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During the 1960s, Ormskirk Born, but Sheffield residing Harry Ainscough made regular treks to liverpool to photograph many of the main central streets that we all know and love. However, what is unusual and for which we have to thank his great foresight, is he photographed many nondescript side streets, alleyways and lanes which have now allowed many people seeking their past stomping grounds to retrieve these scenes as if by magic, often capturing people, fashions and motor vehicles of that period too.
Here are a selection that are not otherwise shown on any of the other pages on this site, these are also supplimented here with other LRO post war photographs of Liverpool that are all available to peruse at the Liverpool Records Office. Others have been kindly supplied from the private collections of individuals and credited accordingly.
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Everton Brow in 1967. First viewed from the top at Shaw Street with the Friary school on the right and the Prince Alfred pub further down. Old property lies beyond Coffey's pub at Watmough Street before the new Friary School was built. The second view is from Salisbury Street. The heights in the background were Mazzini, Cavour and Garabaldi, off Roscommon Street.
The lower end of Netherfield Road North looking towards the foot of Everton Valley (1967), further up, Nethy, this stretch shows Anthony Street and Arkwright Street running down West towards Great Homer Street.
Nethy again, this time the east, city side. Penrose Street off St. Domingo Road is seen next. A terraced row sat on the North side, the sandstone wall facing (which is still there), once surrounded St. Domingo House and was incorporated into Sir Thomas White Gardens when they were built in the mid 1930s.
Grayson Street in 1967. This still exists off Shaws Alley which itself runs parallel with Park Lane. Heap Mill is in the background near Cornhill, Manny Charles betting office is on the corner.
Blundell Street also still exists as mainly warehouses off Jamaica Street. Soho Square can be seen on the next picture, looking West to East with the piggeries high rise just poking above Thews Ltd.
St. Anne Street 1967. The St. Annes pub is on the corner of a very narrow Richmond Row, St. Annes Church is beyond Gt. Richmond Street tenements. Further along St Anne Street at its junction with Islington you can see the old property on the east side seeing out its last few years. Holy Trinity church pops up above and the Owen Owen warehouse which befell arsonists, as did the church, lies further along the street.
Croft Street prefabs. These stood facing where the Royal Hospital now is off Prescot Street. The next shot is of the Islington section of road which branches off from William Brown Street, going up past the County Sessions House and Rushworth Piano showrooms.
Scotland Road East side showing Victoria Square as the backdrop. Another view is looking North up Scotland Road from the top of Mile End.
Holly Street 1967. The mock tudor flats on the left are pre WW1 hailing from 1912, the year the titanic sank. My family were living at No.39 when I was born in 1962, they were demolished in the late 60s to make way for the new St. Anne street police HQ. Similar flats heavily populated the Vauxhall area around Bevington Street and three Eldon Grove blocks still exist and are being slowly renovated. The tenements on the right came a decade later, the pub at the top is on the corner of St. Anne Street and Mansfield Street and was the Royal Standard, locally known as Kings. The Piggeries high rise flats can be seen behind, the wagon is pulling out of Gaskells produce firm. Picture No.2 is Love Lane showing two of the Tate & Lyle bulk tankers outside their premises near Chisenhale Street.
Prince Edwin Lane was situated at the back of these flats which fronted Prince Edwin Street. My nan and uncle lived here until they were moved out into Mazzini Heights via a short spell in Downe House which was part of Gerard Crescent. Bevington Street flats in Vauxhall can be seen beyond the rooftops and one of the areas largest employers, Tate & Lyle is beyond them. Next, Christian Street looking South. Immediate left is St. Annes school, formerly Holy Trinity school, beyond the is the TGWU building on the corner of Islington. On the far right is the gable side wall of Johnnie Gianelli's chippy, beyond that the Wellington Pub aka Cassons and the white tower of Hymans on the corner of Camden St.
Tintern Street in 1967 with its junction with Westminster Road. Prince William Street 1968, this runs from Hill Street to Warwick Street in Liverpool 8.
Looking up a busy Hackins Hey in 1966 past the Ye hole in ye wall pub. Harry Ainscough also took a number of general pub photographs, The Liverpool Tram was situated on the corner of Tempest Hey and Ryleys Gardens and was decked out inside like a tram car. Pictured here in 1979, a Vauxhall Viva van is outside.
The Denbigh Castle could be found at 10 Hackins Hey. The Goblin was situated on Canterbury Street off Islington. Both were photographed here in 1979.
The Turtle at Tuffins Corner, Netherley, seen here in the shadows of the Paveley flats in 1982. The Gaslite club, Cumberland Street, was situated for many years between the Cumberland and Rudi's (now Angels and the Masquerade club), the little wasteland it was on can still be seen there. This photograph by Ainscough is from 1979.
Clare Street in 1966 looking Northwards from Islington towards the landing tenements that were on Holly Street. The next shots shows an old property that was on the corner of Clare Street and Islington which was burnt down in 1969.
Commercial Road in 1972 showing the Reading pub at the bottom of Swindon Street, known locally as Murphy's. The next view from 1951 shows Tillotsons on the left with its clock which is almost facing the Reading pub. The houses nearest the camera are approaching the junction with Lambeth Road.
Three different eras of housing are shown here on Commercial Road near its junction with Great Mersey Street in 1972. Due to the housing shortage just after the war, Lancelot Keay and his team at Liverpool Corporation undertook a series of schemes which saw large scale prefabricated housing, most notably in Belle Vale, Netherley. However, smaller sites on whatever waste ground was available were utilised. 1950s units and 1960s high rise are also seen here. An about turn to the North and a container lorry from the nearby docks sits outside a warehouse on Commercial Road near its junction with Sandhills Lane.
Fox Street, Liverpool 5. The first pic shows the premises of McDougalls undertakers and next door, the Petrus charity shop. This is near to the junction with Richmond Row and was taken in 1983. Further along Fox Street at its North end are the premises of Berry and Warmington which is now a Swainbanks furniture stores as seen on the 'buildings' page of this website. Hansons sports and Social club is across Upper Beau Street and St. Mary of the Angels church (the Friary) is across Bute Street.
Lace Street in 1967. Looking West towards Holy Cross church and the Coffin Block flats on Standish Street. The tins on the right surround the construction site for Bispham and Adlington House high rise blocks. Byrom Street in 1966 showing Cundles bicycle shop and Fontenoy Gardens tenement development across Great Crosshall Street.
Norton Street in 1950 and 1966 respectively. Both shots are looking down, which is North towards Islington.
Trueman Street in 1966 showing the Threlfalls (Whitbreads) brewery at the top of the street complete with gantry. The house on the left was once owned by John Houghton, a brewer who funded the building of Holy Trinity church which was on nearby Hunter Street. The house now carries a blue plaque showing in to be one of the best preserved properties of its kind. Robinson & Neal decorators and paint shop was just around the corner here on Dale Street for many years until the 1990s. The building on the other corner is the 1930s art deco Blackburn Assurance Building which was later sold to the Liverpool Corporation to house their architects department. I moved here in 1978 when my dad became care-taker whilst being foreman of the Education Buildings in Sir Thomas Street, the address we lived at was 4 Trueman Street until 1990. Stanley leisure later took over the building. Primrose Hill is situated at the back of this building off Fontenoy Street. Looking West here, you can see the tanker lorries parked in the Threlfalls premises at the top of Trueman Street.
Joshua Street and Daniel Street in 1967. Ellison, Seacombe and Edinburgh Towers high rise contruction is evident in both photographs.
Shaw Street at its junction with Brunswick Road. The first picture taken in 1967 shows No's. 2-8. By the time of the second picture 12 years later, number 2 (Bert Yates) has been demolished, this picture showing the properties addressed as No's. 4-12.
Further North along Shaw Street. Taken in 1967, on this section, the East side is taken up by Whitley Gardens, known locally as Shaw Street park. The Georgian terraces on Westbourne Street can be seen making their way up towards Brunswick Road, though there is a gap present allowing for the viewing of other old property behind. The second view is further along still, showing retail premises on a long block which preceeded the Ann Fowler women's refuge building which can be seen just ahead of Everton Terrace Heights.
Commercial Road in 1951 near its junction with Stanley Road. The Knowsley pub aka the roundhouse is near right. Across the road are the tenements on Owen Road known locally as the buildings or billogs for short. Next up is the Union public house known locally as Fred Lowe's, on the corner of Sandhills lane as captured in 1972. The pub on the left which is almost facing the B.A.T. factory is the Midland, this was known as Tom Speed's. Lots of pubs were known by the names of their landlords.
Great Howard Street/Sherwood Street 1969. Hunter Street looking towards Byrom Street in 1966. The latter shows what were the premises of the Manchester slate Company and a brewery. A sliver of Cartwright House tenement block can be seen on the right as can the backie of Gerard Close.
Great Richmond Street 1966 looking towards Fox Street. Part of St. Annes church can be seen on the left, facing it are the railing landing tenements which hail from the mid 1920s and have now been converted into private apartments. Fraser Street in the same year is next, looking towards Islington. A sign for Sampson & Barlows peppermint lounge can be seen near left and the Shakespeare theatre facing is operating as a Casino Club advertising Roulette, Boule and Black Jack.
As noted elsewhere on this site (buildings page), on Sunday 21st June 1976, the Shakespeare Theatre was burnt down. Fraser Street is pictured here on the monday looking towards London Road. The first fire engine is parked directly beneath the vertical sign advertising Pickwicks nightclub. Locals and fire officers alike discuss the proceedings outside the Paramount offices next door to the scene.
Upper Warwick Street in 1969 and also viewed from Park Place in 1968.
Westbourne Street 1960 and Berkley Street 1962.
Birch Street and Brown Street back entry and toilets/sheds in 1960. Next is a view along King Street towards Lord Street in 1948. South John Street is the continuation in the distance.
Alfred Street bombdies in the shadow of the Anglican cathedral in 1974. Bembridge Street is seen here in 1956.
A packed bus stop outside what is now Renshaws in Renshaw Street 1957 and a view of property on the corner of Bedford Street South. Notice, the 'South' nameplate has been added on underneath sometime later.
Braemar Street in 1958 and No.6 Boundary Street East which houses a wheelwright and Blacksmiths in 1955.
St. Martins Street which ran off Scotland Road and at one time held the original St. Martins market. It is pictured here in 1970. Warburton Street is seen here in the 1960s when the Prince of Wales pub was situated at the bottom of it. This street ran from Hall Lane to Mount Vernon Street.
Wedgewood Street off Holt Road in 1970 and Conway Street in 1958, which was one of the steep inclines which ran from Great Homer Street to Netherfield Road.
Chester Street (1955) and Whitley Street, off Great Howard Street (1969)
Boaler Street, off West Derby Road in 1979 showing Swift's dairy. Cochrane Street, off Heyworth Street in 1965 and property at the foot of Ceres Street, Bootle in 1969 which is canalside.
Devonport Street with a railings landing elavation in 1960. Dalrymple Street in 1965. Schofield Bros lemonade manufacturer and distributors were in this street which runs between Scotland Road and Great Homer Street.
Springfield (1966). This ran from Christian Street to St. Anne Street as Springfield Street but was shortened to just Springfield from thereon to Soho Street. It was always known to us locals though as plain old 'Springy'. Property on the left consists of lodging houses and a Manny Charles bookmakers, Bushells Buildings cork merchants is at the junction with Harker Street and part of the four squares tenement is beyond. The property on Soho Street facing can be seen more clearly in the next photograph looking South to North.
William Henry Street 1967 showing one of the many doss houses in the area and Birkett Street tenements behind. Jenkinson Street seen next was just around the corner past the row of shops in the direction that the women are heading.
Interiors were also photographed by Liverpool Corporation during certain periods of housing assessments for Compulsory Purchase Orders or redevelopment. Top left is a scullery in Derby Street in 1966. Top right is the cellar living room of a property in Berkley Street in 1962, note the Cliff Richard photo on the wall. Bottom left is No.16 Cubbin Street in 1957, bottom right is a Falkner Street kitchen in 1965.
1) The Cupid Hotel at No.2 Cupid Street 1968. 2) The Majestic was on the corner of Hall Lane and Binney Street, seen here in 1971 as the new Royal Liverpool teaching hospital takes shape behind. 3) The Flat Iron pub is seen below on Mill Street 1965, unfortunately as part of a clearance area. 4) Bottom left is the Phoenix pub in the Chatsworth Street clearance area in 1965. Entwistle Heights stand proudly behind. 5) In the same area on Portwood Street and Smithdown Lane was the Sefton. 6) The last scene is of the Liver Hotel in 1967 which stood on Robson Street. It was demolished three years after this photo.
East Prescot Road heading towards St Oswalds Gardens tenements in Old Swan in 1957. Donaldson Street wash-house, off Walton Breck Road, in the same year with an array of Silver Cross perambulators which would have taken the burden off carrying the laundry on ones head, as many of the housewives did.
Crete Street, Liverpool 5 in 1970. Crete and Candia Tower were built at the end of these Greek themed streets. Job Street is pictured here in 1966 was the next one along from Phythian Street.
Two views of Jordan Street flats in 1968. These hailed from 1912-14.
Picton Road and Oxford Road, Waterloo - taken in 1965.
Friar Street 1968 showing St. Georges Heights in the distance and Monkswell Street 1969 showing Dingle Lane tenements in the distance.
Makin Street 1967 and Northumberland Street at its junction with Devonport Street in 1960.
Mount Street as captured during a snow storm by Edward Chambre Hardman in 1965, his studio was only around the corner in Rodney Street.
Looking down Mitford Street past the walls of the John Bagot hospital on the right at St. Georges Hill, Everton in 1949. St. Anthonys church is visible above the gaslamp with the spire of the 'Black church' of St. Martins in the field on Silvester Street beyond.
Great Homer Street market in the 1970s around the Lower Arkwright Street area as captured by Peter leeson.
Mulgrave Street in 1969 and Grove Street in 1965.
The rear of Shand Street and Sinclair Street - 1959 and a hairdresser addressed as 2-4 Shenstone Street, Edge Hill.
Scotland Road 1947 showing premises whom repair artificial teeth, The remains of Scotland Road mill can be seen behind. This is the section of road from near Wright Street to Hopwood Street on the West side. Reading Street landing dwellings were photographed here in 1956. These ran from Commercial Road to Stanley Road in the Kirkdale district. The last family moved out a year later in 1957, a removal wagon is pictured in this scene.
Rose Hill captured in 1966. The premises on the left belong to McDougalls undertakers, the landing flats were built 1912-14 and take up the block bounded by Birkett Street, St. Anne Street, Holly Street and Chrisitan Street. The side of Rose Hill police bridewell can be seen on Peover Street and the 1950s unit flats can just be seen set back on the right. The photograph on the right is of 1A Field Street, a derelict sawmill under a compulsory purchase order in 1954. The old Field Street was demolished within the next few years and the Field Street as known now rebuilt.
Durning Road in 1949 looking vibrant, the same cannot be said for the corner of Newport and Milford Street undergoing demolition in 1965. Derby Street off Prescot Road is pictured here in 1966 complete with youngster and a trike.
Pythian Street and Mission Square which was off Pythian Street - 1966.
Hutchison Street 1966. Prince Edwin Street with stair access 1955.
Property under CPO on the corner of Salisbury Street and Langsdale Street in 1954. The next picture is showing the wasteground which was the site of 55-57 Tweed Street in 1967. The new Sheil Park heights form the backdrop.
Sandon Street 1965, running from Upper Parliament Street to Falkner Street.
Earle Road/Lindley Street property in 1975
Sackville Street, Everton in 1965.
Webster Road taken in 1967. This runs from Spekeland Road in a Southerly direction to Smithdown Road. LRO pics courtesy of Mandy Robbo. The Cameo Cinema was at the end of this road.
Crosfield Road, Edge Hill in the mid 1960s, one view showing the lemonade delivery truck and Fords latest offering, the Mk1 Cortina. LRO pics courtesy of Karen - quincyg.
Prefabs were introduced post WWII. The ones in Altbridge Road, Gillmoss are shown here in 1953 and the country's biggest prefab village in Belle Vale, this one pictured at Lineside Road in the same year.
Gainsborough Road off Simthdown Road being dug up on 14th May 1957 and resurfaced on 3rd June 1957.
Walton Village 1967 and Rice Lane near the flyover at Walton Church.
Ganwoth Road, Speke 1953 near to Central Avenue. Speke township was built in the 1930s in an art deco style as a self contained community and won awards for its planners. Dovecot Place shops off East Prescot Road shown in the next photo were also of this period, pictured here in 1950.
Molyneux Road 1972, this runs off Sheil Road. Cretan Road 1970, this being linked between Grosvenor Road and Lawrence Road.
St. Georges Hill 1965.
Smithdown Road opposite the cinema in 1949.
Ashfield Cottages nearing the end of their life in 1955. Woodstock, Ashfield and Hopwood Gardens tenements, some of which can be seen at the top of the street had been built as an improvement on these dwellings in the 1930s. Gildart's Gardens are shown on the next pic in 1958.
Left: Kearney Place, part of Gildart's Gardens (1958) Right: The rear of Ashfield Cottages in 1955.
A typical family breakfast scene in 1972, fashions wise anyway, this is Goldsmith Street off West Derby Road. Above is the interior of a house in Augusta Street - 1965. This was sandwiched between Borax Street and Stephenson Road which in turn were off Rathbone Road L13.
Brookfield Cottages, Aigburth Vale in 1964. Bremner Street 1964, running parallel with Botanic Road, Wavertree. Jordan Place pictured in 1960.
Aigburth Hall Avenue - 1970. Menlove Avenue - 1971.
Tuebrook Police station, West Derby Road under demolition in 1967 for the widening of the street into a dual carriageway. A new police station was built to the rear in Orphan Drive. London Road showing T.J. Hughes in 1947.
St. Domingo Grove, Everton 1966. Belvidere Road, Toxteth 1974.
Princes View, Toxteth 1969 and Gordon Terrace 1964
London Road in 1949 from William Brown Street. Montague Burton's store is on the corner of Commutation Row whilst the Legs of Man pub sits on the corner of Lime Street.
Woolton Road, Childwall in 1971.
Aerial views over the cultural quarter of town. Left in 1969, we see the citybound flyover still being built. Fontenoy and Gerard Gardens tenements are visible, the scene taking in a huge chunk of Liverpool 3 from Marybone at the bottom up to the Bullring at the top. The 2nd view in the early 60s shows the property on Hunter St, Cuerden St and Clayton St at the back of the museum - pre flyovers, as well as the old St. Johns market and St. Georges Crescent.
The Myrtle Vaults pub burning down during the demolition of Holly Street tenements in 1969. Taken from one of the Gerard Crescent tenement flats that backed onto Christian Street.
Scotland Road in 1966. This stretch on the west side is towards Bevington Hill showing the round counter cafe at its junction. There are four minis on view here. The opposite side is shown in 1977, the bank is on the corner of Newsham Street.
Two photos best seen together. On the extreme left is a section of Fontenoy Gardens at its junction with Addison Street. The toilets are in Scotland Place, the delapidated property at the forefront is the rear of the Birmingham Arms pub which was known locally as the Cabbage. The road running off up to the top right of the 2nd photo is Richmond Row, the remaining property at the top of it consists of Berry's pawn shop and part of Clarks tobacco factory. New flats on Comus Street are at the top of this pic, in fact those at the top centre where the 2 pics join are still being built. The myriad of roads that have been cleared of property in the bottom right include Kilin Street, Feather Lane, Downe Street and Thurlow Street. These were taken in 1958 from old property on Circus Street which was about to be demolished for the new Technical College.
A close up of those premises mentioned near the top of Richmond Row including the side of the new flats on Peover Street. Next is a close up of Berry's pawn shop in 1955 which is numbered at 53 Richmond Row.
Looking towards Bishop Goss school and Rose Place from St. Anne Street in 1966. The 2nd pic from the same year shows the Friends meeting house on the corner of Hunter Street and Mill Lane. There's a genuine 'Z' Cars police car on the wasteland. Part of Gerard Crescent tenement development can be seen.
No buses and then they all come at once including the Walton to Dingle No.3. This is London Road in 1966 which includes John Collier, Brass & Jackson and Barretts. William Brown Street in the same era. Looking East towards Islington with the SFX spire beyond.
Vauxhall Road looking south in 1966. The Vauxhall Vaults known as Dangsters sits in front of the John Moores university building which is under construction. The car park caters for the residents of Vauxhall Gardens, part of which can be seen on the right, though it is more likely that these belong to out of town commuters. The opposite view to the north is seen next, one year later. The Eagle public house is on the corner of Blackstock Street, Fairries suger refiners, part of Tate & Lyle is in the middle distance.
St. John's beacon gets its finishing touches as seen from Cases Street. The photo was taken from Central Station at Ranelagh Street. It's January 1965 in the next scene and the strings of Christmas lights and the sales signs are in evidence. The canopied building is the famous Tatler picture house.
The head offices for the Transport & General workers union on the corner of Christian Street and Islington in the 1960s. Transport house boxing club used to be almost facing and a new housing estate nearby includes Tom Mann close, named after the union leader during the transport strike of 1911. Also seen is the replacement building which was completed in 1979 on the site of Hyman's/Gianelli's as seen eight lines below on this page. The criteria for the new building was for the cladding to be in a sympathetic style and colour to the buildings which exist in nearby William Brown Street, whether this was carried off is subjective.
St. Martins cottages were the first municipal dwellings in the whole of Europe, dating from 1869. Seen here from Ashfield Street in 1967 with a couple of Morris 1100's in view and a decade later when closed and awaiting demolition (despite being listed) with a couple of MKIII Ford Cortinas present (despite the 'No parking' graffiti.
Cazneau Street in 1966. First, looking south towards St. Annes church, St. Anne Street and second, at the junction of Juvenal Street looking east past Paddy's market on the left and the Clock pub on the right, towards the high rise on Everton terrace.
Two views from 1967. Silvester Street at its Scotland Road end showing part of the 1930s tenements and 19th century garages. Leeds Street, looking up Highfield Street showing the offices of William Costigan's grocers with its corner stairwell and the draymen delivering to the Coach & Horses pub. Highfield Gardens tennies are in the background.
A new Mini Cooper S police car pulls out past the premises of John Stubbs Marble works on the junction of Smithdown Lane and Aigburth Street in 1968. Next is the site of Coopers warehouse on College Lane.
Two views of Birkett Street in 1966. The first is looking up, eastwards from Christian Street past the 1912 flats on the right. In the distance on the junction of St. Anne Street is the Keisers clock tower, later the Rushworth & Dreapers piano storage depot. Next, is the stretch from St. Anne Street to Soho Street looking down the side of Keisers on the right to the 1930s flats and the piggeries high rise behind them.
Holy Trinity church stood on the corner of St. Anne Street and Springfield. Seen here in its heyday in 1955 and as a sad ruin about to be demolished after an arson attack in 1969. Some of the cars on Wilton Street here are a Morris 1100, a Ford Escort and a mini Elf. A huge mound of grass, no doubt containing the remains of the church has stood on its spot ever since.
The Mersey Mission to Seamen on The Strand is being passed by a Morris Minor van in this shot whilst the City mortuary at Pembroke Place in 1967 settle for a mini van for their everyday requirements.
Islington Place ran from Christian Street towards Mill Lane. Seen here in 1966 it is flanked by Hyman's wholesale clothing and footwear stores and Johnny Gianelli's chippy as a hungry customer makes his way from the door with his chips no doubt wrapped in last nights Daily post & echo. Leicester Buildings stood on the corner of Byrom Street and Hunter Street when pictured here in 1952, the premises next door are the Weights & Measures offices at No.7 and then W. Jones & Co. Ltd, printing works.
Gossages gift shop in Ranelagh Street confidently declares that those who know use Magical soap. Many around our way obviously didn't know.
This Frank Winfield Woolworths store was in Great Homer Street, Liverpool 5. The building is still in situ. Jacksons barbers can be seen next door.
Three views of Great Homer Street at various points of this lengthy thoroughfare. Sayers was situared on the corner of Penrhyn Street. The middle photo is taken on the corner of Dryden Street and the record shop was on the corner of Collingwood Street, demolished, along with 2 churches, All saints and All souls, to make way for the Kingsway tunnel approach roads in the late 1960s.
Bold Street in 1949. Earle Road in 1952.
A BBC documentary from 1959 featuring Liverpool called 'Morning in the streets'
Some great Black and White 80s scenes from Dave Sinclair
Southway, Wavertree Garden Suburb in 1972 and nothing much changed from their birth except the people walking the streets.
City centre greenery. Roscoe Gardens, Mount Pleasant pictured here in 1947. St. Lukes Gardens seen in 1970. Coronation Gardens in 1953, created on cleared land that was created by the Luftwaffe. Only now in 2008 is some of this land finally being built upon. St. John's Gardens adjacent to the West side of St. Georges Hall appears in Feb 1941. Twelves week later, the aforementioned Luftwaffe would pay the area a visit.
The junction of Tithebarn Street/Vauxhall Road/Hatton Garden/Gt Crosshall Street and Marybone in 1967. Prouts corner was a garage where you could drive in one side and out of the other, it became Heather Tours coach company in the 1980s. The Welsh chapel also seen here became a Brian Green office supplies centre in the 1980s. In the background is part of the Standish Street 'coffin' block and Holy Cross church. All of this was demolished in the 1990s to make way for the Marybone student accommodation for the John Moores University. Right is Regent Road looking towards the pier head from one of the Clarence dock power station chimneys in 1952.
As with the last pic, these two were supplied from the personal collection of Keith Rose. First seen is Bedford Road between Makin Street and Stuart Road in 1969. The Adelphi Triangle, just South of Ranelagh Place is pictured in a snow storm in 1968.
Belvidere Road 1974. But for the cars, this could be 1934 or 2004. This and its continuation, Devonshire Road which skirt part of Princes Park are fine thoroughfares indeed.
The 45A tram negotiates Beloe Street in 1951. Tay Street with housing which exists in a similar style in Corn st and Yates St.
Lodge Lane at its junction with Handel Street pictured here in 1949. Peel Street showing signs of wear and tear in the 1950s.
Nos. 323-329 Grafton Street including No.25 Court in the middle. This was taken in 1956. Three years later to the left and a view down Grafton Street towards the city.
Denton Street - 1960. Dove Street - 1970 looking towards Entwistle Heights and Milner House.
Park Road showing a fire in 1968 at properties adjacent to the Toxteth pub. Mill Street Nos. 181-187 is seen next in the 1950s.
Yet another couple of street scenes captured by Harry Ainscough and now in the hands of the LRO. Maitland Street in 1968 including a mini van and Astin Morris 1100. Arthur Street, off South Hill Road a year later includes a Ford Cortina MK1 and a Hillman Imp.
Beaumont Street in 1973. Embledon St/Maynard St junction in 1955.
Priest Street shown in 1973, now bulldozen into oblivion. A section of Upper Parliament Street is seen here in 1955.
Boundary Street in April 1972. The row of Georgian Terraces shown in the 2nd pic behind the Hillman Imp housed an array of Doctors and dentists. The Grapes pub was on the junction of Stanley Road as seen here, the Hamlet was one of two pubs with the same name on the furthest junction with Kirkdale Road. A coal wagon and old style traffic lights are also evident.
Athol Street and the 'over the bridge' area as it was known locally, pictured here by Ron Formby in 1982. The Athol village development as an extension to the Eldonian Village now sits here.
Boundary Street - 1972. Firstly looking down towards the junction with Vauxhall Road and then looking up towards the same junction with Crosfields Cattle foods standing out as a local landmark.
Athol Street gas works, looking North towards Crosfields on Boundary st. The 1931 extension of Tate & Lyle pictured on Burlington Street in 1980.
The demolition of Tates in 1983 and some years later, the wasteland laid bare for the new housing after the MDC acquire the land. These 2 pics by Ron Formby.
Ron captures the opening of the Great Homer Street shopping arcade on 14th July 1982. Heriot Street taken in April 72 by Harry Ainscough shows St. Catherines school and the Alexandra public house.
Another two by Ron in his role as roving reporter for the Scottie Press Vauxhall community newspaper. A football match on the Flinders Street pitches in 1973. Old Property which fronted onto Stanley Road can be seen in the distance. Fast forward to 1980 and SFX hall and Langsdale Street maisonettes can be seen here from Canterbury Street as another football match is in full flow.
Arkwright Street as seen from Great Homer Street in July 1948 and July 1967.
Alexander Pope Street, originally Sawney Pope Street, ran down to Scotland Road. Seen first from the top of the street on 17th Aug 1958 much to the bemusement of a local kid. The reason for this photograph was to show it was on line with the proposed inner ring road known then as the Scotland Road flyover. Seen next from the middle and near the bottom of the street on 14th Nov 1966, the boards at the bottom of the street indicate that the Kingway Tunnel approach demolition is under way. The flats in the middle distance are pre WWI dwellings on Christian Street beyond the 1950s offerings on Comus Street. When the likes of Alexander Pope Street and Milton Street were cleared, Leeds street was widened to a dual carriageway.
Brunswick Road - 22/5/1967. Looking up towards West Derby Road and then looking down towards town from Gregson Street. The third view taken in 1979 shows the rear of old property to the back of the Collegiate. The last pic of those four above shows Garibaldi Street in November 1962 with the entrances to the newly constructed heights.
1) A great view up Brownlow Hill on 10th May 1959 as seen from the roof of the Adelphi Hotel. 2) Pomonda Street derelict property off the hill on 29th Nov 1949. 3) Brownlow Hill showing the north side between Ainsworth Street and Russell Street showing the Lorne Pub from Nos. 43-53. 4) Looking down the hill from Trowbridge street on 18th July 1966.
A disused chapel on Everton Road - pic taken 8/3/60. A Bernard Murphy bookmakers is the rounded property on Everton Road here in March 1967. This view is the east side near Deacon Street.
Taken on the same date as the last pic in 67, these two show a view looking north along Everton Road and a lamp standard looking north from Village Street.
A Godfrey Davis bullnose transit van hire vehicle is parked outside the Child Welfare clinic at the Everton Road/Mill Road junction here in 1967. Denman Street, now abolished, as captured on 8th June 1970.
Westminster Road in 1980 from Barlows Lane showing the Westminster pub facing the Elm Tree. A row of shops including Bruni's and Cook's stores captured in spring 1973.
Westminster Road showing the Queens Arms pub on 12th October 1950. The 2nd view is at Brunswick Square 'unadopted' - taken on 5th March 1973.
Wezzy road at Sellars Street in Oct 1950 showing the Grapes public house. The picture on the right is 99 Radcliffe Street at its junction with Well Street. The photograph was captioned 'Vinegar wholesalers 8/3/1960'.
Pembroke Place, south side both taken on 16th October 1967. 1) Looking West towards town, the city circle bus is heading east past H&J's Do it yourself stores at the junction of Gill Street which later became Salters Furniture store, a local favourite for three piece suites. Notice, the window cleaners are out and about. 2) Looking East towards the infirmary past Great Newton Street.
Pembroke Place north side, both pics taken within minutes of the ones above no doubt. The first one is looking east from Daulby Street, the second is looking west from Pembroke Street beyond Erskine's just past the advertisement hoardings.
Granby Street
The west side near to the junction with Selbourne Street taken, as were the next five, on bonfire night eve 1968. Warburton's is one of the shops pictured on the opposite side to the first pic, the Rover car can be seen in both shots.
And on the same day, another two. 1) Looking North towards Upper Parly from Northbrook Street and 2) The east side near the junctions with Eversley Street.
Looking north from Cawdor Street and the east side from Eversley Street.
First looking towards Jermyn Street and then looking from Jermyn Street. Two adjoining properties here are a florists and a barbers shop. An old leather armchair and table, complete with table cloth make up some of the 'street furniture'.
The cash & carry is on the corner of Beaconsfield Street, a no through road. The Sunblest wagon is delivering to the grocers in the middle section of the next block.
St. Mary's Road, Garston.
These next six were all taken on 11th August 1969. The first one shows Nos. 193-213 including Heatherington's behind the bus shelter. The next shot showing Nos. 77-85 is near to the junction with Mersey View.
The old Freightliner terminal grounds are laid to waste until the Netto supermarket is eventually built there. The Garston Hotel public house is seen beyond Dock Road in the middle distance. The next picture is taken from the junction with Clifton Street.
Looking NW from the junction with Stormont Road, a little of everything on this stretch including Binnie's chandlers shop. The last photograph from this year is a view looking towards St. Mary's church from Whitehedge Road.
Either that's Harry Ainscough's car or he is being followed. Both taken on 26th January 1981, the first one shows Nos. 288 back to 274 from the junction with Whitehedge Road and the second shows Nos. 191-201 on the opposite side of the road.
Clarkson's furniture store stood on the flat iron at the Scotland Road/Cazneau Street point before clearance of the whole area to accommodate the Kingsway tunnel approach roads in the 1960s. These two views show the Cazneau Street elavation with a bombed site facing used as a car park.
Chapel Walks and Benns Garden taken by Harry Ainscough in 1968. Middle left is a view from South Castle Street, bottom left is towards Redcross Street, bottom right is Chapel Walks.
Two shots of Dale Street in 1966. First looking West from the old Haymarket and then East towards William Brown Street.
The Orange Lodge make their way along Netherfield Road South past the lock up and viewing platform en route to the St. Georges Hall.
Four 1960s photographs by Joe Neary showing: Top left: Prince Edwin Street flats and prefabs, St. Gregory's school is being built facing. Top right: Scott's bakery on Rose Place - complete with red 3D delivery wagon, this is where Joe worked. Bottom left: St. Georges Place at the top of St. Johns lane showing the shops on Lime Street before the 60s parade. St. Johns precinct is being built facing. Bottom right: A view across Cazneau St from the roof of Joe's workplace.
Litherland Alley looking towards Canning Place in 1968.
Stood waiting then they all come at once. In the days before deregulation, William Brown Street was chocker block as a two way thoroughfare with every possible destination showing. A snowy later view in 1968 with corpy workers making their way up the hill.
1960s Scotland Road, you can see Cilla's flat on the first one, the second one is on the opposite side of the street.
Lord Street reconstruction in the 1950s, this area is getting a 2008 revamp right now. A lot of the bomb sites were given a new lease of life as car parks as can be seen here in Seel Street.
Church Street's south side with thanks to Rob MMT. A wet Bold Street in 1947 still recovering from war damage.
Roscommon Street and Northumberland Street in 1967.
North John Street showing that Boodle and Dunthorne are 'stayers' to say the least. Seymoor Street before falling almost into disrepair which gladly was rectified in time.
Crosby Road in 1952. Whitley Gardens, better known to locals as Shaw Street Park, captured here with a crowd of youngsters in summer 1959.
Vauxhall Road and Silvester Street captured in a mid 60s autumn.
A busy College Lane looking West towards the river. BBC Radio Merseyside now stands on the right hand corner, the rear of Bluecoat Chambers has just been renovated whilst the old derelict property facing was flattened as part of the Grosvenor L1 development. The Strand/Goree in the late 1950s as huge chunks of the overhead railway await collection after being dismantled.
Bill Taylor's turf accountants captured in Hanover Street in 1962. A 1970s view of Tithebarn Street with Ma Daley's pet shop in situ next door to the United Powers pub at the top of Cheapside. This really was when you could go in and ask how much is that doggy in the window. Who remembers the 'Beanshoot' chippy just a little further along towards Moorfields?.
Mercer Place, West Derby in 1958. Otterspool promenade construction in August 1959. Known as the Cast Iron Shore or Cassy, the in-fill included debris from the Mersey Tunnel excavations. The Dingle oil storage tanks can be seen in the background.
A human statue procession along Richmond Row seen here going past the 'Gashouse' pub. Similarly, a procession is seen going past Juvenal Buildings, on Juvenal Street. These were the 3rd great municipal developments after St. Martin's cottages and Victoria Square. Pictures by Tommy O'Keeffe.
Lincoln Street, Garston in the 1970s. Banks Road recreation ground in the same decade. The land for this was given to the people of Garston by Miss Watt of Speke Hall. On the left is Lyon Street and in the centre, Banks Road school. Notice the 1970s kids status symbols - the Raleigh Chopper bikes.
Behind Garston Parish church is Garston Gas works, built in 1891 as a carburetted water gas plant with a capacity of 4 million cubic feet per day. In 1910 an oil pipeline was constructed directly to the Stalbridge dock. With the advent of North sea gas in the 1970s, the skyline changed dramatically as the site changed from gas production to gas storage only.
A view from the tower of St. Michael's church in 1988. The Blackburne Arms is on the extreme left. Garston old mill and the site of Mill Dam which was filled in by the railway company in 1907 can also be seen. This whole area has since been demolished with an archaeolgical dig taking place to uncover and record the foundations and remains of Adam De Gerstan's tanning and fulling mill, dating from the thirteenth century.
The last four pictures and information are with thanks to the Garston and district historic society.
Dovecot Place shops in 1933. Shops include Kirkman's butchers and Bertie's Grocers. Another picture of the row shows the construction of The Granada cinema whilst people wait at the tram stop in the foreground.
The 1958 construction of the Dovecot roundabout at the junction of East Prescot Road and Pilch Lane. To the left just out of shot is the Greyhound public house whilst facing is the Calvary Church built in the art deco style so prevalent of the 1930s. Pilch Lane runs off to the right.
The next shot is of Grovehurst Avenue which is the main access road into the Dovecot estate. Another styling of the 1930s were archways with stone urns atop as seen within the inner city tenement blocks such as Blackstock Gardens, Gt Richmond street and Queen Anne Place. Although these ones pictured are no longer standing, the local nickname of Dovey arches still prevails.
The last four pictures and information are with thanks to Mrs Hazel Foynes nee Cope.
Stanley Road, Bootle from Strand Road in 1962. Irwins stores has been replaced by Swifts furnishers. Further along, Taylors tobacconists, Harry Charnocks bakery and Soloman Goldsteins glass merchants from fifty six years earlier have been replaced by Coombes and Co. shoe repairers, Josie Goffman drapers, County furnishers and Comptons opticians. A Foden flatbed lorry waits at the traffic lights. Below left: Strand Road in 1962. A BSA motorcycle can be seen in the foreground with a helmetless rider, a Lambretta scooter follows. Next. the same street features The Strand hardware store, Bootles cut price stores and Melia's on the corner of Virginia Street.
Stanley Road 1960. The row of shops here from the top looking down are Martins the cleaners, Beatties hairdressers, S. Reece and Son Ltd confectioners, Anne Bell (Liverpool) Ltd gowns, Ray's china and glass, W.T. Jones and Son Ltd bird food dealers and Brighter homes stores Ltd wallpaper merchants.
This view is from Marsh Lane into Stanley Road looking up towards Liverpool in 1960. Mens public conveniences are situated behind the bus shelter then comes F. Taylor and Sons (Liverpool) Ltd commercial motor agents followed by Thompson's funeral directos and Robert Rogerson butchers. An Aldi store now stands on this junction.
Marsh Lane's East, top side from its junction with Stanley Road in 1960. In the distance is the chimney of Hunters handy hams, a local landmark. Heading downwards were properties including Stanley Buildings which incorporated the Stanley Social club gymnasium, the Liverpool daily post and echo Bootle office, Joseph Corrish boot repairers and Mrs Eriksons sweets and tobacconists. Joseph Parr's builders merchants is on the left which has since been Westons furniture store. The 58 Corpy bus is heading to the Pier Head.
A 1995 parade of the Royal Marines commemorates the 50th year anniversary of the end of the battle of the Atlantic. Seen here is the ascent up Washington Parade with Johnson's building (seen earlier o this page) in the background. The buildings on the left including the Seamans Mission and Stanley Social Club have seen been demolished.
At the other end of Washington Parade was Bullens Terrace, seen here from Bootle New Strand station. The railway line ran from the docks and eventually under Stanley Road and Southport Road through to Fazakerley North junction. The lines was closed and filled in on 3rd June 1972. The building on the left is Marsh lane police station.
The last 8 pictures and information are with thanks to Peter Woolley who has a book on the subject and is well worth seeking out.
Scotland Road in 1967 features the Liverpool Co-operative Society Ltd, the U.C.L.A. and Cooksons jewellers who also acted as a pawnbrokers.
The next pic taken by Tommy O'Keeffe from his back veranda features the Myrtle Vaults Pub and housing on Christian Street with the flats of nearby Richmond Row and Comus Street also in view.
Derby Lane on 20th July 1960. Premises on the left include the Billy Martin school of dancing. Green Lane is seen next, looking North from Moscow Drive on 21st August 1967.
No.72 Green Lane on 21.8.67 where the Corporation buildings including the stables around the corner were sited. An aerial view of Green Lane on new years eve 1964. The library and adjoining baths are in the centre of the photograph, the bus depot at the bottom.
Three shots of Broadgreen Road. The first two, taken on April fools day 1974 is seen here between Aylesfrod Rd and Killarney Rd showing Nos. 19-27. The next is the National Garage near to Oakhill Park. Hilltop Stores situated at Nos 38-49 are seen next in 1968.
PRESCOT ROAD
Both 3.8.1970. A prestigious car showroom on the north side of at its junction with Balmoral Road. The Jet garage looking East from No.190 which is Park Motors.
Both 3.8.1970. At Fairfield looking West towards town from the junction with Lilley Road. A road sweeper, volkwagon beetle and Morris Marina take centre stage here looking West from Stanley Street.
Both 3.8.1970. Nos. 134/134 on the corner of Balmoral Road. Look at those adverts for Tizer and Woodbines, tights too for 4 shillings. Ranelagh cine services advertise Kodak film. A womens shopping meeting as we look East towards Green Lane from Cheadle Avenue.
Both 3.8.1970. This is the south side of the street. Three children wait outside Wong's fish and chip shop as no doubt, their mum gets their dinner in. The Prescot Furnishing Co. take up the corner of Onslow Road.
Both 3.8.1970. A queue forms outside Nos. 78-82, numbered from the right as that's town end. The Tudor Rooms are addressed as Nos. 143-149.
Back to 30th November 1959 for these shots of The Palace Ice Rink and Casino Cinema. The 2nd pic is of the former Regent Cinema, confusingly called Casino car sales but it was never the Casino.
Two shots from 23rd Sept 1974. The first is looking east from Hinton Street past a tasty advertisement on the side of the co-op and the second shows Nos.111-121 near the junction of Rufford Road. These include a chemist, Discarama record shop, a carpet shop and a paint shop.
The Old Swan end of Prescot Road at its junctions with Derby Lane and Broadgreen Road. This scene on 5th June 1958 is serene and clean with the Cygnet and Old Swan pubs looking fresh as does the streaky bacon bank. All of these buildings pictured here still stand.
PRESCOT STREET
JUST TO CONFUSE YOU.
The first one top left was taken on 16.10.1967, the other three, just over a month later on 27.11.67. 1) Looking down the street towards town. 2) Near the junction with Boundary Place with the Majestic cinema popping up from behind. 3) Looking up past Epworth Street with hoardings still around some of the new hospital grounds facing. 4) Martins bank on the corner of Moss Street. Taylor Bros Liverpool Ltd tools and ironmongers is next door and was still well into the 1980s.
It's 6th August 79 and this is the delapidated state of the properties addressed as Nos 2-6 which can be seen just over a decade earlier in the photo top right. The tobacconist was Wrights. View No.2 was taken from the Royal Hospital on 29th Oct 79 showing property facing, up to the junction with Moira Street.
William Moult Street as pictured on 3.10.66. This Street along with Dalrymple Street, Louis Street and Taliesen Street which ran off Rotunda Street were populated with housing until they were issued with compulsory purchase orders around this time and demolished to create the Taylor Street industrial estate. The first pic is looking towards Gt. Homer street. Greenberg Glass later expanded in the area to include a large warehouse and manufacturing plant.
Dalrymple Street looking East towards Gt Homer Street on 3.10.66. Schofields mineral water plant, famous for its lemonade is further down the street on the left, its tower just visible. The iron church of St. George is up on the hill in the distance. Pictured right is Mile End landing dwellings at the end of their use in 1969.
Wright Street seen here on 23.1.67. This side has only recently been demolished in 2007. Lancashire Carpet and Furnishings Ltd took up practically the whole north side of the street. It is seen here in a wider view in 1983 as well.
Grecian Terrace runs down from St. Domingo Road to Northumberland Terrace. Marie's cafe is near to the gaslamp when pictured here on 13.7.1967. Steel Street on 10th April 1972 looking South towards Athol Street gas works. Logan Towers rises majestically behind. New housing stands here now.
Stockdale Street looking West from Marybone on 14th Nov 66. The van is a Union distribution services vehicle delivering to the premises of Podd & Oulton Ltd foundry.
Cazneau Street to St. Anne st in 1950 showing resurfacing as the setts and tramlines disappear under tarmacadam. The white pub on the left is the St. Annes and the church almost facing it is that of St. Annes from which the street gets its name.
Woodhouse st south side at the junction of Walton Lane on 13th Jan 69.
Smithdown Lane.
Two shots of Mark Street, Liverpool 5 in the 1960s. Left, a view up Haverlock St in 1973 past the John Bagot hospital towards St. Georges church. The late Dave Evans has a website about the Netherfield Road and St. Domingo Road area
Huge swathes of desolate land pictured in 1970. The large slum clearance programme throughout Kensington and Edge Hill clearly allows you to follow the railway cuttings to Lime St and Wapping dock.
Christ Church school, Christian Street. Clares, Billiard Tables supplies can be seen in the background as can Holy Trinity Church. Springfield St is on the left running up to St. Anne Street and the property with the advertisement on the gable end is the aforementioned Romeo's shop.
A Scotts bread wagon is delivering to Jimmy Romeos corner shop on Springfield Street, owned by one of 'Little Italy's own - Mr Imundi) as the washer women take their laundry to Clare Street wash-house.
Everton, looking West across the terraces. St. Polycarps on Netherfield Road North can be seen as can St Anthony's in the distance and St. Martin in the fields beyond that on Silvester Street.
A lone rozzer is atmospherically framed by the colonnades at the south end of St. Georges Hall with St. Georges Place in the background.
A 1954 view of the Customs House cellar network. This fine building was hit by incendiary bombs during WWII but many believe it could have and should have been saved. A case of the city council finishing off what Hitler didn't quite achieve. The Statue on Canning Place is that of William Huskisson.
The Rotunda Theatre takes its final bow after war damage. Situated on the fork of Stanley Road and Kirkdale Road at the North end of Scotland Road, the small triangle of land is still known as the Rotunda, such was this such a famous landmark.
It's a humid summer evening in 1981 but you wouldn't think so given the gloomy pall of smoke covering the sky over these Toxteth streets. The riots which gripped some of our major cities this summer have come to our homeland as Police chief Kenneth Oxford has to hastily arrange coach loads of police from other counties to quell the danger. A forlorn copper looks on helpless as vehicles are overturned, set alite, petrol bombs thrown and shops looted. In stark contrast, a few girls run across the street, smiling as if blissfully unaware of what's going on around them. Spookily, The Specials are No.1 in the hit parade with 'Ghost Town'.
It was like full scale warfare at times as the Rialto was razed to the ground.
An outside privy in Jordan Place. More than one crack will have been on show here during it's lifetime. To read recollections of oil paraffin lamps left on overnight to prevent freezing over and strips of old echoes for bum wiping purposes, see all things here.
Also from the same site. Beatrice Street. A play street from sunrise to sunset so says the sign.
St. Georges plateau in 1949 and again in 1967 showing construction of the new St. Johns shopping precinct.
The old property that fronted St George's crescent during demolition in 1964.
St. John's shopping precinct would be in place here by 1970. For a then and now view from the opposite angle, please see the then and now page on this site.
London road - 1960. The North side from Norton Street to Stafford Street. Tylers, Zip (dry cleaners) and Jack & Bolton make up some of the premises here. T.J. Hughes tower is beyond Stafford Street.
A little further down London Road at its junction with Fraser Street was Sampson & Barlow's with their plush Peppermint Lounge. This later became Trophy's and Gullivers (see the Streets ahead page). Dunn & Co. stylists and hat makers take up residence on the ground floor here whilst John Collier mens outfitters are offering a sale here in 1966. ('John Collier, John Collier - the window to watch' - rang out the advert). Notice the window cleaner and his handcart.
Looking up London Road towards Moss Street past Co-operative House with its money savers store - remember green shield stamps and Sturlers cheques. This is 1967 but a decade later this would become a Fine Fare food market.
Cousins the bakers were the competitors to Sayers. This is the South side of London Road on the stretch from Monument Place to Moss Street facing the Co-op as seen top left. That window cleaner is still about, one year on.
Also in 1967 is the junction of Pembroke Place with Moor Place as a Deakins furniture van emerges. The Royal George takes up this corner and across the junction is Lowe & Son Ltd Plumbers and painters and decorators, then Hills of Liverpool then Colliers outfitters with their old fashioned socks and underware mahogany display drawers and network of tubes for their payment system to the offices above.
It's 1971 and rainy, gloomy and overcast - is it ever anything else? Concourse House was always 'To let' and is now undergoing demolition (Aug 08) - the Ribble bus turns no more into Skelhorne Street and Ford Capri's have long since been replaced. The A55 makes its way along Lime Street en route to Litherland as the pre - dished tower looms large over the old Top Rank suite which later became Romeo & Juliets, then Rotters before being replaced by a multi storey car park.
It mightn't look it but this Everton rooftops scene was taken in summer 1949, the 30th June to be exact. From St. George's Iron Church on St. Domingo Road. Looking out towards New Brighton and beyond, the sheer congestion of houses can be best appreciated from here.
Great Homer Street showing a block containing Nos. 41-45 including the Crown public House.
Scotland Road at Mile End showing the Travellers Rest just before demolition for the kingsway tunnel entrance, the property either side of it having already gone.
Great Homer Street in 1967. The row which housed Woolworths is still there today. Havelock Street was one of those which ran down from the Everton ridge as can be seen quite clearly here when photographed in 1960.
1966 and all that....
1) Looking down Nile Street past the David Lewis Theatre. 2) Parliament Place children play. 3) St. Bride Street. 4) Looking up Washington Street past Rathbone Street.
Kerford Street in 1967 and Neaburn Street in 1965.
St. James Road in 1966 looking North past the Anglican Cathdral. Towson Street in 1969 looking towards Robson Street, Anfield.
Kirkdale Homes industrial institution is pictured here from the junction of Rumney Road and Westminster Road.
Scotland Place in 1952. This was were Scotland Road, Richmond Row and Byrom Street met. The Morning Star, Birmingham Arms and Dunbar Castle public houses are pictured. The central island housed public conveniences and the Dandy Pat memorial and fountain.
looking East along West Derby Road in 1967 from the Aber Street/Walker Street junction. Brougham Terrace is on the right and Boaler Street fork is up ahead.
Looking down Islington towards the city in 1967. Many merchant houses existed here like the one on the near right. These later became lodging houses before some fell into a state of disrepair like the ones on nearby St. Anne Street.
Hanover Street in 2004 not too long before the demolition of the building which housed Kwik Save and Contraband. Part of this street was revamped as part of the L1 Grosvenor development and now the new BBC Radio Merseyside building stands here.
The Top Rank Suite on Lime Street was built as part of St. John's Precinct which opened in 1970. Although proclaiming Dancing, Banqueting and Conferences when pictured here in 1976, it later became Romeo & Juliets nightclub before becoming Rotters nightclub. It is currently a multi-storey car park serving the shopping centre and is draped in Europes biggest t.v. screen for Liverpool's capital of culture year.
Left is the Shakespeare Theatre, Fraser Street, pictured in 1959. The Paramount Cinema offices can be seen next door but one towards Islington.
Above is Sun Hall, Kensington as pictured in 1956.
These are the prefabs around the Croft Street area (as seen earlier near to the top of this page) which fronted onto Prescot Street facing the new Royal Liverpool Hospital up until the 1960s. This stretch covers the area from the old Fort public house on Moira Street up to Low Hill.
This 1948 view of St. Georges Plateau shows an air raid shelter in situ. Note the line of buildings east of the County Sessions House which ran up Islington including Rushworth's Pianos (the white building). These were only demolished in the 1960s. The old Commutation Row block (now Commutation Plaza) can be seen to the right of the Wellington Column. These existed until the late 1980s.
Waterloo Goods yard on the West side of Gt Howard Street was the commercial depot and loading place for traffic en route to Edge Hill via the Waterloo tunnel which is still in situ beneath the city. Costco and Toy R Us now sits on this site.
Litherland lift bridge just beyond the Red Lion public House.
Lorries queue facing Sandon and Canada Dock warehouses in 1966 courtesy of Jenny Voce.
Hughes Street L6 gets some new flats in 1956.
Shaw Street gets a new park in August 1958, namely Whitley Gardens.
The junction of Kirkdale Road with Walton Road at the bottom of Everton Valley in 1962.
The town planning appeals office on Village Street, Everton in 1961. This was formerly the Peoples church.
Dock Road traffic on Bath Street in 1956.
A 1959 view of Hawke Street, looking towards Copperas Hill and the roof of Lime Street station.
1961 views of NEMS store in Whitechapel, run by Brian Epstein who would in the next year become the manager of the most famous group in the world.
An orderly queue forms in Mathew Street as the beatniks of the day wait to get into No.10 which is the now world famous Cavern Club as although the original was demolished in the 1970s, the new one still occupies 50% of the original site - or so says the plaque.
53-55 Netherfield Road at its junction with Rose Vale in 1953. If that's a window cleaners ladder, he hasn't many panes of glass to attend to.
Roscommon Street/Higham Street junction in 1961.
Stanley Road in the 1960s as work begins on the New Bootle Strand shopping centre, it would be completed by the end of the decade. Previously, this area was known as 'Little America' due to the street names which were Carolina, Delaware, Florida, Jersey, Nevada, Vermont, Virginia and Washington Streets.
Ellis Stores takes up this block on Scotland Road between Hornby Street and Tenterden Street.
A great late 1940s view along the overhead railway from New Quay as King Edward Street veers off from Bath Street. Ships line Princes Dock where the Grand Plaza hotel now stands and look at those fantastic dock offices with foliage growing around the windows. Industy such as Bibbys can be seen in the middle distance and only two of the three ugly sisters chimneys at Clarence Dock power station are as yet built. You can just see Jesse Hartleys hexagonal Victoria clock tower between the dock road warehouses.
Two 1961 views of Islington. The first is looking down from the junction with St Anne Street (right) and Norton Street (left). That is St. Annes print works, a massively ornate building on the right hand corner.
The next shot is from further down Islington with Fraser Street off to the left. The ornate white tower of Hymans is on the corner of Camden Street. Property on the right includes the TGWU on the corner of Christian Street and the Wellington pub, known locally as Casson's on the opposite corner. The portico of the Walker Art Gallery is seen jutting out in the distance.
Looking down Edge Lane towards the city from Binns Road in 1962.
Edge Lane in 1956 between Deane Road and Beech Street, facing the Botanic Gardens.
The Sleepers Hill/Walton Breck Road/Robson Street junction as captured by Harry Ainscow in 1968 and housed at the LRO but kindly supplied here by Gary Chedgzoy. Incidentally that is Mrs Snell pushing the pram, the baby being Tony Snell from Radio Merseyside.
Top left: Looking down Sleepers Hill showing its North side.
Top Right: Looking North down Walton Breck Road past the Stanley public house.
Left: Looking down Walton Breck Road from beyond the traffic light shown earlier.
Seaforth Road at its junction with Balfe Street, L21.
James Street station, built as a temporary building after WWII bomb damage but remaining in situ into the 1960s.
For more great photos and memories like this, see Peter Sheils site
The junction of Bold St, Berry St and St Lukes Place. The first scene is taken on 8.6.1958 looking from St. Lukes church steps. The second is taken from the bottom of Leece Street on 13.9.1956.
Nos 2-8 Grove Street, captured in their delapidated state in 1951. The Clevedon Arms Public House can be seen here on Upper Parliament Street in June 1954. Wooden supports hold up the gable end as accompanying property bites the dust.
Picton Road in the Wavertree distirct of the city.
First pic shows No.5 adjacent to the Leigh Arms Public House in September 1950.
Pic 2 shows W. Phillips Family Butcher on the corner of Carno Street in the same year.
Last pic is of the railway bridge in 1949.
Another couple of pictures showing the resurfacing of Gainsborough Road in 1957.
Park Road, numbers 85/87 in 1957 showing the premises of Simon Thwaite, Dairyman. Seiont Terrace compulsory purchase order property is also seen here in 1956.
The Queens Drive, Walton junction with County Road and Rice Lane in 1952 as a young family looking older than they are with headscarf and suit scurry across the wet tramlines. Next is Rice Lane at North Breeze Hill in 1956.
Aigburth Road at Dundonald Road in 1947 and Grove Park at 3/5 Sefton Park Road.
Robson Street junction with Drayton Street in 1967. Lancashire broadloom are the premises on the corner.
No. 19 Breeze Hill can be seen here too in 1960.
The city engineers department photograph the effects of new street lighting on Barnfield Road off Childwall Valley Road in 1955.
Belmont Road in 1949 showing the removal of tram lines.
Paradise Street to South Castle Street in November 1947 showing extensive war damage with lots of the wasteland being used as makeshift car parks.
Moor Street and Old Ropery to the rear of James Street as seen in May 1948.
Another shot of what was supposed to be the makeshift James Street railway station taken on 8th March 1948. This lasted well into the 1960s.
Marsden Building on the corner of Hanover Street and Duke Street as captured on 17th November 1947, this was always known later as the Casertelli building and has now been revamped to a new lease of life.
The Ribble Bus station as seen from the corner of Skelhorne Street and Bolton Street, first in 1960 and then in 1971, the inside view is from 1976 showing the newsagents and special offer excursion prices. The last view from 23.11.61 is to record new street lighting on Bolton Street.
Nursery Street (now abolished) as seen from Great Homer Street, looking West towards Scottie Road in 1966. A chemist shop is situated on the corner.
Zante Street seen running off from Kirkdale Road on 15th April 1959. J. Rose Ltd, dealing in Dunlop tyres is the property based at No.82.
Hawke Street is sitated behind the Adelphi Hotel running North to South from Copperas Hill to Brownlow Hill. Double yellow lines now prevent this scene when the street was home to Reeces bakery in 1966. The ornate rear of St. Nicholas's church can be seen just before the junction with Warren Street.
South Hunter Street captured in 1966 also. This view is looking North towards Maryland Street with its grand property in the distance. The street sign beyond the two Mark 1 Cortinas is Back Maryland Street. This area was bought by the University and has now been given over to their buildings.
Prior to the compulsory purchasing of derelict property in the William Henry Street area, these were the typical scenes you would see in 1955.
Top left is the William Henry Street/Kirby Street corner with Milton's pawnbrokers (see the 3 brass balls) taking up the block from 40-46.
Top right is the junction of William Henry Street with Stitt Street, the customery gas lamp is in situ, notice the arm where the lamplighter leaned his ladder against to light it. Stitt Street, like Kirby Street is now abolished.
The last shot shows Canterbury Street where a Scott's bakery wagon delivering to Sykes which they later took over. The South end of Canterbury Street still exists on the same line but looks nothing like in this view.
The aftermath of the Toxteth Riots - July 1981.
Ghost Town rang out from Radios as the No.1 on that Sunday's hit parade, and how ironic as the burnt out remnants of Rialto Buildings on Upper Parliament street epitomised the devastation suffered in the area giving it a May 1941 blitzed feel about it. The Rialto cinema and dance hall, living its last gasps of life as a Swainbanks furniture storage depot was gutted. That building, along with the Racquets club was seen by many blacks as establishments strictly for whites, but this was by no means a race riot and many in Brixton and Bristol had already taken place - this was against the police and the tough stop and search laws that Police chief kenneth Oxford was implementing, much to the annoyance of the locals and their voice, Margaret Simie. The West indian food services is one of the premises taken a battering, there was a lot of looting too. Toxteth Heights tower of the scene from Berkley Street.
The fine ornate curve of the Rialto was lost to the riots. Also here is the back view from Berkley Street with the Anglican Cathedral towering above across Hope Street. A little further down Berkley Street an a lone Datsun stands outside a chip shop still trading amongst the rubble.
Lodge Lane didn't escape either. This section between Lime Grove and Moss Grove shows damaged property having to be demolished, the pub on the corner of Moss Grove is the Toxteth.
A.M.S. Records is boarded up and glass is smashed on the property next door on this section of Lodge Lane near its junction with Tiber Street.
Tysons build the new Whitbread's Headquarters on the site officially called the Kingsway Loop. Having previously been located in Trueman Street (see the 'Streets ahead' page), this location would provide state of art brewing facilities and spacious loading and turning room for the tankers. However, although built in 1983 and trading from the premises a year later, it was soon vacated and taken over by Bestway wholesalers. The site is currently being touted by KEIOC (keep Everton in our city) as a possible new venue for Everton Football Club as an alternative to Kirkby which is seen by many as an unattractive proposition. The views of it here are from 1) across Scotland Road, 2) across Juvenal Street showing the deep cutting of the Kingsway tunnel approach road and 3) from the Great Nelson Street bridge road off Great Homer Street.
The 4th picture taken in 1979 shows the then newish TGWU building from Islington.
The north side of Whitefield Road near its junction with Harewood Street. Those two blocks would have looked mighty fine in their heyday but not here near the end of their lives in 1972.
The old and the new from September 72. There you go, a poet and I didn't even know it. A derelict pub stands off Whitefield Road as new flats and maisonettes go up across the way.
The South side of Whitefield Road at the junction of Breck Road in 1969. Aubrey Street water tower is on the left.
'The Rock' church on Whitefield Road between Red Rock and Grey Rock Street is pictured here in 1972.
William Henry Street in the mid 1960s as viewed from the corner of Soho Street outside the newsagents premises belonging to Louis Caplan who was also the city's Lord Mayor at this time. The premises on the left still trade, the block being owned by the Morris Brothers who have a butchers, convenience store, off licence, newsagents and until recently a post office. The Piggeries high rise are seen behind and the Eastbourne pub across Shaw Street is the round white building in the middle distance. Note the old Victorian pillar box. Another Harry Ainscough gem now held at the LRO.
Peter Leeson perfectly captures a view down Skelhorne Street and down a line of then prestige motor cars parked alongside the now defunct parking meters that were so prevalent across the city. St. John's beacon stands newly erected and the almost transparent Concourse House features. This is currently undergoing deconstruction as part of the new public realm space leading to Lime Street Station (Jan 09)
Not the high street of a rural English county town but the bohemian village in a street which was Lark Lane in 1951.
Hawke Street in 1959 from the roof of the Adelphi Hotel. This, looking towards Lime Street station shows the rear of St. Nics church.
Lissant Street, Edge Hill, ran between Overbury Street and Chatsworth Street. Here, it is captured on 4th March 1968 as Harry Ainscough traipses the area. Entwistle Heights on Smithdown lane are seen in the background.
It's the last day of February 1958 as Great Homer Street is captured, first at its junction with Collingwood Street which was cleared for the building of the Kingsway Tunnel, and then at Sheridan Street.
Looking North up Scotland Road past Addison Street from Scotland Place. Just out of shot to the photograpers left will be Fontenoy Gardens tenements.
Marybone at its junction with Banastre Street, taken from the top of Milton Street which was cleared along with all the other 'poet' streets as part of the new inner ring road loop plan. Both photographs were taken on 17th August 1958 by the city engineers department.
These pictures look like they could belong on the pre-war slums page and indeed they are, but actually captured here in their last throes on 9th April 1956. These are of Eccles Street - House Nos. 2 and 4 front and rear in No.1 Court. Due to be demolished as part of the Garibaldi CPO clearance programme off Netherfield Road, Liverpool 5.
Cicero Terrace in the mid 1960s as supplied by Charlie Gibbons.
Ted Taylor's corner shop at the junction of Edge Lane takes a delivery from local firm, Crawford's Biscuits.
Glenvale Street was captured by the City Engineers department on 17.3.1955 to record the bad condition of the road.
Clayton Street, pictured on 14th November 1966 showing extension works to the rear of the Museum which fronts onto William Brown Street. A Ford Corsair leads the parade of then fashionable motor cars. Up until the early 1930s, the opposite side of this street had been lined with multi storey terraces (see the pre-war slums page).
Rose Vale, showing Nos. 5-13, taken from Portland Street on 17th March 1955. Rose Vale ran from Great Homer Street to Netherfield Road.
Nos. 112a and 114 Great Homer Street at its junction with No.1 Rose Vale as seen in March 1955 and a lone house awaiting demolition further up Rose Vale.
Everton Terrace showing a delapidated disused shop at No.67 which was the scene of a tragic and fatal accident when photographed here in 1956. The rest of the block is taken up by Nos. 69, 71, 71a, 73 and 75.
Spencer Street looking East from Everton Road when pictured here in 1967.
Peach Street off Brownlow Hill, recorded here to show one of the new Liverpool University buildings. These houses too were eventually bought up to form part of the campus, the street now only existing in part as a car park.
Walton Lane looking South past Salop and Tetlow Streets. A Scotts bread van and a Full Swing lemonade wagon are in view in this busy scene.
Looking West down Fairy Street towards the heights on Netherfield Road in 1967. The slope of these roads from Georges Hill made for some fun times and some scary ones too. Note the ribbed cast iron bollards.
Rokeby Street, also in 1967. This scene is looking North towards Everton Brow past the piggeries, JFK Heights and St. Timothy's church. Note the newer, concrete bollards.
The Brunswick Road/Low Hill junction on 18th March 1955. A white coated policeman endeavours to control the wagons and buses in view.
The 61 Seaforth Corpy bus in dark green ascends the railway bridge at Orrell Lane, Walton.
Emma from NZ has kindly let me use this shot of Stanley Road, Bootle, taken from the top of Johnson's Dye works in the 1960s.
Near the top of Everton Brow. Kids climb on the toilet's wall as a conflab takes place over the pushbikes.
Pall Mall near Prussia Street and Great Howard Street in 1950.
Lightbody Street in 1968 looking towards the Gas Works. Netherfield Road South near the Everton lock up and viewing platform.
Mid 1970s views of Byrom Street and the newly constructed flyovers and elavated walkways.
Four views of Great Crosshall Street. The top two from Byrom Street looking West and the bottom two looking down.
Carruthers Street off the once very industrial Vauxhall Road area. Also pictured is warehouse demolition on Boundary Street in 1972.
Two views along Vauxhall Road looking North in 1967.
Two photographs from the Catholic Pictorial showing Brownlow Hill in January 1968 and left, the Jacey Cinema in Clayton Square in May 1969 when it was announced it was to become the new home of the Blessed Sacrament.
The rears of Bostock Street and Kew Street which ran between Scotland Road and Kew Street. They look very dingy and miserable when captured here on 3rd October 1966.
Take a walk along Catharine Street with photographer Harry Ainscough here on 13th January 1969 heading north towards the new Met Cathedral seen popping up above the Blackburn Arms public house.
Another view of Catharine Street taken on the same day as those above as the Corporation street cleaner shakes his brush into his cart. A Hillman Imp is heading citybound.
This October 1959 city engineers photograph captures No.5 Catharine Street which was then Skyner's gymnasium teaching Ju-Jitsu.
The flatbed wagon of Grayson, Rollo and Glover Docks Ltd is alongside one of the many warehouses in the industrial setting of Derby Road when pictured on 6th April 1951.
Retail outlets take up the corner of Boundary Lane and Severs Street here on 11th September 1972.
The scene of an accident is the apparent reason the city engineers dept chose to record this scene, which is Vauxhall Road near its junction with Tatlock Street. The setts and tram lines look very slippery here at the end of October 1951. St. Martins cottages, Europes first municipal housing can be seen in the distance, middle right.
Bouverie Street on 19.5.69. This ran from Chipping Street to High Park Street near Mount Carmel.
Letitia Street on 2.9.68. This view is looking south from North Hill Street.
Ermine Street at its junction with Mere Lane, taken on 10th March 1969.
Louisa Street pictured on the same day ran from Mere Lane to Breckfield Road North.
Although it looks like it might belong on the pre-war slums and courts page of this site, When Robsart Street was captured here it was in April 1959 to record the fact it was earmarked for demolition.
Lower Arkwright Street maisonettes are what was typically erected in this area in the 1960s, this shot being July 1967.
Left: A sorry looking Nesfield Street on 21.8.79. This is the Walton Lane end.
Above: Forge Cottages off Lark Lane L17 - this shot on 30.6.69 is looking southwards.
These next 7 shots show streets in and around the area of where the Royal Hospital was being built and so they were demolished, some of the street names being abolished in the process.
The first pic shows Boundary Place looking towards Prescot Street with the dome of the bank on the corner of Moss Street visible in the background. Like the rest of these photographs, it was snapped on 20th December 1965 by Harry Ainscough to record its imminent demolition which included the nearby Majestic Cinema and St. Judes church. Gosh, just look at that wallpaper.
Montague Street was another fine terrace, also seen here looking towards Prescot Street.
The 'V' shaped Iden Street near its junction with Boundary Place.
The West side of Hardwick Street sees out its last few days. They didn't seem to bother with hoardings or health and safety much in those days.
Anson Terrace seen here from Anson Place. Anson Street still exists. The rear of the Aldi and its car park is now here and the wall on the left was St Judes school. A now photo is on the 'building for the past' page.
Williamson Square. The union cold stores is on the left, the one time site of the Theatre Royal. The Playhouse is straight ahead, the very first repertory theatre showing its original neighbouring building prior to its demolition for the extension to cater for the Playhouse restaurant. The row on the right looks distinctly more attractive than the bland design which followed.
These next ten photos are from the private collection of Johnny Blue.
Arkles Lane from Anfield Road showing both the Eastbound and Westbound carriageways. It is December 1969 and judging by the cars and motorcycles, Liverpool FC are at home. Boys are minding the cars and one of them is at the hot dog stand no doubt spending his spoils on this miserable looking day.
Taken on the same day, a police bobby stoops to talk to two lads on Kemlyn Road. Liverpool FC's stand now exists here. The second photograph is looking along Oakfield Road from Walton Breck Road. The church now sadly gone is the site of a petrol station and can be seen on the 'now and then' page of this site.
Another from the same area is a view down Sleepers Hill towards the Stanley Park end of Anfield Road.
It's December 1969 is looking Northerly along Walton Breck Road from Hartnup Street on the left and Skerries Road on the right. Anfield Football Ground's Kop is jutting out on the right.
Rockfield Road in December 1969 showing a Police Panda car just about to turn into Anfield Road. Next is Back Rockfield Road.
Walton Breck Road, this time its South end from the Flat Iron pub which was then called 'The Breckside'.
Walton Lane from the top of Spellow Lane looking South. A traffic control officer is on duty opposite the Stanley park pub aka the Blue House.
Again, with thanks, these last ten are courtesy of Johnny Blue.
A quartet of very atmospheric photographs kindly supplied by Dave Duff. Everton in 1951 showing the cast iron ribbed bollards that were so prevalent in their day. A wasteland where slum clearances had taken place becomes the children's playground and football pitch when being a tough defender meant getting to your feet with grazed knees and shards of glass stuck in your elbows. I hope that very undersized pram surely belongs to the little girl's doll.
Two scenes that were so often replayed throughout yesteryear. It's scrubbing day for the housewives and time to make that doorstep look pristine. With a certain amount of pride in making your own the best in a competitive sort of way, it was also a chance for the neighbours to have a jangle about the latest gossip.
'Myrtle Street fight' is how the last pic comes labelled and in the days before the plazzy gangsta territorial warfare, for the most part, the only weapons were good old fisticuffs. Some seem to be enjoying it just a bit too much. I wonder if it was staged?
More Donking Stoning. No, I don't mean some relic of a religious ceromony in outer Mongolia, this was the name given to 'religiously' scrubbing the front door step until it was as good as you could get it. As the caption says, although China Street may be due for demolition in 1965, there was still a pride at stake in doing this as you wouldn't want to be 'shown up'. As previously stated, it was also a good excuse for some neighbourly chit chat.
Lime street shopping arcade as seen from St. Georges Place quadrant before the 1960s units that were thrown up below Concourse House. A ribble bus turns past the Crown pub, almost tipping on its way to Skelhorne Street bus station.
The children of Ashfield Cottages, Ashfield Street in Vauxhall enjoying splashing in muddy puddles which have formed in the sunken cobbles. Their near neighbours of St. Martins Cottages, Silvester Street use the Corporation's purpose built playground, putting the swings, slide and roundabout to good use on the 'simmy'.
This is the junction of Chapel Street with New Quay but familiar only because of St. Nicholas' church being pretty much one of only a few remnants of the area still in place from when this photograph was taken. Gone are the 'Princes' and 'British Queen' public houses (see the 'pre-war page' of this site) to make way for the dock exit of the Queensway tunnel, opened in 1934. The overhead railway line is still in situ here and the street that runs above the tunnel exit, Lancelots Hey serves warehouses for another few years until its abolision for the building of the Atlantic Tower Hotel
Girls in Dingle use an old gas lamp to swing from in the 1950s when pleasures were found by the inventiveness of the mind.
Above right: This and the next six are from the Reflections catalogue. First we see the end of the overhead railway as it is dismantled at the Strand and Goree in 1957 leaving only the stanchions remaining.
Whitefield Road at White Rock Street in 1960 and right, Earle Road in 1952.
Leece Street - 1952. The grand building on the right with the dome was the unemployment benefits office for many years into the 1970s. St. Lukes church stands facing this row. Right: London Road in 1956 showing Colliers Stores which had a tube system for payment whereby your cash would be sent up via a network of pipes to the upper floors where the transaction would be recorded and your receipt and change would be duly sent back down to you. They had shiny polished drawers and cabinets with socks and underpants all neatly folded for perusal - very Grace Brothers as in - Are you being served - off the t.v. Nobletts was an outlet dealing in Everton toffee as in Ma Nobletts and in the 60s this had blue and white Everton logos painted on the walls, some of which are now reappearing under the cracking paintwork.
St. James's Place in 1952 showing the premises of Allen Toff's, Fruit Market including their wagon. Next, and it's Crosby Road at Arthur Street in the same year as the Ribble Crosby buses head north.
Some of Harry Ainscough's published work with thanks to Colin Wilkinson.
Egerton Street, Liverpool 8 is home to Peter Kavanagh's public house and not much has changed here since this photograph was taken on 16th May 1966 except for the demolition of the church on Catharine Street.
Morton Street on 2nd September 1968, looking towards the gigantic Anglican Cathedral.
Looking down Mount Pleasant 16/5/66. The Shaftsbury Hotel is on the left just past Roscoe Gardens, the Mardi Gras club is facing it on the right. The side of the Adelphi Hotel can also be seen.
Williamson Square 27/5/68 showing what was the Theatre Royal which was converted to a cold storage depot. Notice the old toilets and the cast iron ribbed bollards prior to the area being cleared to make way for the new access tunnel into St. Johns precinct.
Great Charlotte Street ran from Ranelagh Street, straight down through was it now St. Johns precinct and came out at the bottom end at Whitechapel, so quite some length. Photographed here on 27th May 1968, a transaction involving the sale of some crates of vegetables seems to be taking place.
Queen Square retains its name in 2009 but it was a different scene which confronted shoppers up until the 1970s. This was the heart of the fresh produce market and the Stork Hotel was a famous landmark to the rear of St. Johns Lane. When this area was demolished, the market moved to Stanley Market off Prescot Road, Liverpool 13.
Heyworth Street as seen from Friar Street in high summer, July 1967. Friar Street can be seen in the next photo, taken two years later, the religious flavour of the street naming can be seen as Nun Street runs off it.
Parliament Place at Morpeth Street, Liverpool 8 as seen in May 66. A mini pick up seems to provide the interest for some local boys.
Neaburn Street showing Belgrave Street running off it was captured in the autumn of 1965 as a couple of youngsters look set to have a race down the hill on their tricycles.
Upper Hill Street on a very atmospheric and misty 4th November in 1968. St Bride Street, also in the Toxteth district was captured here two years earlier in May 66.
Two streets off Boaler Street, Liverpool 6, captured on 7th March 1966. First, Upper Baker Street as three local women catch up on the weeks gossip, who needs the Echo eh? Next is Vivian Street with some warmly dressed young chaps seemingly oblivious of the photographer.
Gardener's Row was once a busy thoroughfare leading from Leeds Street to Bevington Bush. Here we see Arden House salvation army building and St Bridgets church with its distinct bell tower. Ford Anglias seem to be in vogue in this January 1967 scene.
West Derby Road at its junction with Everton Road here in March 1967 and two landmarks long since gone. The Royal Hippodrome theatre, previously Henglers Circus and Emmanuel Church which was on the fork with Boaler Street just in front of the Locarno Ballroom.
Nile Street in May 66 looking down from the Anglican Cathedral past Rathbone Street towards Gt George Street. The David Lewis theatre, a fine building, is on the left. How was it ever allowed to be demolished.
Next we see the curving Kerferd Street, Everton in July 67. This ran between Rupert lane and Village Street. Who said that only modern man would be seen pushing a pram?.
The big glass J.M. Centre goes up in April 1968 as the last remnants of St. Pauls Square at Virginia Street survives for another couple of years.
William Brown Street in 1947 looking down past the grounds of the then technical college which is now part of the extended World Museum. Trams descend Dale Street towards the Queensway tunnel mouth at Old Haymarket. Pic courtesy of the LRO city engineers archive.
The Goree Piazza warehouses at their south end near the bottom of James Street. The Liverpool Overhead railway runs along the dock road and casts a shadow on this fine day in 1947.
Vans, wagons, trucks galore as fresh produce is loaded, unloaded, stored and sold at Queen Square in 1951. A totally different looking Queen Square greets the 2009 scouser.
Johnny Blue supplies us with a view of limekiln Lane circa 1964 showing Hornby Street flats on the right and a view straight down to Dryden Street towards Tysons yard and the flats beyond at the top of Roscommon Street.
Woolton Village in 1952. Serene of traffic but largely the scene is still unspoilt which is not something that can often be said of a view from nearly 60 years ago.
With thanks to Gary Chedgzoy. First we see Breckfield Road North from Eyes Street to Mere Lane with the wall of St. Domingo Pit playground to the extreme right. Next is a closer view of Eyes Street which was a dead end and is now no more.
We have Terry Martin and Jerome McWatt to thank for compiling the next fine array of Liverpool tram shots that follow. As Tram enthusiasts and preservers, it is down to them and the individual photographers that these views exist.
ON THE RIGHT TRACKS
Roe Street February 1955 style, pre bubble bus stops, pre St Johns precinct. A smoke blackened St Georges Hall forms the backdrop for baby grand tram 241 on its last day in use.
The top of London Road at its junction with Moss Street. This was taken exactly a year before Coronation day on 2nd June 1952 as bogie 827 displaying the No.14 follows streamliner 152 around the sharp bend.
Parker Street heading into Lime Street, that's the Crown Pub on the right. A much altered view now greets any photographer from this February 28th 1954 setting. This heavyweight bogie streamliner 869 displaying the No.19A was sold to Glasgow three months later where it ran for another 6 years. Now preserved, it has been completely rebuilt by the Merseyside Tramway preservation society.
Scotland Road on a misty 14th October 1956. This is the Southdene bound No.44 near St. Anthony's church and the Throstles nest pub.
The Garston bound No.8 - tram 637 slowly ascends the steep Mount Pleasant away from the city centre during the winter of 1948. Route 8 trams were later re-routed via Leece St and Catharine st.
The Sailors home in Canning place forms the backdrop here as the No.27 bus destined for South Castle st comes along on the outside of standard-truck car 40 on the little documented route 32 which went via Park Lane and Upper Parliament st to Penny Lane.
The No.16 passes under the arches of Tate & Lyle sugar refinery on Vauxhall Road.
One of the few crimson liveried cars, No.335 to survive the war years is seen parked outside what was the sunday school for St. Johns church, Old Haymarket and still stands today in Great Crosshall Street and about to be turned into apartments called St. Patricks Court.
The No.3 route from Walton to Dingle still existed under MPTE Corpy buses some 4 decades after this Priestly bogie car ran the route. Here, its about to clatter across the points and tracks of Islington from St. Anne Street as it heads South up Norton Street.
A post war view of the former double staircase car 577 of 1913 running the 18A Seaforth route. Here, it is crossing Commercial Road having descended Lambeth Road from its sheds and is making its way into Sandhills Lane.
Passing Everton's Zante Street on its long haul up Netherfield Road North is a 1923 standard heading for Aigburth on route No.25. Pictured here in 1949, this tram later became a snowplough SP1, surviving until 1956.
The foot of Everton Valley, a policeman on points duty outside the Derby Arms pub which fronts the Lyric super cinema behind.
Another long haul ascent, this time the 13A at St. Domingo Road in 1953.
Cars are parked along Utting Avenue's central reservation indicating that Liverpool F.C. are playing a home match on this saturday in the late 1940s. Car No.823 ploughing the No.43 route is heading towards the city.
Soccer Specials, ie. The oldest trams in town stretch almost as far as the eye can see down the single line of Walton Breck Road on a Saturday in 1949 as the reds are at home. On the right is the perimeter wall of the bowling green of the Sandon pub, the one time headquarters of Everton F.C.
Prescot Road at Old Swan widened out to allow for centre reserved tracks. The 10B ran to Clayton Square and is seen here near the Black Horse pub on June 4th 1954.
Hurst Gardens tenement block on Edge Lane can be seen here as a tram takes the curve into Rathbone Road.
The Edge Lane/St. Oswald Street junction was once served by a roundabout, and here it is relatively new on September 4th 1952. The No.40 is a 70 seater lightweight bogie car number 767.
A 1947 view of the 1921 vintage open canopy car 43 which remained unaltered until its demise two years later. Here, it's at the junction of Prescot Road and Derby Lane, the Cygnet pub in the background.
St Oswald Street on 4/9/52 (the same date as pic 1) Baby grand 232, running the 47 route is passing the old rope works on the left which caused a bottleneck necessitating single line working.
Route 29 took in West Derby Road, Tuebrook, and here, it will turn right into Green Lane, heading for its home shed.
Shortly before the 99 bus took over, a conductor turns the trolley pole of car 284 at the Church Road, Wavertree terminus prior to the trip back to Muirhead Avenue East on 21st August 1952.
It might be a sunny day in 1974 but no consolation when your lorry has just shed its load of bales of cotton that we no doubt loaded on him at the docks. This is Old Hall Street at its Leeds Street junction with the King Edward pub in the background. Next we see the hustle and bustle of what was once a thriving Great Homer Street in 1958. Dryden Street runs off to the right. Source: Liverpool Echo.
A stroll in the sunshine, perhaps at dinner time. Chapel Walk off Castle Street in 1956.
In contrast, one year on in 57, a damp view of Church Street from Lord Street past the famous Bunneys, another landmark that shouldn't have been lost when you look at its bland replacement.
Far left is Stanley Road at its junction with Lambeth Road around 1960. The Lighthouse pub has closed and re-opened on a number of occassions but currently lies empty. The properties off it to the right here were greengrocers, mens outfitters, a fishmongers, a drapers and a tripe dresser. These have all now gone.
The Grapes Inn, listed as 17 Sellar Street was originally King Street. Seen here at its junction with the splendid sounding Summer Gardens off Westminster Road, the local baths is also on view.
The Met Cathedral rises behind the Bull Ring tenement development as next we see the last of the prefabs, these being on Prince Edwin Street. Last but not least, a copper on zebra crossing duty on Scotland Road.
Its 1966, what a wonderful year for your tickling stick as the man of mirth is represented in this students parade which marched all the way from the jam butty mines of Knotty Ash. I once told a friend that he'd sang with the Beatles, he said 'Did he' and I said 'No, Doddy'- ho ho. I did once play footy against a team though called 'Ken Dodd's dad's dog's dead' - honest.
Skip forward 5 years and its a 1971 clean up for Arthur Wellesley, better known to you and I as the Duke of Wellington whom stands atop his column above the Steble fountain. I didn't know this was Steven Gerrard's first job.
Looking West down Upper Duke Street as buses cross Berry Street.
Landing houses on Walton Lane in the early 60s, since demolished leaving the adjoining Abbey Pub in isolation.
'What's the view like up there?' Athol Street gas works stands behind.
Another 6 of the best from Johnny Blue......
Goodison Road in 1970. A title winning year for the blues so no wonder Fong's chippy is doing good business as is its modern day counterpart. The old floodlights are in situ as ground reburbishments are ongoing.
Walton Vale in the 60s looking up towards Everton Valley and the Valley pub from Walton Road. The high rise were called Rock View and were situated above the quarry walls of Mark Street.
Walton Breck Road in the 1960s at its split with Oakfield Road showing Anfield Weslyan church on the fork, the site now being occupied by a petrol station.
Arnot Street, also in the 60s showing a fine array of classic cars. The school with its tower is just visible at the top right of the street.
Emery Street and Lake Street respectively in Dec 69. You'll notice at least three Morris 1100s between the two photos and the necessary tight parking brings to mind the 1970s tv advertisement showing Reginald Molehusband being the safest parker in town. It seems Del Boy Trotter lived in Lake street too.
Well ok, two more, but eight of the best didn't sound as good.
Tinsley Street and Edith Road respectively in 1969. Damp in the fading light of winter, tyre marks criss crossing the setts and tarmac as modern cars of the day litter the streets.
Eric James was a keen amateur photographer in the 1950s and 60s and with an obvious keen eye too for capturing moments like the above. A front and rear view of the H16 Crosville bus as it careers off Queens Drive at Score Lane in 1967. Sewerage work on the Southbound carriageway meant that traffic was using the opposite throughfare both ways as a contraflow when this happened. Notice the Police mini car and motorbike at the scene. The photos are reproduced here with thanks to Eric's son, Eric James Jnr.
Another two from the two Erics. Lime Street in the early 1960s just prior to the curvature of St. Georges Place surrendering to the 'progress' in the making that is St. Johns Precinct. The soot blackened frontages of the North Western Hotel and St. Georges Hall is in evidence, though the hall is undergoing sandblasting. The lack of traffic would indicate it is a sunday and the hall flag flies at half mast.
Eric also supplies this one of Queens Drive looking Northwards past the Rocket roundabout, pre flyover period of February 1974. Another too from Johnny Blue showing Liverpool 8 in the 1960s and what seems to be a car graveyard.
Left is Wye Street in 1967. This view is looking across Leadenhall Street towards Sir Thomas White Gardens chimney stacks in the distance.
Right is Wavertree Vale in 1971 and the bell tower of Lawrence Road school pops up above the rooftops.
Beacon Lane orphanage sees out its life as Rosenblatts furniture warehouse though it was known to some locally as the woody. Sir Thomas White Gardens can again just be seen to the left. Pic supplied with thanks to Peter Sheils.
Those city centre workers who made their way home to Old Roan, Lydiate, Maghull, Thornton, Crosby or Southport via a Ribble from Skelhorne Street will need to introduction to this classic shot.
Another couple of fantastic pictures taken by and courtesy of Eric James Snr and Jnr respectively. Lime st with Ben Hur showing on the Futurist in 1961 and Du Barry in situ on the old Palais De Lux block. The L6 Ribble turns into Skelhorne Street from Lime Street on its way to its depot in Bolton Street.
The rocket area just prior to the flyover construction when a roundabout was in situ.
Harlech Street at its junction with County Road in 1968. Remember those fibre glass disabled cars that the local kids christened spastic cars. Next is Ismay Street, Walton, pictured in 1969. A MKII Cortina on the left and a dodgy looking character about to climb into the MKI Cortina on the right. Both courtesy of Johnny Blue. Tremendous.
This part of Stanley Park off Priory Road which became the Vernon Sangster footy pitch is still used as a coach and car park on matchdays when Liverpool play at home. Here it is in 1969 with a fine array of cars.
Attwood Street is see above right, taken from Blessington Road, Anfield.
On 22nd February 1956, this picture was taken to record the collapse of a house and its garage on Everton Terrace. It was already a slum clearance area with compulsory purchase orders placed upon properties there and this accelerated their demolition as they became unsafe.
On 16th June the same year, though you wouldn't think so to see the murky sky and rainsoaked floor, this city tour bus is seen on Hope Street as it takes in the Anglican Cathedral.
Walton Road car showrooms in 1965. The building is still there but used for separate units these days. Back to 5th July 1948 for the next picture and with the war over, it's back to normal with new street layouts as the Childwall fiveways roundabout gets under way.
Not a great deal has changed over the years in these two photographs. The 81D Speke bus ambles through Woolton Village on 30th July 1957 whilst it's November 1971 in Gambier Terrace which faces the Anglican Cathedral in its position set back off Hope Street.
The Gambier Terrace photo and the two above are classics taken by Edward Chambre Hardman who had his studio was in Rodney Street. First we see a snowy February scene in 1946 as we look South West from the Museum steps towards the fork of Whitechapel and Victoria Street across Old Haymarket. Further up William Brown Street are the statues that depict the four seasons as they form the base of the Steble Fountain. Interesting for me is the old Commutation Row block in the background which when this picture was taken in the 1970s, contained Eric's clothes shop, Maurice Ableson jewellers and pubs such as the Hare & Hounds and Courthouse.
Down Scottie way. Benledi Street pictured in the first month of 1967 with its housing hailing from some decades earlier like those in neighbouring Hopwood Street. Woodstock Gardens tenements stood facing these with the area housing office on the 'oller' in between. Cranmer Street is seen next, pictured on the same day as viewed from Vauxhall Road looking towards Stanley Road.
Arden Street ran under the cast iron girder which carried the name of Arden House, the gentleman's hostel on Bevington Bush, Liverpool 3. It is pictured here on 29th March 1967. Back Burlington Street is also pictured in the January of the same year. Viewed from Bevington Hill, The medical mission and a buiding used as a public wash house are in view. Both were demolished shortly after to make way for the new Kingsway tunnel approach roads.
The tannery that was on the corner of Vauxhall Road and Clement Street as pictured on 30th July 1948. The second shot is of 'The cheapest shop in town' which is the selling garb of this establishment in Binns Road as pictured here from the corner of Edge Lane on 3rd August 1970.
Cranbourne Road, Wavertree. The left pic is from September 1970, the one on the right from another angle a month later. No.7 was the scene of a gruesome murder back in 1951 giving the road an infamous past.
Two views of Angela Street separated by a couple of years, 1968 and 1970. This ran between Overbury Street and Chatsworth Street.
Fairclough Lane was in the vicinity of where the Royal Hospital was built in the late 1960s. Here at first we see the North side of the Lane, St. Judes church on Hardwick Street can just be seen in the left background. Next, we see the rear of the houses on the Lane with Metley Street on the right. Both photos were taken on 20th December 1965.
The war is over, it's 1946 and Williamson Square is packed with salubrious motor cars. A carpet retailer and upholstery warehouse trade in the square and a horse drawn cart makes its way towards the camera.
Who didn't go 'The other Place' on Stanley Street seen here c1979. The likes of Livingstones, Gatsbys, The She, The Tiger, The Hotsy Totsy and Cindys were the in town gaffs.
The Owen Owen warehouse at 28 St. Anne Street hailed from 1859 and its cast iron facade made it a gem amongst fine Georgian properties on a once very wealthy thoroughfare, this particular premises selling fine carriages, doubling as a wheelworks. Sadly, it was destroyed by fire in the 1980s and its site stood empty for years before the new city fire station was built there a few years ago.
Photographed in March 1974 and Feb 1975 respectively, these show the relatively new Churchill Way flyovers as extension works are carried out on the Museum.
Arundel Avenue - L17.
This avenue runs North to South from Hartington Road to Smithdown Road, a large chunk of the East side hugging Toxteth Park Cemetery and the rear of the then Sefton General Hospital. Here are 8 views of it from the winter of 1970.
Beacon Lane - L5
13.7.67. Looking down the side of Everton Library from St. Domingo Road. Maisonettes and the tenement blocks of Sir Thomas White Gardens line the left side whilst pre war housing lines the other. Ford Anglias seem to be the popular choice of car.
Panning to the right, we now see the rear of the houses on Leadenhall Street. We skip forward to the second week of January 1969 for these next three photos. The first one is looking South from Robson Street past the Liver public house towards Lune Street.
Looking South again with Ribble Street off to the right then from Gibb Street near the junction with Breckfield Road North.
Breck Road - L4 & L5
Breck Road is a lengthy high street stretching from Heyworth Street in Everton to Priory Road, Anfield where it then becomes Townsend Lane. It contains blocks of shops with the occassional public house.
Two pics from July 1967, first the North Side from near its start at Heyworth Street, taking in the block to Esmond Street. Next is the South side with Blythe Street on the right. Aubrey Street Water tower stands behind.
Harry Ainscough's second visit to Breck Road was in March 1969. The lorry parked on the wasteground is facing Tynemouth Street, this North view extends to Baines Place. A bread delivery van unloads at a shop on the North side of the street which is in a block of shops between Marland Street and Cresswick Street.
Looking past the Zephyrs towards Marland Street and beyond. The next scene from Poplar Street to Tynemouth Street takes in the Liverpool City Mission known as Murray Hall and the Castle public house with its castle like roofline.
We're still in 1969 and this view is towards Landseer Street whilst an old style ambulance exits Queens Road as we look North East.
A view from Eaton Place and another from Baines Place.
Harry's last visit to the area was in October 1972 so he'd covered a 5 year period in all. Here's a familiar view towards Holy Trinity Church, Richmond Park from Old Barn Road. Next, we are coming up the hill and crossing Belmont Road and looking West towards town.
The south side of the road at its junction with Esmond Street and another view between Taplow Street and Twyford Street showing Nos. 55-59.
The top and bottom ends of Towson Street in 1969, the latter showing the kop of LFC.
Egypt Street on 16th May 1966 looking West towards Oxford Street Maternity Hospital, were you born there on that day. Second photo is of Great Mersey Street on 8th May 1972 looking East towards Kirkdale Road from Vauxhall Road. St. Alphonsus church can be seen in the distance on the left. A Scott's bakery van is turning into the estate.
Erskine Street on 29th March 1967. This is looking East from the junction of Shaw Street and Brunswick Road. Stand Street at its junction with Montague Street is seen next when undergoing demolition. The site would be used for the new Royal Liverpool teaching hospital. St. Judes Church (seen on the extreme right) was also lost to this redevelopment. The photo was taken on 20th December 1965.
Kirkdale Road on 13.7.67 showing Nos. 143-145 on the West Side. This is looking towards the foot of Everton Valley with the ornate Grapes pub in view. There's that Scott's bakery van again, I think he's being followed. The next shot showing a Morris 1100 being towed by a monks recovery vehicle is a closer view of the Valley Motor Co.
Kirkdale Road looking towards town with the junction with Smith Street on the right and Great Homer Street, out of the picture on the left. All the buildings on the right including the Goats Head pub (seen closer on the 2nd pic) were demolished in October 1978.
Lancelot's Hey in the 1960s. This Street ran from King Edward Street to Chapel Street and was demolished during the redevelopment of the area that saw the Atlantic Tower Hotel built.
Anyone remember Kenny looking like this? No, not Kenny Ball, Kenny Everett or Kenny Dalglish. Kensington, one of 12 surviving highways in Liverpool to have borrowed the name from those in London when laid out in the 18th Century. The others being Cheapside, Cornhill, Covent Garden, Drury lane, Fleet Street, Newington, Oxford Street, Paddington, Pall Mall, Wapping and Whitechapel though there were others such as Soho Square and Vauxhall Gardens.
Kensington once enjoyed a full array of various styled shops, much in the same ilk as Park Road, Wavertree High Street, Stanley Road and Smithdown Road. Sadly a general decline in the area has seen these dwindle to small pockets here and there but we can reminisce and recall the past by way of the following snaps from the 50s, 60s and 70s.
Nos. 49-57 Kensington as seen on 21st July 1955 and taken by the City Engineers Department. Sun Hall is seen next on the North side of Kenny showing Nos. 273-281.
The North side of Kensington from Jubilee Drive to Thornes Road forms the backdrop as a Mapletons delivery van crosses the junction. Harris & Todd Locksmiths trade on the corner of Holdsworth Street as we view the South side of Kenny. Both pics taken 22/4/68.
Blasts from the past. The North side of the thouroughfare at Grantham Street with such well known shops as Waterworths and another, Sykes Stores which became Scotts. Also on the North side, a block between Cottenham Street and Denman Street showing Nos. 165-173 including the Derby Arms public house and the Model Railway Shop, an obvious must for every little local boy. Both pics taken 22.4.68.
Hewson's House Furnishers and Dewhurst the butchers take centre stage here as we look along the North side of Kenny from Esher Road towards its junction with Sheil Road. Another blast from the past these days is seen on the next pic in the form of a coal wagon in the days of solid fuel. This is the North side of Kensington looking West from near Hawkins Street. These scenes are again from 22.4.68.
It's not the Monte Carlo rally or a scene from the Italian Job but rather a mundane spring day in 1968 as these Mini Cooper S cars head West past Thornes Road. In the next pic we see Christ Church and Kensington library from Jubilee Drive. Both pics from 22.4.68.
Fast forward 2 years to June 1970. Eagle eyed Beatles fans will recognise the poster on the corner of Gilead Street advertising the release of the Let it be film and LP. Look at that fine row of shutters on this fine Summers day as the prestigious Ford car of the day heads East along Kenny.
Haberdashery, ornaments, fruit and veg, shoes, chandlers, bakeries - you name it, Kenny had it. An old pillar box complete with 'Post Office' sign is seen as we look West. Both pics taken on 8th June 1970.
An elderly chaps reads the Daily Express broadsheet in the shadow of the Kensington Picturedrome on the block just West of Holt Road. A three wheeler electric milk float whirrs out of a side street onto the main carriageway, hopefully in enough time to dodge the oncoming Foden truck. Both pics from 8.6.70.
A Cubbins delivery van near to the junction at Sheil Road and another view towards the same junction from the opposite side of the road. Another two shots hailing from the same batch taken in 1970.
A lone shirt sleeved bobby keeps the beat along Kenny on this fine summer day in June 1970. This is looking West, back towards town.
Rathbone Road, Wavertree on the 5th March 1956 showing the lodge on the corner of Ventner Road. Another scene on the opposite side of the road nearly two decades later in 1975 shows a vehicle in another common livery from that time as the yellow and white Sunblest bread van makes a delivery to the block on the West side of Rathbone Road between Sapphire Street and Binns Road. This block was numbered 175-183.
Is Rathbone Road Post Office doing good business or is that Lotus Europa emerging from Oceanic Road en route to the rich suburbs. This block on the West side is numbered 197-199. Another shot from 1975 shows the East side, Wong's Chippy being on the corner of Long Lane.
It's that fantastic summer of 1976. This is the East side of Rathbone Road between Witton Grove and Binns Road with shops including the Spar grocery store, yes even back then, and Scott's D.I.Y.
The Mersey tunnel approach from Victoria Street at rush hour in 1970. We are looking across Sir Thomas Street towards the GPO on the left.
It's April 1971 and the new St. John's precinct and St. Georges Hotel nears completion.
The end of an era for the housing off the North side of Prescot Street as the new Royal Liverpool teaching hospital takes shape in the background.
Next is a view up Oxton Street towards Goodison Park in the days of the old floodlights, these two being at the Park end.
Buses galore. An Atlantean on the 12c route to Canny Farm leads the convoy up Parker Street in the early 1970s. It's feeder Street from the Pier Head was Church Street and that closed to traffic for good on March 17th 1974.
Next and the buildings are the same but the buses have changed. The H2 Crosville and the 100 City Circle head South along Lime Street.
Carisbrooke Road, Walton near the corpy bus station.
A view down Sackville Street towards Portland Street in Everton. Taken from Mazzini House high rise, one of three 1960s blocks. The original 'Shrewsbury House' Club can be seen to the right of the 1950s three storey flats. Industry in the distance includes Tate & Lyle sugar refinery and Clarence Dock power station.
A view down towards the railway bridge at Norris Green.
Various views up and down Childwall Valley Road.
Edge Hill and it's Marmaduke Street looking across Gladstone Road.
Advertising hoardings and a charabanc on Church Road, Wavertree in 1954.
Gladstone Road at Church Mount.
The white building is Garston Home Guard on Woolton Road and the pic on the right is a wider view of the road looking South.
L: Allerton Road/Plattsville Road junction in 1948. M: Pemberton Road, Old Swan. R: The rear of Littlewoods in 1960.
Looking towards the city down Upper Duke Street from the south end of Rodney Road and a view from the edge of the Met Cathedral.
Looking towards the city down Upper Duke Street from the south end of Rodney Road and a view from the edge of the Met Cathedral.
Acanthus Road and Aviemore Road. The latter seen in 1970 looking towards St. Cuthberts.
Blackmore Drive houses and the local area housing office in the same street - 1974.
Hurst Street at its junction with Wapping in 1968, the Baltic Fleet pub just in view and Hurst Street again, this time in 1973 at its junction with Carpenters Row.
The Old Haymarket tunnel entrance is just to the right as we look up a busy two way Manchester Street in 1961 as traffic heads for the tunnel via Dale Street. Coronation Gardens is seen next in the 1950s. This view looking North along Paradise Street shows ornate property on Lord Street which still exists today and the twin towers of Bunneys which was somehow sadly lost for a bland looking block on the corner of Whitechapel and Church Street.
Derby Lane in 1954 showing new street lighting being tested. Borax Street in 1975 and the premises of Norman Scragg are seen next.
Two shots of Boaler Street, L6. in 1966 showing the block between Sterne Street and Empire Street and then from the junction of Upper Baker Street.
Sections of the M62/Broadgreen Road/Rocket flyover being lifted into place in the mid 1970s.
The Lucas factory on Edge Lane. Lodge Lane in 1973.
A 1974 view of the Craywood Club off Boaler St/Farnworth St at the rear of the Olympic Theatre. Next is Green Lane bus depot in 1956.
Maitland Street. Another view is seen earlier on the page. Hunts Cross in 1954 is next as a pot holed Macketts Lane is photographed by the City Engineers department for work to be carried out.
Two scenes from 1950. The Pier Head landing stage access bridge. You knew the tide was out and there'd be sand to play on at New Brighton when this was steep. We would leg it down to the ferry, our little legs carrying us as fast as they'd go and praying the barrier the bottom would stop you. Next we see the opening scenes of the then new Otterspool promenade, known as the 'Cassie' which was short for the cast iron shore.
Mill Lane looking towards St. Oswald's Street, Old Swan. Robinson' of Liverpool was Robinson Willey Gas appliance Company.
Prescot Road looking East in 1956. Taken by Eric James Snr and supplied by his son Eric.
Prescot Road from the North side of the street, a slightly different angle by Eric James. The next shot is of East Prescot Road, across the Queens Drive junction.
Rocket Motors and shops pre flyover in 1956 by Eric James. Next we see Forbe House which was once the T.A. Barracks being demolished in 2001.
Prescot Road at Finch Lane and then at Rawlins Street.
The first three pics are Priory Road in 1972. First is between Feltwell Road and Clapham Road. Second is showing Nos. 60-72 near the junction of Wenlock Road and the last of the three is between Skipton Road and Wenlock Road showing Nos.76-88. The final pic is of Rock Street towards Mount Pleasant in 1966.
The rocket roundabout in 1974 by E. James and the Rocket shops at No.s 14-24.
Construction of the Littlewoods building from the roof of the Atheneum on Church Alley. The shop frontages in view are on Church Street near its junction with Parker Street.
The festival of Britain lighting around St. Johns Gardens in 1951.
Western Avenue, Speke in 1952 showing Waterworths shop - Fred Wilmot Ltd where you could evidently get your fish. Next, still in Speke, we are looking up Edwards Lane towards the industrial estate in 1946.
Four views of Tintern Street on 31/3/1970.
Buses at the Picton Clock roundabout, Wavertree. The lock up can just be seen behind the open back learner bus.
Whitechapel in 1960 with NEMS on the left under the canopy and a Robin Reliant car parked outside the bookshop Philip, Son and Nephew.
Another 1960 view, this time of the roundabout at Tuebrook. Looking towards the city down West Derby Road and on the 2nd pic, past Larkhill flats up Muirhead Avenue to the left. Buses are at the stop outside the Carlton Cinema.
Another 5 crackers by Eric James complete with text that need no further explaination from me so just enjoy.
It's amazing to think that everything in this picture has gone except for the 1950s flats known as 'The Green' in the distance on the left. The original Rocket pub was replaced and the flyover now heads this way en route to the 5ways.
Taken from the central reservation seen in the pic above and the Gladstone mission which was where the pic above was taken can be seen on the extreme left of this pic.
Taken by Peter Halligan and fished out by his mate Martin Jones, these shots will now be familiar to most but feature the Prescot Road/St. Oswalds Street junction.
John Harrison has been busy accumulating photographs from an area and era close to his heart whilst he waits news on the possible publication of a book. In the meantime he has kindly sent me them to be shared on here, so sit back and enjoy a further batch, some of which are from the LRO and some from his own personal collection.
The Mersey Beat, Park Street in 1968 and the Turks Head in 1969.
Mill Street health centre in 1969 and High Park Street in the same year.
Two shots of Herculaneum Dock in 1969 including a view from the iron bridge.
Windsor Street in two different decades. First in 1965 and then the 1970s.
The Mission Hall and the Domestic Mission both on Mill Street and both snapped in 1969.
This is Weller Street showing Nickelby Street running off it in 1969. Dingle tram sheds can be seen next in this 1950s shot as a car turns into Aigburth Road. The Gaumont Cinema is in the background and Dingle Lane tenements in the further distance.
Wallaces newsagents on the junction of North Hill Street, Admiral Street and Windsor Street in 1989. Windsor Street is also seen next in 1969.
The Great Eastern pub on Mill Street in 1969 and the corner of North Hill Street with Princes Avenue also in 1969.
Arthur Street in 1969 and North Hill Street from Morton Street in 1969.
Jolife Street and North Hill Street in 1969 and Upper Warwick Street in the same year.
1969 Cases Street looking towards Central Station.
Staff at E.A. Clare load snooker tables into a wagon at their Queen Anne Street side entrance. These are bound for export to Australia, the year is 1971.
The Broadway area of Norris Green
Broad Lane, north side showing the Co-op leading into Broadway. 21/7/75.
Broadway at its junction with Broad Lane and the new shops including Tesco.
Two views of the south side of Broad Lane from Morningside Road to New Hall Lane. Again taken on 21/7/75, these show Nos. 42-54.
Broadway Hall Island looking very smart indeed when captured on 4th March 1960.
Top left is Carver Street, Liverpool 3, Looking towards SFX church. Top: Tillotsons carton/packaging factory side entrance in Sandhills Lane. Left: A view of Everton in 1965 showing the newly constructed and still existing Marwood Tower on the left and the smaller Medea Tower mid distance. You can barely make out a crane commencing work on Corinth Tower at the top of Anderson Street. The terraces in the foreground were cleared to make way for more high rise, maisonettes and flats with new fangled mod cons such as central heating.
Vescock Street, Vauxhall, Liverpool 5. This scene looking north takes in St. Silvesters Church and Logan Towers high rise down on Athol Street.
Another view North along Vescock Street past the old Gem Cinema which became a parochial club in the 1970s and 80s. Latimer Street continues in the distance across Silvester Street.
Upper Stanhope Street north side near its junction with Princes Road as seen on 13/1/69 and the south side over 12 years later on 26/7/81 from the same junction.
Upper Stanhope Street looking East from near the junction of Windsor Street on 26th August 1968 and on the same day, the south side of the street taken from the side of St. James church.
Upper Stanhope Street showing what was Princes Road Post Office at No.131 on 26th July 1981.
Cawdor Street on the eve of bonfire night 1968. This runs between Mulgrave Street and Berkeley Street, Liverpool 8.
Hockenhall Alley off Dale Street in 1966. A couple of 1933 photographs of this street when residential can be found on the pre war slums page.
A forlorn looking yard at the rear of a house on Gordon Terrace. The fronts of these houses can be found further up this page.
The premises of Graham Gratrix in 1982 as seen from Whiteley Street. My brother worked for these in an earlier guise. Perrin Hughes were taken over by Rowan Dodds, competitors Baxendale's had closed down and Rowan Dodds became Dodds and Oulton which later became Graham Gratrix. Well, according to him anyway. They were suppliers to the building trade.
Right and below. Another fantastic set in the Eric James series. Concourse House is seen under construction in 1968. At the same time across Lime Street, St. John's shopping precinct was the dawn of a new era in the way we shopped in malls.
A Ribble bus turns into Juvenal Street from Scotland Road during the construction of the Kingsway Tunnel and its approach roads. The flats in the background built in 1958 have recently been demolished in 2008. The second picture shows the No. 101 Ribble on it's way up Juvey to St. Anne Street. The driver hasn't winded the Preston destination board, its true destination being Skelhorne Street depot in the city centre, the tenement flats are Lawrence Gardens. There's more pics of these tennies from this series on the 'other tenements page'. Pics By Eric James April 1971.
Kitty Carters sweet shop, Cazneau Street where many a kid threaded the boards getting their daily fill of arrow bars, spanish gold, black jacks, gobstoppers and egg n milks. Next are the last remnants of where Cazneau Street used to run up to Scotland Road is seen in the distance, Lawrence Gardens on the left side, Paddy's market on the right.
Looking South towards the city with Bishop Goss school and the Denbigh Castle pub on the right. Next is a closer view of the new St Anne Street police station under construction, Kiesers clock tower on the left and Gerard Gardens tenements to the right. St. Johns beacon had only opened this very month too. Pics from April 1971 by Eric James.
Cazneau Street once stretched from St. Anne Street right up to Scotland Road. It's seen here in its last throes on what is now called the loop which is the desert island isolated by the approach roads for the Kingsway Tunnel. The first shot shows the Midland Bank which was on the corner of Great Nelson Street, the second is a little further south with the walls of Paddys market visible. These were of red glazed brick and showed signs of Luftwaffe damage from world war II. Pics by Eric James in April 1971.
The Midland Bank that was on the right hand side of Cazneau Street on the way up to Scottie Road. This picture, taken from outside Lawrence Gardens on the corner of Lawrence Street shows Great Nelson Street off the right behind the Ford Cortina. When this bank was derelict, my friend and I got in there to try and dig up the parquit flooring to sell as tar blocks as a means of fire lighters. So many police cars passed with lights flashing and sirens blaring, (that we thought were coming for us, but weren't) that we never got the job done. The second photo is looking along Great Nelson Street towards the rear of the bank, Scotland Road in the distance. Pics by Eric James - April 1971.
Kerbstone layers set to work on Juvenal Street. Pensioners flats of grey breezeblock were built on this wasteland not long after this photograph was taken. They were demolished in 2008. Further towards the city end of St. Anne Street and we see the police station from another angle. The roadworks are right in front of the newly demolished wall which surrounded Holy Trinity church which was gutted by fire and duly demolished in this same year. Pics by Eric James in April 1971.
Three views from the Texaco Garage that was situated on the corner of St. Anne Street and Great Richmond Street in the late 1970s. This was on the former site of St. Annes Church which gives the street its name. The site is now Arnold Clark's van hire, Eric James Jnr worked here around this time and following in his father's footsteps, photographed his workplace surroundings.
Two photgraphs of South John Street in the mid 1960s as supplied by Johnny Blue and Eric James respectively. Telegraph House can be seen in both, the 2nd one is looking towards North John Street across Lord Street.
Elliot Street looking past the old St. Johns market on the left towards Lime St. Next, not far from Kent Gardens, bowls are played in Gt. George Square in the shadow of the part completed Anglican Cathedral.
Unloading the Heathdale on the Liverpool/Leeds canal at Bee Mills, Sandhills Lane.
Youths natter outside the entrance to the original Shrewsbury House club on Portland Street, Everton. Sackville Street can be seen running eastwards from it.
Everton wasn't the only place that made toffee. William's landmark chimney was situated near Bootle Strand. The gantries which carried overhead power were removed in 1991 as powerlines were by then laid underground rendering them redundant.
Another couple from Eric James in 1971 again. First we are looking East along Great Nelson Street from Scotland Road end towards Great Homer Street. The Midland Bank is on the left as Cazneau Street cuts across and the Rydal Youth Club is seen on Greaty in the far distance. The second pic shows a view looking South East towards the Piggeries High Rise. The Rydal can again be seen here, this time a bit more clearer.
A great pic supplied by Johnny Blue showing Cazneau Street fruit market in 1969, just two years before the demise captured above by Eric James.
This pic shows a welder on the newly constructed footbridge which will take pedestrians over the new Kingsway tunnel approach road as it links Scotland Road with Limekiln Lane and the Vauxhall area.
Another one by Eric, taken from St. Johns beacon not long after it opened. You can see the cranes working on the new Royal teaching hospital on Prescot Street.
Opposite, three views of Scotland Road in 1971 as labelled by Eric James.Top: Looking South towards the city and Centre: Looking North. The bottom pic is looking North again but further up Scottie past Virgil Street.
Mount Pleasant/Brownlow Hill multi storey car park takes shape in 1973 and a couple of years previously to that is a view up Mount Pleasant looking away from the city.
As it says on the caption, St. Nics bites the dust, making way for the site of Copperas Hill Royal Mail sorting office. Right is a pic of Elliot Street in 1971 with St. John's Precinct in its final stages of completion.
Scotland Road's West side between Hornby Street and Tenterden Street. Next, we look up Paddington towards Edge Hill.
Johnny Blue supplies a pic of two traffic cops auditioning for Strictly come dancing on Everton Valley.
Boundary Street East in 1955. First looking from the junction with Great Homer Street and second, looking towards Greaty.
Great Homer St with Nursery Street running of to the right. The next shot shows Mould Street with the rears of the roerty on Skirving Street. Both from 1955.
The last of this series of 1955 views of in and around Greaty. Boundary Street East again, this time looking towards Scotland Road. The last ic shows Skirving Street on the left and Nursery Street on the right - the main Street being Great Homer Street.
Egerton Road, L15 on 14th September 1970. Exley Street, L6 on 7th March 1966. This ran between Boaler Street and Phythian Street.
Four of my most favourite pics from a new Daily post and Echo publication celebrating past festive seasons and well worth the £3.99 price tag. The first shows Church Street in 1966 with the 79C Lee Park bus. Many years later, buses to this destination would be adorned in a zebra livery. Top right is Bold Street in 1972. King Kong shown on the left was a corner toy shop with a large King Kong cut out figure on the outside wall. Left shows Lord Street in 1962, the buses include the open backed 320 to Wigan and in front, the 18C to Muirhead Avenue East/Tuebrook via Church Street where it is about to enter. Lastly, a snowy Roe Street in 1977 capturing the long lost footbridge, bubble bus stops giratory and the shop we all loved to browse in - City Pets.
