Topic: Old photos of and around Liverpool

[Medellin]

Nothing new in that, or that can't be predicted for what's left.

Anyone any idea what's happening to the old Irish Centre (ie Wellington Rooms), or , as expected with the bunch of Philistines on the Council, will it go the same way as the Futurist?

I heard fat head on the radio this week taking credit for saving the bombed out church,even though i think it was 250k funds matched by the council which 'saved' it.
Regarding the Irish center..i did see some suits (hard hat/high viz) there a few weeks ago when passing so hopefully something positive there.
A link which may be of use here..

https://www.heritageworks.co.uk/wellington.htm

[Tsar Kastik]

Lavrock Bank and Smithdown Road destructors,


http://manweb-remembered.co.uk/lavrockbankstats.htm

[So… Howard Philips]

Yeah great idea to flatten that for the Holiday Inn, good job we have always had wise councillors looking after our heritage. Long may they regret it.

I'm pretty sure it wasn't flattened for the Holiday Inn. Was it Steers House?

[Pistolero]

Nova Scotia..

[Medellin]

Couple of images of the Sailors Home.....first showing its location from the bottom of Duke st...and then one in all its glory.....such a great decision to flatten it in 1974....we should be forever thankful to whoever the transitory, faceless, here-today gone-tomorrow, tin-pot councillors were who rubber stamped it's demise....

Found this earlier..looks to be one mid demolition.
Fucking grim picture apologies.

[Medellin]

Lower Breck road 1972



County road 1930's





Scottie 1960..

[John C]

Lower Breck road 1972

You could play snooker on that road surface

[The Gulleysucker]

Lower Breck road 1972

It looks like it's been freshly tarmaced, but are you positive that's '72 as it looks to me more like it could be '62.

I accept I could be wrong and I know a few old Zodiacs/Zephyrs like that were still around in '72, but just the general tidyness of the scene, the lack of litter and such, makes it look like it could be from a decade earlier.

[Medellin]

Aye mate i do admit it does look earlier than '72.
The description from the original link stated that date & I've found no evidence suggesting earlier thro searches.

[The Gulleysucker]

Aye mate i do admit it does look earlier than '72.
The description from the original link stated that date & I've found no evidence suggesting earlier thro searches.

I guess we'll have to go with that date then.

I've had a quick looksee and it's about here in Streetview today.

It's difficult to line up exactly as in the original photo but it looks like that shop in the original on the left, C.L.Cain, that the woman pushing the pram towards the photographer is outside, is now that house painted red on the left.

[Medellin]

Aye certainly does.
A couple of things that stick out is how those front bays have straightened up/rebuilt..may just be the foto.
Also those railings behind her made it thro the war without being scrapped for the wartime effort.

[rob1966]

It looks like it's been freshly tarmaced, but are you positive that's '72 as it looks to me more like it could be '62.

I accept I could be wrong and I know a few old Zodiacs/Zephyrs like that were still around in '72, but just the general tidyness of the scene, the lack of litter and such, makes it look like it could be from a decade earlier.

The car is on a 'B'plate, so that makes it either a late 1964 or an early 1965 car, so late 60's or early 70's fits.

[dave 5516]

I guess we'll have to go with that date then.

I've had a quick looksee and it's about here in Streetview today.

It's difficult to line up exactly as in the original photo but it looks like that shop in the original on the left, C.L.Cain, that the woman pushing the pram towards the photographer is outside, is now that house painted red on the left.

It's the end towards West Derby Road by the month roads, June, July, and September.

[rob1966]

It's the end towards West Derby Road by the month roads, June, July, and September.

Yep, mates of my parents lived in September Road, spent a lot of time around there as a kid.

[Alan574]

What's that building in the top rightish to the left of the tall office block  , looks like it has columns and a dome , looks possibly Old hall street , is it St pauls eye hospital edit: just looked at old pis of the eye hospital and it's not that ,

Think you mean Lancaster House.  BT telephone exchange etc.  Worked on the top floor in the eighties.

[So… Howard Philips]

Think you mean Lancaster House.  BT telephone exchange etc.  Worked on the top floor in the eighties.

Lancaster House it is. My dad worked there in the 60s. Is the JM centre still under construction in the picture?

[gazzam1963]

Think you mean Lancaster House.  BT telephone exchange etc.  Worked on the top floor in the eighties.

Just had a nose on google maps amd didn't realise it's still there , it just looks a lot grander in that 1966 pic , on the pic it has quite a classical look to it from the distance but up close looks quite bland . Has it been altered ? As it looks rounded on the edges on all four corners on the old picture but isnt on satellite .

[Alan574]

Only discovered this thread recently and there are too many pages to look through so apologies if this has already been put up.  Scared the shit out of me just watching it.  Camera man is as daft. It's the video in the blog if you haven't already worked that out.

http://waynecolquhoun.blogspot.co.uk/

[Alan574]

Best photo of New Brighton tower ever.

[Medellin]

A bit of nostalgia here..



70's Park road..



Cleveland square i believe where John Lewis car park is now..those cars..



Blackburne place 1966..still the same today i think.



Bottom of Church st..

[Medellin]

Some of you will remember these..quality! 

https://liverpoolhistorysocietyquestions.wordpress.com/category/higsons-beer-mats/

[kavah]

^ ha ha - probably my favourite beer campaign ever - and I was far too young to drink, but loved the beer mats, had loads of them 

Nice picture of Blackburn house, my mrs went to school there - made St.Trinians look like angels those Institute girls

[rob1966]

A bit of nostalgia here..

Those Exit Only doors got well abused on the school run home 

One of our neighbours used to work for MPTE driving the buses. When he was on the 15D to Tower Hill, he used to nip home in it rather than park at the Terminus at the top of the estate.

[CornerFlag]

Best photo of New Brighton tower ever.

Same view today, next road over from me

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.4363451,-3.0407584,3a,75y,73.76h,89.13t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1st_2AATkHA7yYvmnNrg-Ikw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

[So… Howard Philips]

Those Exit Only doors got well abused on the school run home 

One of our neighbours used to work for MPTE driving the buses. When he was on the 15D to Tower Hill, he used to nip home in it rather than park at the Terminus at the top of the estate.

Was that an Atlantean? I can remember the novelty of getting on a bus without a conductor.

I'm not too sure if all the redundant conductors were so pleased with the novelty of being on the dole.

[Brissyred]

Those Exit Only doors got well abused on the school run home 

One of our neighbours used to work for MPTE driving the buses. When he was on the 15D to Tower Hill, he used to nip home in it rather than park at the Terminus at the top of the estate.

23p for a packet of fags

[CornerFlag]

The missing pediment from St. George's Hall, taken down in 1950 and believed to be broken up as hardcore.  You can see it in place on the second picture.

[Medellin]

Another cracker i found of bommie night..can't figure out where it is tho.



Very typical of a 70's bonfire..brings back a ton of memories that pic does...get on that lads LEE jeans & the odd 4 stripe adidas you saw!

[rob1966]

Was that an Atlantean? I can remember the novelty of getting on a bus without a conductor.

I'm not too sure if all the redundant conductors were so pleased with the novelty of being on the dole.

Yeah it would have been.

I can remember the conductor on the old buses, putting the rope across when the bus was full. They'd have a fit now if you had a bus with no doors. It was always a laugh to jump off the platform just before the bus stopped. Me and our kid always wanted to get the seat behind the driver and watch him driving the bus.

Our kids will be saying the same about all the bus drivers, truck drivers and taxi drivers ending up on the dole once fully automated buses, trucks and taxi's get brought in.

[Medellin]

Another apparently from Liverpool..this time in the 50s?
No idea where..anyone?



The Royal Xmas 1915..which looks like Waterhouse block A in the Uni now.



Toxteth 1980..someone here will probably be precise about the location..



1906 the halfway house on woolton rd..





Probes competition..

[24/7]

Toxteth 1980..someone here will probably be precise about the location..

The Toxteth one I recognise. It's taken on Granby St itself, probably from outside the launderette or the chippy. Chances are it was taken in 198/2 when we had that boss winter with snow everywhere for what felt like weeks - and skating on Sevvie Park lake was The Thing To Do.

Not certain which street it's looking down but the lad running is deffo doing so on Granby. That graffiti was added to some time later with a massive 'FRONTLINE' emblem, in red, gold and green.

Sadly the sentiment expressed ceased to be the case some years ago.....

*edit* I think it's Eversley St. Look at this from google maps!
https://www.google.si/maps/@53.3941818,-2.9575043,3a,75y,262.38h,81.48t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sJcwUjcNNcYGZrSCW7pI-Cg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DJcwUjcNNcYGZrSCW7pI-Cg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D11.470713%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

Man, I hardly recognise Granby St at all now!!!!!

Nice to see Baktrax in there too and yes, competition indeed. I still have plenty of Cabaret Voltaire 12"s that I found in Baktrax thanks to daily rummaging, beating the weekenders to them

[gazzam1963]

Haven't seen this before but apologies if it's been posted but here's an edition of this week regarding the
1967 game between Liverpool and Everton that attracted over 100,000 at the the game and also on big screens at anfield

https://www.facebook.com/MerseysideOnFilm/videos/146230432665434/

[Medellin]

Aye Granby st is unrecognizable from what it was..
Found a link to a few more you may appreciate.

http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?108514-Old-Pictures-of-Granby-Street-Liverpool-1968-Liverpool-History-Nostalgia-Throwback

Thanks for that link Gaz.

[24/7]

Aye Granby st is unrecognizable from what it was..
Found a link to a few more you may appreciate.

Haha I'm not THAT old

[Medellin]

Haha I'm not THAT old

 

Me grandad on me arl fellas side were from that neck of the woods..off lodge lane somewhere I'll have to look it up..i think some part the area was called princess park back then.

Another foto from the same year..not your ýear (68) but this never changed that much from what i remember..

The Odeon on London rd.

[Medellin]

The Empress of Canada sails past the Liver building 1963.



I should remember this but don't..walton hall park 1978 apparently..anyone?



1960 Knotty Ash & Stanley railway station..

[Tesco tearaway]

Open top bus parade after the 1965 FA cup win.
Not sure which part of the city the picture was taken.

[Sir Capon of Debaser]

Anyone got any of Renshaw street during the 60s? my mams family ran a diner down there back then that the Beatles hung out in before they were famous and I'm after trying to find some for me mam n her sisters

Late 50s early 60s

[Medellin]

1958..





Dunno the dates on 2 mate.

[Sir Capon of Debaser]

Cheese Chuffer.Got one of them,the middle one,think its 72