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Scarlet Street, shown on the 1848/64 OS map [LRO]. Before the 'Swimming baths' were built [boundary railings on the photograph] Scarlet Street had an identical row of terraces on the other side, judging by the symmetry on the map.
Feb 12, 2012 · Bel Preston had a drapers shop at no. 29 King Street from the 1940's-1970 it was called Vanity Fair at one time. I can remember coming to stay with Bel, Cess Mike and Pam many times during 50's 60's. If anyone has any memories of Bill Holmes or Bel Preston I would love to hear from them.
Another press photograph from the 1930s to illustrate Liverpool’s slum housing. The photograph was taken from the hind leg and unnamed street looking in the direction of Queen Anne Street (Gomer Street is the next street shown). The children in the foreground could be taken from any number of similar streets – with quite a More...
Detail of photographThis is another press photograph illustrating slum housing in Liverpool. The tenement on Dickson Street is in the heart of the dockland community – at the time a tightly network of streets packed between Great Howard Street and Waterloo Road. I don’t have the figures for how many families lived in the terrace More...
A forum thread where users share memories and stories of growing up in King Street Garston, Liverpool, in the 1930s to 1970s. The thread includes a story of a coal mountain that was dumped near King Street in the 40s and a link to a book about Garston history.
Scarlet Street, off St Anne Street, 1930s. By Colin Wilkinson in forum Colin Wilkinson's Streets of ...
Mann Street 1848 Photograph - Rear of Grafton Street and Upper Mann Street - Date 11/06/1934 [LRO] The Royal Southern Hospital can be seen in the distance left [on Hill Street] Mann Street is parallel to the Hospital and leads from Hill Street to the Brewery shown in the distance. Mann Street would be where the chimney is shown in the far right.
Sep 23, 2014 · The future of St Michael’s church on Pitt Street was less in doubt – it was comprehensively damaged in the May blitz of 1941 and finally demolished in 1946. Standing in a square between Kent Street, Upper Pitt Street, Cornwallis Street and Granville Street, it was one of the most elegant churches in Liverpool (and one of the last remaining Georgian churches in the city centre).
Jan 24, 2007 · The Nalgo one used to be the Gingerbread in Stanley street I think, on the right hand side as you go down. Used to drink in Scarlett's bar on Hackin's Hey - downstairs, but you could come up another set and end up in the Crooked Billet - an entirely different pub altogether and then go out into Exchange Street East.
With Upper Potter street and Marwood Street recently cleared, the giant 22 storey Corinth Tower overlooks that part of the city and what a view it must have been for its new residents. A tipper truck being used to take away the slum clearance debris makes it way up Aughton Street, construction on Seacombe Tower, together with its sisters Ellison and Edinburgh would be underway shortly.
