladder it’s absolutely excruciating to watch those fellas on top of the buildings 😱

[Terry de Niro]

Great film but as someone who struggles being at the top of a ladder it’s absolutely excruciating to watch those fellas on top of the buildings 😱

Great stuff.
Zero Health and Safety in those days.

[Medellin]

Liverpool Overhead Railway Terminus at Seaforth.

[Medellin]

A few more

Not often you see a modern foto thats better than the old one..another of the Mereton, this from th 50's.

[kesey]

Who the fuck are youse then ? 

[SamLad]

Not often you see a modern foto thats better than the old one..another of the Mereton, this from th 50's.

was a good pub, the Merton.  is it still going?

[So… Howard Philips]

was a good pub, the Merton.  is it still going?

Just noticed it’s a Threlfalls pub.

Our office was just behind the brewery in Trueman Street and regularly visited to test and stamp beer meters before they were fitted in pubs.

In the early 70s visits were always accompanied by a couple of free pints and you’d have a chat with traffic wardens and postmen who were also enjoying the free hospitality.

[Red Beret]

The Merton was a Wetherspoons for awhile. Good news if it's escaped.

[only6times]

Nice pic's, Rob.

I spent a few afternoons in The Futurist. Also remember Eros on London Road, although I never went in.

Got loads of stuff from Greenberg's back in the day.

I see Les Dennis was on at the She Club in those ads. 

£1.25 to get into the Spion Kop. Those were the days, my friend...

Talking about Greenbergs a while back and me mate said he got his rig out for the 86 cup final there "Lutha jacket and cargo pants". Another lad said he got his rig out there  too "2nd officer on a  Norwegian freighter!"

[Tsar Kastik]

Liverpool Records Office have started digitising their photos

https://liverpool.access.preservica.com/

[Terry de Niro]

Liverpool Records Office have started digitising their photos

https://liverpool.access.preservica.com/

Nice one.
Will take a gander later.

[gazzam1963]

https://liverpool.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_90cfae83-117f-4590-9515-8acc10047bd6/

Just spent a nice half hour watching this

[disgraced cake]

https://twitter.com/ballantine70/status/1686124526814351360

These ones around the city from around the time of the 1966 World Cup

[Terry de Niro]

https://twitter.com/ballantine70/status/1686124526814351360

These ones around the city from around the time of the 1966 World Cup

I think they have been taken down.

There's a few on his main twitter page. https://twitter.com/ballantine70

[rob1966]

RAF P51 Mustangs (MKII or possibly MKIII) going into the tunnel in Birkenhead and emerging in town, then going down past the Liver Buildings on their way to Speke - 1943

[kavah]

Kirkdale 1986



From the Great Rob Bremner

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/aug/30/rob-bremner-best-photograph-liverpool-kids

[rob1966]

Was looking for a picture of the dogs on the roof of the Windmill on Tower Hill and found a few of Tower Hill from when I was a teen

The Top Shops with the Tenterhook in the foreground



The view from the other side with the Farmers Arms



These flats didn't even last 10 years, 7 blocks demolished in 1982

[crackerbox]

Hey everyone, hoping you can help out my good friend, he's asked me to pass this one on in case some of you might be able to help out

"I am planning to release a single soon (‘soon’ being relative – these projects always take longer than you expect). It’s a retrospective look at my childhood growing up in Liverpool in the 60s. I mention a few iconic things from back then like the green double-deckers, the Liver Birds, the Kardomah, etc and I wanted to make a photo/video collage for the song. So I thought I would ask you if you have any photos which would fit that description and if you’d be willing to share them. "

Ta! 

[Terry de Niro]

Hey everyone, hoping you can help out my good friend, he's asked me to pass this one on in case some of you might be able to help out

Ta! 

A good few green double-deckers in here. https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/333336809902378440/

Loads of Liver Birds, the Kardomah-related stuff in google images as well.

[So… Howard Philips]

Was looking for a picture of the dogs on the roof of the Windmill on Tower Hill and found a few of Tower Hill from when I was a teen

The Top Shops with the Tenterhook in the foreground



The view from the other side with the Farmers Arms



These flats didn't even last 10 years, 7 blocks demolished in 1982

They had similar flats in Belle Vale which had a similar short shelf life.

[crackerbox]

A good few green double-deckers in here. https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/333336809902378440/

Loads of Liver Birds, the Kardomah-related stuff in google images as well.

Cheers!

Aye, just always a bit of gamble with copyright stuff when it comes to pictures from there or Google, I guess..?

[rob1966]

Cheers!

Aye, just always a bit of gamble with copyright stuff when it comes to pictures from there or Google, I guess..?

There's a facebook page, Liverpool Then & Now  https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolThenAndNow  I reckon he'd be helpful in this, his email is visible on the page keithjones84@hotmail.com

[rob1966]

They had similar flats in Belle Vale which had a similar short shelf life.

Likely built by the same bunch of cowboys.

Terry posted a pic of the Ford Estate, the houses on the left are the same as the ones we lived in on Tower Hill, I've seen the same houses in Netherton and Rainhill too, was there any like that by Belle Vale?

[Terry de Niro]

Likely built by the same bunch of cowboys.

Terry posted a pic of the Ford Estate, the houses on the left are the same as the ones we lived in on Tower Hill, I've seen the same houses in Netherton and Rainhill too, was there any like that by Belle Vale?

My arl fella worked as a labourer on the Ford Towers in 1971. I remember him saying they were a mess and wouldn't be up long.
They were demolished in the late 80's.

[So… Howard Philips]

Likely built by the same bunch of cowboys.

Terry posted a pic of the Ford Estate, the houses on the left are the same as the ones we lived in on Tower Hill, I've seen the same houses in Netherton and Rainhill too, was there any like that by Belle Vale?

The houses in Belle Vale didn’t have that creosote soaked cladding and were pretty decent. And the advantage of an upstairs and downstairs bogs which was great as the kids could abuse the one near the front door as they were too lazy to trudge up the stairs to the one we used.

[rob1966]

My arl fella worked as a labourer on the Ford Towers in 1971. I remember him saying they were a mess and wouldn't be up long.
They were demolished in the late 80's.

Most of the flats built in Kirkby have gone now too.

The houses in Belle Vale didn’t have that creosote soaked cladding and were pretty decent. And the advantage of an upstairs and downstairs bogs which was great as the kids could abuse the one near the front door as they were too lazy to trudge up the stairs to the one we used.

Ours had that cladding. The downstairs bog was great, one thing I've missed since moving out. Need one here as our two spend ages on the bog, or in the shower.

[Black Bull Nova]

Was looking for a picture of the dogs on the roof of the Windmill on Tower Hill and found a few of Tower Hill from when I was a teen

The Top Shops with the Tenterhook in the foreground



The view from the other side with the Farmers Arms



These flats didn't even last 10 years, 7 blocks demolished in 1982

That bottom one looks like Volgagrad in the 1980s, could I see it in Black and White?

[rob1966]

That bottom one looks like Volgagrad in the 1980s, could I see it in Black and White?

[So… Howard Philips]

Never mind Volgograd it looks like one of those villages in Eastern Ukraine which has been devastated by artillery fire, from both the Russians and Ukrainians.

[rob1966]

Never mind Volgograd it looks like one of those villages in Eastern Ukraine which has been devastated by artillery fire, from both the Russians and Ukrainians.

And my missus wonders why I'm a scruff