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Pre War courts & slums

In 1896 it was decided by the Liverpool Corporation to keep a photographic record of the work done by the City Engineer's department.

These were initially used to support the work of the City Engineer, the Surveyor, the Housing Department and the Medical Officer of Health, showing everyday work such as road improvements, refuse collection, the laying of sewers, street lighting, tram lines and other major projects, events and general developments in the city.

The immense collection is available for perusal at the Liverpool record office search room and some are available online. Here is a page giving a selection from the pre-war and wartime period up to and including 1945 and showing many of the courts that existed at the end of the 19th century and into the early part of the 20th century with thanks to the Liverpool records office.

Don't forget to use the Control F on your keyboard as a quick search facility if you need it

Addison Street. Birthplace of artist, James William Carling who had work published in Edgar Allan poe's 'Raven'. One half of this street was demolished as part of the slum clearance which saw Fontenoy Gardens tenements built in the mid 1930s. The north side terraces remained for some time with its distinct yellow glazed brick frontage, similar to what is pictured here on the South side. Aigburth Road is seen next including a dairy. Ashfield Cottages off Vauxhall Road are next, pictured in 1936.

Back Chester Street court in 1911 showing its arched entrance and the whitewashed yard. These were in Toxteth off Upper Stanhope Street.

Beresford Street from Prince Edwin Street in 1914. The rounded corner in the first picture can be seen on the extreme left of the next picture.

No.2 Court Beresford Street in 1924. This would have been accessed via one of the arched entrances seen above. Right is No.10 Birch Street. The worn steps show many decades of wear which means these must have been many years old even when photographed here.

Blenheim Street No.2 Court in 1913. A photographer from the city engineers dept in their area always seemed to bring out the curious residents. Perhaps they thought they might be getting a new house out of it. The same can be said of the residents at No.2 Court, Silvester Street a year earlier.

Bowers Buildings 7-19 Pye Street, Wavertree in 1934. Including the local youthful residents.

Bold Street gentry showing horses and carriages. Much of this is relatively unchanged. Boundary Street and its carters can be seen next in 1921. Being close to the docks, this was a busy commercial area. Brunswick Street in 1941 is shown next with rubble from another luftwaffe strike.

Bevington Street in the Vauxhall district seen here in various guises from 1910 to 1913. Some of the pre WWI housing in this area still stands.

Left is Burlington Street in 1935.

Bostock Street court off Scotland Road in 1900. Bancroft Street's No.4 court in 1934. Button Street and Rainford Square in what is now the Mathew Street quarter is seen here in 1925.

BURLINGTON STREET AREA

Top left: No.16 Court 1933. Top middle: No.32 Court. Top right: No.11 Court in 1934. Bottom both: No.6 Court showing the central tap and the opposite view in 1916.

Burlington Street canal bridge on the top left in 1903 which is seen a couple of years later rebuilt including a 25 ton weight test. Parts of Tate & Lyle sugar refinery is shown and it's thanks to this canalside factory that the local boys can be seen in 1890 taking a dip in what was known as the 'scaldies' as the water was heated from the factory. The locals were known as the 'water rats'. The bridge shown top, middle is at Chisenhale Street.

Burlington Street in 1920. Also shown here is the entrance to No.26 Court in 1925. The last pic shows the stretch of Burlington Street from Titchfield Street to Limekiln Lane in 1930.

Castle Street business district in 1905, and just as busy as ever.

Church Alley from the front of Bluecoat Chambers in 1941 and Cable Street in the same year showing air raid damage. The Liver buildings is in the distance.

Cambridge Street almshouses shown in 1910 and 1911. The 48 dwellings on 3 sides of the quadrangle accommodated 96 almswomen and were situated near Mount Pleasant.

Two views of Ganworth Road, Speke off Central Avenue. Speke was built up as a self contained housing estate with library, laundrette and shopping facilities in the 1930s. These were new when photographed here.

It was widely acknowledged that the inner city Liverpool 3 area was the most densely populated region of the city and as such, Britain's first medical officer, William Henry Duncan was assigned to it. Encompassing parts of Vauxhall and Everton, slums, cellars and courts were earmarked for demolition in the late 1920s and early 1930s. These were photographed prior to being replaced by walk up tenement flats which were designed and built in the art deco style of the era by City architect and engineer Lancelot Keay and his team.

The rear of Baptist Street taking from the back bedroom window of No.7 Gerard Street in 1933. It is clear that these properties have seen better days and had to go. A bedroom in Byrom Terrace is shown next in 1935. These were pokey and damp and were a direct cause of the cholera and typhoid epidemics that had spread in the past.

The rear of Circus Street in 1933 with the customary photo call. Next is the front of these houses on Circus Street in 1927. Notice 3 arches together, the left and right ones lead to front doors up some steps, the middle arch leads to a central court. The last pic is of the Dawson Place/Hunter Street junction in 1927, note the ash bin for hot ashes from the coal fire.

Downe Street at its junction with Holly Street in 1927. Even within this tight cluster of houses, industries such as produce merchants operated. The next pic looking further along Downe Street shows how the steep incline means houses nearer the bottom are accessed up a flight of steps. The large building on the skyline is the spice mill on Feather Lane.

No.7 Court Cartwright Place in 1927 and No.5 Court in 1933. Pic 3 Taken in 1933 from Lionel Street shows Cartwright Place going off to the left and looking towards Gregory Place in the distance. All of the property in the Gerard Street area was cleared for the building of Gerard Gardens and Gerard Crescent in the early 1930s with some of the tenement houses taking the name of Downe, Cartwright, Lionel and Thurlow from previous streets. The last pic shows a court in Cuerden Street in 1900. Cuerden Street was situated on the south side of Hunter Street to the rear of the Liverpool museum.

46 Christian Street showing the one time site next door of the Adelphi Cinema. A scullery in Gerard Street in 1933 is seen next. Lastly, this shop known locally as Wally Lang's was situated on the corner of Gerard Street and Whale Street. Whale St was Weale St prior to the early 1860s. Going up this street to the top and turning right would lead you into Lionel Street.

The demolition of property in the Gerard Street area in 1933. The spire is that of St. Stephens church on Byrom Street. No.7 Court on Hunter Street in 1933 is seen right.

Hunter Court in 1933. A lone water pump, bucket and grid serves these occupants. Myrtle View was a dog-leg off Christian Street behind Holly Street, the Myrtle Vaults pub was on the corner.

Left: Hunter Street north side looking up just past the Friends meeting house which can just be seen. Right: Hunter street from Nos. 53-75 at its junction with Christian street showing Nos. 21-27 - taken in 1933

Lionel Street, the building in the distance is the rear of the friends meeting house. Hunter Grove in 1933. A small row of ten cottages on the North side of Holly Street on the stretch between Christian Street and Scotland Road.

A number of views of what were the then new flats which bounded Christian Street, Birkett Street, St Anne Street and Holly Street. Taken in 1914 to show them off, one also shows the road widening including the old brewery which was on the south side of Holly Street. The last pic shows the 1920s tenements which replaced that brewery.

On Byrom Street itself were shops and pubs aplenty. The photo on the left shows the block from Byrom Terrace to Gerard Street in March 1931. Byrom Hall is seen next, home to the Liverpool city mission. This is the block from Gerard Street to Circus Street. The last pic is of the friends meeting house at 33 Hunter Street. This quakers establishment had moved from its original home on the corner of Hackins Hey and Quakers Alley off Dale Street.

Another view of Lionel Street brings out the local housewives in 1933. Children play on the Dandy Pat drinking fountain which stood on Scotland Place outside the Morning Star pub.

There were lots of Georgian mansion houses in and around Hunter Street, Clare Street and St. Anne Street. These ones are on nearby Islington.

Great Charlotte Street fish market in 1890, this ran down the side of the old St. Johns market from Elliot Street to Queens Square. Georges Dock gate is seen here in 1858, the ships being a stones throw from the goree.

Dryden Street labourers dwellings in 1901 showing the front and rear yards with a central jigger.

ELDON GROVE - VAUXHALL

Eldon Grove in 1914 and a more recent pic showing the children playing around a lamp-post. The bandstand stood in front of the centre block with a girls and boys seperate play area either side. The blocks still exist and are currently undergoing a slow renovation after being targetted sadly by arsonists after they were student accommodation in the 1990s.

The top of Crosshall Street at Dale Street showing the ironmongers and locksmiths that was still there in the 1990s as Thomas & Nelson. Dale Street in 1905 when it was two-way, this scene is outside what is now the magistrates court. Another pic showing a similar scene outside the courts entrance when roadworks were underway in 1930.

Prince Edwin Street in 1914, first looking north east and then looking west.

Prince Edwin Street looking east in 1914. Two views of No.6 Court, Prince Edwin Street a decade apart - left is in 1923, right is in 1913. Just look at how worn those steps are.

A bombed Fenwick Street after the May blitz in 1941, Fay Street with its newly erected air raid shelter in 1939 and the EWS - Emergency water supply in the city's High Street at the side of the Town Hall.

More grim courts. Ford Street No.2 Court in 1897, shutters are hanging off one of the windows, it must have been bleak enough indoors without these too but they will have kept the cold out in winter when working properly. Second is Lace Street in the Holy Cross area L3. Pictured here in 1899. The next two photos show No.2 Court in Gomer Street in 1927 and 1933 respectively. Gomer Street, near Soho Street was cleared to make way for the four squares tenement development.

Kempston Street in 1926. This still runs eastwards from Norton Street. Hopwood Street off Scotland Road showing new 1930s houses after the slum clearance, these are still inhabited. No.8 Court Comus Street in 1927 were cleared only in the 1950s when new three storey units were built large scale in this area.

Mason Street, Edge Hill, showing No.9 Court in 1913. Looking South along Mason Street a year later in 1914 and the opposite view to the North. Joseph Williamson, the mole of Edge Hill lived here and owned a number of properties when building his labyrinth of tunnels.

Finch House estate shops and Huyton Farm shops in 1935. Garneth Road, Speke - 1939. All newly laid out when photographed here.

Well posh is all one can say here. Northway on the left and Nook Rise to the right, both in Wavertree Garden Suburb and still going as strong as ever since pictured here in 1910.

The corner of New Quay and Chapel Street in 1925 showing the Princes public House. This corner was excavated for the new Mersey road tunnel dock exit. Park Road in the Dingle showing tram lines being laid in 1900. A busy dock road scene in 1922 showing the overhead railway.

Penrhyn Street No.3 Court in 1913. Part of St. Anthonys church can be seen in the middle distance. Mount View No. 2 Court was off Rathbone Street when pictured here in 1933

No.5 Court Rathbone Street in 1912. Next is 9 Court Great Richmond Street off St. Anne Street, seen here in 1926. Netherfield Road with its multi layered terracing in 1927 and Queen Street's No.5 Court.

Delia Cottage, Petton Street, Everton L5 in 1938. The rear of courts in Park Road in 1931. Chapel Yard, Wavertree in 1934.

Raleigh Street, Bootle. Houses on Quarry Road, opposite Balliol school. Princes Street bakery Bootle. All shown here in 1940 having suffered bomb damage.

Prince Alfred Cottages, Upper Frederick Street in 1934. It was in this street that Kitty Wilkinson started up the very first wash-house and thus stemming the flow of Cholera and Typhoid. Northumberland Street dwellings in 1912 are also seen here as is the rear of similar housing at Gildarts Gardens, Vauxhall.

The Pier Head railway station on the Liverpool overhead in the 1920s with a typical busy goods scene. Mathew Street in 1925 showing the nondescript warehouses, one of which - some 37 years later would become the springboard from which the Beatles were ejected into stardom. Gloucester Street was the one time entrance into Lime Street railway station, seen here looking out onto the south portico of the St. Georges Hall.

The elegant Kent Gardens on Cornwallis Street as seen from the tower of St. Michaels church which was bombed during WWII. Kent Gardens tenement block was laid out off here in the mid 1930s. Bunting is seen spread across Pitt Street for the Coronation in 1937. Nos. 51-53 Pitt Street is seen here in 1929, a bird in a cage hangs outside one of the premises.

Wavertree High Street showing England's smallest house at No.95, taken in 1901. This was eventually incorporated into the neighbouring pub, the Cock and Bottle. Great Howard Street wool warehouse is seen next in 1924 and Park Lane at Greetham Street in 1902.

Lord Street in 1908 in the first two photos. Bunneys shop on the corner of Whitechapel can be seen with its two distinctive towers. This was known as holy corner as it contained Whitechapel, Paradise, Church and Lord in its street names. The last view is looking up towards St. Georges church in 1905. Previously on the site of the church had been Liverpool Castle, hence Castle Street runs off it. The Queen Victoria monument now stands there.

A Silvester Street court in 1934 and its No.2 Court in the 1890s. Below left is the street in 1914 and its south side top and mid sections in 1924. The steeple of St. Martins in the fields church can be seen on which is now the recreation ground. This was known as the black church due to its soot covering thanks to the chemical factory owned by Irishman, James Muspratt who was duly fined by the council.

Dockers queue at the end of Saltney Street in 1920 in the hope of a days work. The flats on the right front onto the high perimeter wall of the Stanley tobacco warehouse giving for a bleak outlook. Some 7 or 8 miles away in Roddick Street, Woolton in 1934, local residents pose for the camera in equal squalor at the rear of their court.

Grundy Street 'Sandon works' after a fire in 1921. Standish street amid a fire and riot during the police strike of 1911, troubled times in the city as a transport strike was also going on. Neptune street warehouses and passageways seen in 1932.

These flats built between 1912-14 could be seen earlier on the page, running from Christian Street to Holly Street. This view is from St. Anne Street and shows an Amstel lager cart making its way up Holly Street as older dwellings are demolished and the new flats await behind. The road was then widened to the new frontages. The 2nd pic shows the front onto St. Anne Street and the shops below the flats. The last pic shows Smithfield Street off Tithebarn Street, the middle entrance leading to No.10 court. (1899)

St. James Road properties in 1935 just prior to demolition. These are Numbers 81 (pic 1) 87-89 (pic 2) and 97 (pic 3)

Looking down St. James Street citybound in 1937. Upper Mann Street in 1907.

Old Swan. Four photos of various parts of St. Oswalds Street showing properties under compulsory purchase order to the Corporation to enable demolition for the widening of the street and the building of the curved tenement development St. Oswalds House. First we see Rock House & Engineering works. Then the Royal Standard public House on Rock Street. The 3rd photo shows the Old Swan potato market and lastly the yards at Nos. 16-18 St. Oswalds Street - all taken in 1937.

Vernon Street in 1923 and again in 1930. The last shot shows how narrow Vernon Street was at this point in time, the children are standing outside an engravers, the chimney belongs to McVies sugar refinery.

A view similar to what we seen earlier. Wavertree Nook Road at Nook Rise in 1910. Another outer-suburb shot shows Woolton Street, Woolton in 1900 with houses that have now been demolished.

ST GEORGES HALL AREA

St. Georges Hall at its south end in 1895 also showing St. Johns church. At this point St. Johns Gardens was not yet laid out as we know it but was the churches cemetery, its sunday school resided at Gt Crosshall street and still stands today. The second view is taken 5 years later in 1900. A view from the roof of the hall shows Wellingtons column and the property on Commutation Row which survived until the late 1980s.

William Brown Street in 1896 at its bottom end showing Livesly Place. Looking up Livesly Place to the right side of the Leicester Hotel is the rear of property on Clayton Street. The last pic shows tram lines being laid near the old hay market in 1905. Before the monetary donation from William Brown for the city museum, this thoroughfare had previously been called Shaws Brow and consisted of pottery manufacturers and windmills, the largest of which was on Mill Lane which is between the Walker Art Gallery and the County Sessions House.

Victoriana in William Brown Street in 1901, the year of the Queen's death after 60 glorious years. A lady stands outside the churchyard gates near the van passage of the St. Georges Hall. The ladies are dressed slightly more elegantly than the fellows. A 1944 scene is next, showing an air raid shelter just in front of the Liverpool museum.

Norton Street east side in 1922 showing the proposed site for the Elite picture theatre which was never built. Looking from Wellingtons column, the junction of London Road and Lime Street in 1913 showing the original legs of man and the corner of Commutation Row pre Burtons building. St. Anne Street is pictured here in 1925 showing the mansions which once lined the street before the encroachment of slum property saw the merchants flee to the south of the city.

Two views of Smithdown Road. The left in 1905, the right in 1930.

The Vauxhall area played a prominent part in the history of not just local but European housing. St. Martin's cottages pictured here (top 3 and middle left) were Europe's first municipal housing in 1869. The 2 pics bottom left and middle show the 2nd offering - Victoria Square off Scotland Road. These won an architectural design award when opened in 1885. The 4 air raid shelters erected during WWII can be seen on one photograph. Middle right are Juvenal Buildings, Juvenal St from 1890. Between 1902-1905 John Brodie's prefabricated housing design was put into practicality as his Eldon Street flats (last pic) were erected. The slabs were made off site at Cobbs Quarry, St. Domingo Road and brought down by road on a steam driven traction engine where they were assembled.

Jewish headstones in Upper Frederick Street in 1902. A lovely sight in your back yard. Sparling Street cottages in 1914. These are still in situ.

A whitewashed court off Vauxhall Road with washing hung out across the entry. Vauxhall Road from Blackstock Street to Paul Street in 1932 just prior to its demolition to make way for Blackstock Gardens tenements. Summerseat in 1910, pre WWI and still inhabited.

North of the city: Tram laying on Selwyn Street in 1909. Canal Street Bootle with its war damage in 1940. Whittle Street landing flats in 1902.

Kids assemble outside the house of John Sutcliffe on Vauxhall Road in 1911. John was killed outside the Jamaica pub during the riots as a police van containing prisoners tried to make its way along Vauxhall Road to Walton jail. He was one of two killed that day as batons were drawn. Local residents also gather on Prince Edwin Lane in 1914 in much more serene circumstance, just a city engineer photographer in town. Top right is Tithebarn Street at its junction with Vernon Street as seen in 1923. Bottom left is No.5 Court, Vernon Street in 1857. Bottom middle and right shows Wood Street in 1935 and 1941 respectively.

Tatlock Street flats - 1900. A bedroom in Eldon Street (1935) showing damp, cold, squalid conditions. The slats in the bedroom wall are visible as the plaster has fallen off to reveal them. Reading Street landing flats in 1936 are next to be shown.

The Barracks at West Derby village photographed in 1934. Tin baths hang on the wall of the entry, these were brought into the scullery on bathing night, probably on a sunday for school the next morning. For those lucky enough to afford the coal for the fire, you might be allowed a warmer setting.

Left: South Road, Waterloo. The canopy belongs to the railway station, this was the road that led to the beach. The shops at the bottom were later to supply beach balls, fishing nets and buckets and spades. Right: Men gather at a pet & fowl sale in Upper Dawson Street in 1890. This was part of St. Johns market.

Penrhyn Street which runs from Scotland Road to Great Homer Street, pictured here in 1922. You'll see the new housing scheme set back behind the facade of the old dwellings, ready for demolition, allowing for the widening of the street at the same time. Elm Vale in the fairfield district is still there off the north side of Prescot Road. Larkhill Estate flats, built in the art deco style of the larger tenements are seen here on Muirhead Avenue in 1944.

Jordan Street/Gore Street flats in 1920, flats were built in this style from 1912-14 notably in the Vauxhall and Dingle area. Pics 2 and 3 show Upper Parliament Street in 1900 and 28 years later respectively.

Two of our well known shopping thoroughfares in the early 1900s. First is London Road in 1913, showing the West side looking down towards Lime Street. The second is Scotland Road in 1908 showing some of the fine architecture and street furniture that was around even in those days.

Looking down Saltney Street towards the docks, as seen from Gt Howard Street in 1914. Nearer the city centre, Dublin Street is next, this view is also from Gt Howard Street in the same year. Harding Street in 1934, complete with its corner shop is also shown - just look at that old pram.

Two views of Highgate Street as seen in 1914, the second one showing its junction with Shimmin Street. The last view is of Eldon Street looking West from Titchfield Street to Vauxhall Road in 1929.

Fox Street cloth market in 1905. This was part of Richmond Fair, Richmond being the district which included the names Richmond Row and Gt Richmond Street. When cleared, St. Marys of the Angels church was built here known locally as the Friary.

An old fountain in London Road, Colliers is behind. A Corporation inspector measure the width of an entry.

Pictured in 1912 is the eerie sounding 'Necropolis', the city graveyard situated on the corner of Everton Road and West Derby Road. The 2nd view taken two years later is when the land was relaid as Grant Gardens which still exists today. Being across the way from Brougham Terrace registry office, it became a favourite place for wedding photographs to be taken.

The opening of St. Johns Gardens in 1904. All pristine, it was previously the graveyard to St. John's church, before that it was common land known as the heath. Next pic is Crescent Gardens, Waterloo. A long stretch from the bottom of South Road to the north made up of three gardens including Beach Lawn gardens were opened in 1932 giving a restful setting with views across the Mersey estuary. Both these gardens pictured here still thrive today.

The frontages and rears of Upper Mann Street in 1934. The Higsons brewery and rear of the Southern Hospital can be seen on the 2nd pic.

Dingle Mount in 1928 and Wolfe Street in 1909. You can vaguely make out some washing strung from one side of the side to the other in the distance what with the lack of vehicles using the street.

Two photographs showing Bowood Street and Hartington Road,Toxteth in 1909.

Doubley rubbley. The collapse of Nos. 118-120 Lodge Lane in 1907 which draws a crowd, even in the rain. An air raid shelter in Grafton Street is seen next after a visit from our European friends in 1941.

Fine properties in Langdale Road 1924. Back Chester street in 1912, not quite as opulent.

Nos. 85-121 Grafton Street looking towards Stanhope Street in 1934. Hill Street is seen here in the same year.

Park Road tram laying in 1898 and this much loved and missed mode of transport up and running in Smithdown Road 6 years later.

Veolas Street pictured in 1911. Wellington buildings are in evidence next running down off Wellington Road.

Everton Road weighbridge located at the premises of No.103, taken on 14th June 1904.

Everton Road toilets at the junction with West Derby Road - 17th June 1937.

Pembroke Place seen here on 13th June 1943 is to record the site of St. Silas church which was bombed in an air raid in May 1941. The properties pictured here on the north side of the street were Nos. 1-29.

Kyffin Square was No.8 court which was situated between Pontack Lane and Myrtle View on Christian Street. The reason for this city engineers dept photograph just before WWII was to record its last legs as new corporation tenements were iminent, however, none were ever to be built on this, the east side of Christian street after their demolition.

Queens Square, a hive of activity in front of the Stork Hotel in 1920 as barrowboys sell their fresh fruit and veg. Dale St from Hatton Garden when it was two way traffic.

All taken in 1938 of Crooked Lane. Top left: The lane looking towards Ogdens Weint. Top middle: A view from Canning Place. Top Right: A view from Strand Street which was off Canning Place. The bottom two pics are looking at Crooked Lane from Canning Place. Photos LRO kindly supplied by Ken (Springy)

Girls play 'Jacks' in Richmond Row - 1895. Art critics oversee the work of a pavement artist in Canning Place in 1902.

A cross marks the foundation stone for the Metropolitan Cathedral in 1933. Gantries are lined up ready during the construction of the liverpool overhead railway in 1892.

Prescot Street at its junction with Childwall St on 20.9.1909. You can just make out the Childwall Street nameplate amid the advertising which includes one for the Star theatre.

The bakery and iron foundry on Circus Street which ran parallel with Gerard Street in Liverpool 3, as pictured in 1927.

Broadgreen Road on 11.2.1905 was a very pictureque area with an obvious and distince lack of 'traffic'. Pictured here again on 27th Oct 1912 you will notice some steps in the distance that wouldn't quite match health and safety criteria these days.

Broadgreen Road at the rocket with the bridge crossing on 13.9.1928. These are Green Lane stables as attached to the corporation buildings and taken on 2.12.1927. Notice some more H&S issues here with men standing at an opening whilst hoisting sacks of animal feed from a wagon.

Prescot Road at Blackhorse Lane in the mid 1930s.

St. Oswalds Street in 1937 showing Nos. 24-32 including Cooksons. The next pic taken on 8.12.37 shows the ropeworks from Victoria Place looking North.

The old and the new on 12.6.1939. St. Oswald House emerges on the left in the newly widened St. Oswalds Street as old property including the Old Swan potato market and Hoult's corner bites the dust.

Now you see it and now you don't. Hoult's corner in 1937 and on the right hand pic, you'll spot health and safety issue No.3 standing on the wall he's demolishing.

Two LRO photographs borrowed from this site to do with all things

Everton panorma in 1925. In the foreground are the labourers dwellings of Dryden Street off Scotland Road. In the middle distance on the horizon is Aubrey Street waterworks and the building to the right of the picture featuring the two salt sellar type tower structures is the Ann Fowler womens refuge. (a close up of this building features near to the top of the buildings page on this site)

Byrom Street in 1904 showing tram line repairs outside the entrance to St. Stephens church. A longer view of Byrom Street in 1927 looking past the old technical college which is now part of the World Museum. Beyond the college is Clayton Street, then Cuerden Street, the spire of the aforementioned St. Stephens can be seen in the distance.

Looking up Byrom Terrace towards Cartwright Street past the church again. Feather Street contained a feather works and a spice mill and was situated just further along Byrom Street near Richmond Row. Both pics were taken in 1927.

Eastbourne Street swung from Village Street to the middle of Shaw Street passing Plumpton st and Radcliffe St here on the way when pictured in 1932. This area was demolished in the 1960s and a decade later, the Radcliffe estate was built on it. The second photo shows Georges Hill photographed in 1927 which joined Northumberland Terrace to Everton Terrace. The St. Georges Hotel pub at the top was at the junction of McGregor Street and was cleared in 1966 for the 22 storey St. Georges Heights which themselves were demolished in 2000.

Browside in 1927. This vantage point over the city was used by Prince Rupert in the battle with Cromwells roundheads and the top of the Everton lock-up aka Prince Rupert's castle can just be seen to the right. This is the crest on Everton football club's badge. Wilmot Terrace pictured here on the right in 1935 was on Everton ridge.

The two faces of what is generally regarded as the affluent South liverpool. Childwall Abbey seen in 1907 as the local gentry take a countryside walk. In contrast, some 27 years later, Hills Place, a court in Woolton shows the locals in less salubrious surroundings.

To the North of the city, this is South Road, Waterloo in 1915 as a ship makes its way to the river mouth.

Litherland Bridge at the Red Lion public house on Bridge Road in 1935.

Sugar refining was a big industry and large employer in the Vauxhall district up until the early 1980s. Here on Vauxhall Road - 1930, the bridges span the Tate & Lyle buildings near to the Green Man pub.

The Pier Head floating road bridge is busy in 1919 as cargoes make their way to and from the ships.

Walton Park gates in 1924. These children actually look quite well off. Farnworth Street in 1906 showing the terracing which once lined the street on both sides. This street still runs from Kensington to West Derby Road.

A 'Now' view of this Georgian shop frontage appears on the 'Streets ahead' page of this site. Only the fashions have changed in the century that has passed between the two images.

Window Lane, Garston as pictured in 1908.

A busy Hanover Street in 1923. Crane & Sons are still occupying the building near the corner of School lane. Pedestrians look in the window of Cross's 'Otterspool Gardens Menagerie' shop and two business above the horse drawn coal wagon advertise 'W. Mooney & Sons' 26 School Lane and Thomas Whitehead & Sons Auctioneers have moved to 7&9 Slater Street.

A crowd congregate outide St. Peter's church, Seel Street to mark its 150th anniversary in 1938.

Menlove Avenue bungalows 1929 and new houses on the same avenue 7 years later.

Mather Avenue Police houses in Allerton 1936. House building on Childwall Valley Road in 1934.

Dovedale Road, Allerton - 1908 and Allerton Road Villas pictured in 1905.

Vale Road - Woolton in 1925 followed by Arnside Street in 1909.

Some photographs from 1941 showing the blitz damage during WWII.

Church Street on the left and Lewis's department store from the bottom of Copperas Hill.

The rear of India Buildings as viewed from Brunswick Street. Next, looking up James Street from the Strand. The railway station has been obliterated.

Harrington Street from West to East followed by a view of bomb Damage to the overhead railway at Wapping.

Scotland Road takes a direct hit as Churchill salutes the dockers during his visit to the city.

Gt Homer Street - 1895

A lady and girls sell fruit outside 'The Cow' butter stores and a carter can be seen afront the Cocoa Rooms which were set up by the Temperance Society as an alternative to the ruins of alcohol.

The new 1930s township of Norris Green showing Lewisham Road.

Aigburth Road at the Vale shows it to be a lot more traffic free than it is now, notice the tramlines down one of Brodie's central reservations.

Nos 155-159 Great Howard Street at its junction with Saltney Street showing what is now the Stanley Dock Sunday Heritage market.

A 1942 view of Holborn Street off Low Hill with its Air Raid shelter in situ.

County Road at the Black Horse pub/Walton Church stretch.

Caird Street, looking up towards Mill Road. The occupants of many of the future Silver Cross perambulators may have started life at the Maternity Hospital there.

Regent Road, generally known as the Dock Road, undergoing resurfacing near the Huskisson No2 Branch dock on 17th April 1909.

An aerial view of the North Docks goods depot on Great Howard Street in 1913.

Ash Pits to the rear of Nursery Street taken from the window of No.43 in 1908. This shows the crammed nature of the old back yards to allow space for the lavatory too.

Burst Water Mains, Prescot Road Date 13/11/1907 Description A photograph of Prescot Road where a water main has burst. The lamp post is crooked and is being held up by a plank of wood that has been wedged against it. Men are working to repair the burst main and a number of people are standing around watching. The road running along side Prescot Road and joining it is Green Lane, and on Green Lane there is a shop, C. E. Bartlett, stationer and tobaconist, and next door to that there is a public house and hotel, called Green Lane Hotel.

Entrance Gates, Lisburn Lane (now Muirhead Avenue) Date 30/03/1921 Description A photograph of the entrance gates and lodge of a large estate off Lisburn Lane called Lark Hill. Part of the estate was purchased by Liverpool Corporation for the construction of the West Derby section of Queens Drive. The line of the avenue was chosen as the route for Muirhead Avenue which connected West Derby Road with Queens Drive. The gates and lodge were demolished shortly after the photograph was taken when work began on the new road.

A close up of Green Lane tram sheds as seen in the photo above. These are actually on Prescot Road.

Eastbourne Street from Plumpton Street in a dull October 1932.

Breck Road looking down from Esmond Street towards Cabbage Hall in 1937.

Dale Street: The first scene is taken in 1928 from what was then the junction at Hatton Garden with Manchester Street prior to the building of the Queensway Tunnel. The other 3 photos are from 1930 showing road repairs, the first, looking East past what is now the Magistrates courts. The other two show a view across Dale Street, looking down Preston Street.

Edwardian splendour. Taken in the early 1900s, familiar views with their original street furniture which contained ornamental pillars, lighting standards and public conveniences.

Upper Parliament Street in 1900 and looking up Washington Street from Gt. George Street in November 1934 towards the Anglican Cathedral.

Grove Street looking North from Oxford Street in 1938 and right, the Pier Head tram negotiates the Grove Street/Oxford Street junction a decade earlier in October 1928.

Walton Road looking North from Royal Street. NEMS, North End Music Stores can be seen on the right. Owned by the Epstein family, their shop in Whitechapel would later be managed by Brian who would sign the Beatles.

Walton Breck Road seen here just past Liverpool's football ground at its junction with Oakfield Road in May 1927. The Anfield Weslayan Methodist Chapel has sadly been gone a long time, a petrol station now standing in its place.

Nos 2-6 Back Mason Street in 1934.

Grantham Street rears in 1924.

Low Hill street washing in 1903 courtesy of the Liverpool corporation cleansing department. Resurfacing by way of a steam roller taking place in Boaler Street in 1897.

Aigburth Road at the Serpentine on a wet day in 1934 and yet somewhat clearer some 26 years earlier in 1908. On the right, middle are the premises of Thomas S. Wokes, Chemist.

Jericho Lane with Jericho farm on the left in 1929. Aigburth Road at Grassendale Road as captured by Pinnington around 1906.

Aigburth Road and its junction with the Vale in 1927.

Moss Street in 1904 recording the site of an alleged Hawksworth accident. P51 Mustang planes wih their wingtips removed for easy transportation are seen being hauled up Upper Parliament Street en route to Speke Airport in 1944 to play their part in the 1944 D Day landings. The intersection shown is that with St. James Place (left) and Great George Street (right)

Mere Lane in 1902 and Edge Lane a decade later.

Rice Lane Walton showing Millar's garage in 1930. An advertisement for Blackpool illuminations is chalked onto the wall. Rice Lane library is seen next with Everad Street running down its side, this was taken in 1929.

The Queens Drive, Walton junction with County Road and Rice Lane as pictured in 1909, a lot more serene than it is these days.

The next picture shows the TB clinic at 365 Park Road, Dingle in 1925. It was formed in 1912 and opened a year later, operating until the outbreak of WWII.

Knotty Ash brewery and the Knotty Ash pub, East prescot Road in May 1904.

Bedford Road looking past the Bedford Cinema, here called Bedford Hall circa 1919. St. Mary's Church, Walton on the hill sits proudly still at the top of the street at the Northern most end of County Road.

Construction of new major thoroughfares in August 1931. Firstly Gateacre Drive and then Childwall Valley Road as it cuts through farmland heading out towards Netherley.

Townsend Avenue at Norris Green whilst under construction on 30.6.1928.

Hartleys preserves factory on Long Lane, Fazakerley in 1928.

Mann Island tram rail laying on 18.2.1903. Ships stores and chandlers works are seen lining the street.

Upper Duke Street splendour on 10th May 1929.

Selwyn Street tram rail laying in 1909.

Robson Street in April 1939, a few months before war was declared. Businesses on the street include Sid's, Gents hairdressers, Mr's Elizabth Hargreaves dairy, Conrad Hawker - a boot repairer and R.T. Snape, furniture dealers. The shop next to the hairdressers is available for let. Bicycles are leaning on the walls of two of the shops.

Hawthorne Road in 1903 showing the Liverpool/Bootle boundary between Rosalind Street and Olivia Street. Businesses here include C. McCormick's grocers on the corner of Rosalind Street and Miss Jones's dressmakers and confectionery to the right, 'Fry's pure chocolate' being advertised on its window behind the three boys. Two ladies are in conversation outside the Post Office on the corner of Olivia Street, the road is cobbled.

South Hunter Street as seen in the early 1900s from Maryland Street. It was demolished in 1912 but a 1966 view of the street can be seen on the post war pics page. The area is now taken over by the University buildings.

Cable Street showing refuse on the street on 6th May 1905. Premises on the right consist of the Mersey Stationery Co. and further up, Gibson's dairy. This area would be bombed heavily during WWII.

Blackburn Assurance Buildings under construction in the early 1930s. The first pic shows a mechanical digger/grabber situated on Trueman Street with the Threlfalls brewery as the backdrop (for more Threlfalls brewery pics see the 'Streets ahead' page). The 2nd pic shows rivetters on the steel framework. The next two views are from Dale Street showing the advertising hoardings, steelwork and the almost finished art deco flamboyance of the building which featured ornamental pots and a dome. Photographs showing the Queensway tunnel opening in 1934 show this building very nearly completed.

London Road barrows on the stretch towards Moss Street. London road again, showing riot damage and hence boarded up shops during the unrest of 1911.

1) Bayhorse Lane rears, London Road in 1936. 2) Standish Street, Liverpool 3. Three storey terraced houses line the street with a semi demolished wall midway along. Flyposters are pasted onto the remains of the wall, the property immediately to its right is a chandlers shop which no doubt served the area well. This was taken on 16th April 1935.

Princes Road in 1921 showing an air of grace. Princes Road where it meets Princes Avenue in 1928. The Avenue takes traffic Southbound, the Road takes traffic Northbound.

The Wellington Column area from the roof of St. Georges Hall as captured in 1928. Commutation Row is facing and Islington runs East. The old warehouses of Back Commutation Row and Camden Street can be seen as we leave the splendour of William Brown Street.

Just 100 yards to the rear of the magnificent Museum and Walker Art Gallery were little hovels like this which ran between Circus Street and Kilin Street (my mam was married from No.10 Kilin Street in 1947) This picture shows a welding shop, entrance 1 and 2 is written above the garage doors and a Rover car, registration number XF-6476 is parked in the yard.

Soho Street on 25th October 1955 was part of what was called the Springfield clearance area. The new age tenements can just be seen popping up on the extreme right as the old makes way for the new.

Right: Birkett Street three storey courts 3 and 4. As if it wasn't dull enough down this narrow passageway, the ground floor windows have shutters.

Old property on Great Crosshall Street at Hatton Garden as seen on 21st December 1938. The premises of J. Mathews and Co. Ltd, varnish, paints and colours dealers is on the junction. Shops on the main street consist of James Blackledgers and sons Ltd, bakers and White's fish and chip shop. Also shown here is Miss May Sudlow confectioners. The second photograph records the rears of these properties.

No.12 Court - Great Crosshall Street showing the front of houses 1-6 and the rear of houses 11-15. Taken on 16th April 1935, it shows the unsanitary conditions lived in with a single water supply and a mangle.

The yards to the rear of of 1-7 Great Crosshall Street were captured on the same day. Both photographs carry the embosed mark of the Liverpool Corporation survey dept.

Great Richmond Street on 5th Feb 1935. First showing No.65 and then the rears of Nos. 47-57.

Left: No.8 Court Great Richmond Street and top: Thistle Terrace on Rose Place. Recorded on 5th of February as insanitary areas (as a lot were in this area on this day) The local and glum looking residents of Rose Place came out for the occassion. These poor families were unlikely to have a camera amongst their possessions.

Some stylish property here though, some reminiscent of what's still on show in parts of the South end of the city centre. Here we see 99-105 Rose Place, No. 105 being on the corner of Fox Street and is occupied by William Washingtons, a butcher. The fancy looking shop on the corner of Fox Street and Bute Street is Blackledges bakery. The second picture captures No. 14 Court on Rose Place. Both taken on 5/2/1935.

46-74 Johnson Street as seen on 16th April 1935 during a purge on delapidated property by the Liverpool Corporation. Johnson Street still exists, runnung from Great Crosshall Street to Dale Street, but no residences exist there anymore.

Rose Hill old chapel is seen next on the corner of Comus Street on 24/6/1930. Now operating as the Rose leather works at Nos 20-22 Rose Place, an ornate Walker's Warrington Ales lamp is attached to the Brewer's Arms public house on the opposite corner of the street. This area is now a far cry from what was with neat modern housing.

Nos. 3-7 Lawrence street captured on 5/2/1935. No.3 is Mrs O'Donnell's grocery stores, the buildings to the right are boarded up awaiting demolition which came soon as they are not listed in the Kelly's street directory later in the same year. Court dwellings are just visible to the right, again the local residents take great delight in seeing a cameraman about.

Juvenal Place off Juvenal Street showing Nos. 33 and 35 were photographed on the same day.

A little further back in time, July 1909 to be exact and the purpose of these two photographs was to record tarmac laying. First we see Troughton Street and then Woodville Terrace. Woodville Dairy, R. Swinbank, Cowkeeper, reads the sign nearest to us in Woodville Terrace.

Both of these photographs were taken on the same day to record the very similar occurance of the conversion of a house to a corner shop. The first shows the corner of Fitzgerald Road with Ravenswood Road in Old Swan, the second is at Russian Drive, a little further along Green Lane. Taken on 24th April 1936, a few years later with war rations in place, these would have become the mainstay of the local community. In the decades followng the war, it was common for corner shops likes these provide 'tick' for their locals whereby the slate that had been run up would be paid off on the breadwinner's pay day.

If the above two photographs taken in Old Swan wasn't enough to provide you with an insight of the 'posher' suburbs, then take a look at Maddox Street which was ran off the West side Scotland Road in the inner city. Captured here on 16 April 1935 is No.3 Court Maddox Street which ran alongside the original St. Martin's market. You will see how long suffering residents would white wash the yard walls to reflect a bit of extra light into the dingy passageways which were shrouded in the shadows of tall chimney stacks and the windowless gable ends of adjacent properties. A lone water supply would service all of the houses in the court but at least these were afforded a gutter and some drains which were no doubt an improvement made along the way. A single gas lamp lights the court and I can bet it was a creepy errie place during the pea soup fogs and smogs of the day, with coal fires being the norm. An ash bin is located on the yard wall and just below the lamp, the metal sign plate of Court No.3 is seen. The last pic is a close up of the entry which lies up the side of the whitewashed wall on pic 2, it shows how narrow it is and how the walls are braced with wood. A man stands at the end of the passageway and the court nameplate is seen a bit more clearly.

Hacketts Place and Hodson Street were joined, Hodson Street being the little street which straddled the Waterloo tunnel cutting at Byrom Street and was still present amongst the Fontenoy Gardens tenement development much later. The left photo is from 24.3.1911, the right, showing Nos. 10-14 Hodson street is from 16.4.1935.

Clayton Street on 9th March 1927. This ran directly behind the Technical college, Museum and Walker Art gallery which shows the poverty which lay behind the splendour of William Brown Street. The man on the right is standing in front of the College railings, the cobbled road looks well worn even for that old year.

Atkinson Street with its fine portico'd doorways ran between Birkett Street and Mansfield Street before you get to Soho Street. Viewed here on 27th February 1928, it was demolished to make way for the Birkett Street tenements of the 1930s.

Photographs taken in June 1934 to record the extensive clearance of the Queen Anne Street area to allow for the building of the tenement blocks that fronted onto Soho Street and would become known locally as the 'Four Squares'.

The new replaces the old. This pic was taken from the yard showing the outside toilets the people had to suffer during harsh winter nights. This would continue for many up until as late as the 1970s. To see photos of the new flats that replaced these, go to the 'other tenements' page.

These rooftops are the rear of Torbock Street (left) and Back Queen Anne Street (right) looking East. They were taken in February 1937 by the city Engineers department to record their demolition and to allow the continued building of the four squares tenement development. These were actually taken from the landings of the new blocks that were built first.

Gomer Street - 1927. This too was the Soho Street area pre tenement flats.

Fairy Street, looking East on 5th May 1927.

Ah ain't life grim lad?

A different view of that seen earlier on the page of a westerly outlook from Upper Frederick Street along to No.1 Prince Albert Cottages which were anything but showing properties to the rear of James Street.

Next is the rear yard of 29 Gerard Street, Liverpool 3.

But hey, life ain't all bad. Bootle Village which is the junction of Merton Road and Litherland Road seen here in 1906.

Fazakerley Hall Estate shops in July 1935 are brand spanking new.

No7 Court, Lawrence Street, L3. The court is named Woodward Square which is written on the curved wall near the kids and Horatio Street is visible in the middle distance.

Next is a wider view of Lawrence Street showing Nos. 21-1 from left to right which are four storey including a cellar and will be seperate residences. The women are standing where the kids were on the previous photo.

Overlooking No.3 Court, Lawrence Street on 5th Feb 1935 as were the photos above. This view is looking towards Horatio Street. This whole area would be cleared and partly used for Lawrence Gardens tenement blocks.

Horatio Street pictured on the same day showing numbers 22-2 from left to right.

41-45 Hankin Street on 13th March 1943 which was part of the Athol Street cpo area under proposed demolition. Next up shows 18-26 Great Richmond Street in 1926.

Hardly fit for a dog to live in even though there are two here in this Hopwood Street court off Scotland Road pictured in 1926. Cherry Blossom boot polish gets some advertising space in this grim area.

Hopwood Street can be seen in the shadows of its facing terraces here. The court shown previously with the boot polish advert can be seen further down the street, each gap along the way accommodating a squalid court. The new housing built in the 1930s can be seen further up this page.

Left is Rankin St, Dingle in 1927. New tenement flats would replace these pretty soon.

Right is Surrey Street showing the Pitt Street/Kent Square redevelopment area.

St Domingo Road from Everton Valley on 29th April 1905. The Valley Hotel public house is on the right, opposite is Saunders & Earl mineral water manufacturers. Cobbs Quarry refuse destructor can be seen behind the houses that ascend the street and tramlines intersect the cobbles as overhead power cables intersect the sky above.

The next view taken on the same day shows the advertising hoardings that surround Cobbs quarry.

St Andrews Street from Brownlow Hill on 31/5/1910 and also on the same day, Trowbridge Street.

Some 15 years later and the city engineers cameraman returns to capture the last throes of the area before demolition which will make way for the St. Andrews Gardens 'Bullring' tenement development. It's the 8th December 1925 as we see one part of St. Andrews Street still cobbled as children pose for the camera. Another part of the street shows cellar property.

Although on the face of it the main street frontages of St. Andrews Street may have looked looked fine, the intermittent gaps hid what lay behind. No.20 Court seen left and No.6 Court on the right were squalid and dreary with only the whitewashed walls reflecting what little light entered. I doubt those shutters were ever needed much.

Carts line up outside the old abbotoir in Trowbridge Street. It was along here that bulls would be walked to face their death, beaten with a stick to keep them in line. Many animal hides stores were situated in this area off Copperas Hill, the Bullring housing of the 1930s would derive its shape and nickname from its origins. The grim cell like windows backing onto this old property in St. Andrews Street would give you nightmares.

Prison Weint was an incline near the bottom of Water Street that led up past Tower Buildings to St. Nicholas's church gardens. Here are two views on 25th October 1906, one with a crowd and the other without.

The Ritz Roller Rink on the left and a Daimler dealership called West Coast Motors stood just to the left of the Women's hospital on Catharine Street, Liverpool 8 in this scene captured on 17th June 1937.

Derby Road on 11th November 1903 clearly defines the boundary between Liverpool and the township of Bootle.

A busy Victoria Street in 1936 and what one might literally call the paper kiosk in Williamson Square.

The Goree Piazzas were two magnificent blocks of warehouses, originally built in 1793 but rebuilt in 1802 after a fire. They seperated Goree (on the West or river side of the blocks from Back Goree, later renamed the Strand) The name Goree was taken from a bare rock off Cape Verde where slaves were kept prior to shipment to the plantations of the Americas. The 1913 view above left shows the demolition of some warehouses on the corner of back goree and Water street . The Liverpool Arms public house is behind the tram and displays the signage 'Threlfalls Liverpool and Salford Ales'. The scene here is busy with many carters plying their trade of collecting and delivering goods to and from the dock on their flatbed trailers. The Goree piazzas were themselves demolished in 1957 around the same time as the dismantling of the Liverpool overhead railway. The second photograph shows the junction of Chapel Street with New Quay just a little further North to the previous picture. The Princes public house takes up the corner of the block which is now occupied by the Atlantic Tower Hotel and the next but one premises with the large square sign board near to its roof line is pre 1860s and is also a pub called the 'British Queen' These two pubs were demolished in 1930 but the large warehouses on the left of the picture in fact survived until the early 1970s and a colour photograph taken by Peter Leeson can be found on the 'building for the past' page of this site. Photographs courtesy of the LRO. Information courtesy of Freddy O'Connor.

The top two photographs were taken on 5th May 1933 by the city engineers department to record the strengthening and widening of the bridge at Walton Vale to allow more road traffic. The Black Bull public House can be seen on the right with a bus outside as a city gent takes his dog for a walk.

The photo left is a wet, bleak and desolate looking Ormskirk Road, Aintree. It looks as though the motorcycle rider might just have filled up with Shell from the pump as the sign says. Photo taken 7.10.1928.

Rathbone Street ran North to South in front of the Anglican Cathedral on a parallel with Great George Street which is still there. Starting at the Royal Telephone exchange on Upper Duke Street it ran to the David Lewis Theatre at Upper Parliament Street. New(ish) housing now covers this area but back in the early 1900s the area was laden with terraces which fronted the main street but through the narrow gaps at regular intervals, hid the dingy slum courts behind. The photograph top left shows Rathbone Street on 13th January 1920 and on the same day, the photo right shows the state of the outdoor lavatories. The pic top right taken in 1913 is of one of the courts which were all named, this one being No.2 Court - Mount View which sounds a lot better than it looks.

Two from the Stewart Bale collection. Looking up Brownlow Hill from the Adelphi Hotel in 1931. And, in the same year, the demolition of the workhouse at the top of the hill is underway to allow for the building of the Lutyens metropolitan Cathedral, of which only the crypt was ever finished.

Two more from the same collection. Church Street and Church Alley is blitzed during 1941, Bluecoat Chambers can be seen in the distance on the right. The second scene at the Old Haymarket entrance to the new Queensway tunnel shows traffic experiments in 1932.

Clare St in 1927. This ran from Islington to Holly Street and even by when photographed here by the City Engineers Department, was showing signs of wear and tear. The Iron Duke public house can be seen on the 2nd pic. This stood at the foot of Hunter Street at its junction with Byrom Street. WWI is under way here in 1916 so the ladies left at home are doing their part as road sweepers. Sadly, many of the men were never to come home.

Cartwright Place in 1926. The cobbles gave the horses hooves some grip, the setts either side of these were placed in the opposite direction which made it easier for the carts wheels. Gerard Street is seen next at its junction with Bennett Street in 1927. That's an ice cream van pulling away from the premises of Santangelli's ice cream parlour on the corner.

Church Street in 1893 as a public event unfolds. Around the same time, barefoot street urchins are given free food and drink at the Lee Jones League of Welldoers on Limekiln Lane which is no doubt where this young chap has been. This is taken on nearby Titchfield Street with first, Raymond Street and then in the distance, houses fronting onto Silvester Street.

Refuse collection 1900 and 1933 style respectively. First we see Highfield Street off Tithebarn Street, that's the Wedding House pub on the corner of Pownall Square, Downing's tea rooms are the premises nearer the camera. Next is Kempston Street when it was lined with residential housing.

Hill's Place, Woolton in 1934 and some 37 years earlier, Boundary Terrace is just thawing of snow here on 28th January 1897. Emily Place is off to the right, notice the sign says 'Cheap cottages to let, Keys at No.6. R.A. Bellwood & Co.South John Street'

Waterhouse Street in 1930 with hardly a spare space for advertising on this corner shop. Greenside in 1935 with a corner shop advertising Brasso Polish, Fairy Soap and H.P. Sauce.

Roscoe Lane in 1929 complete with the local youths and a Leyland Truck. Mount Vernon View looks real grim and even more usually enclosed than most courts. Again, the locals pose for the camera, taken in 1935.

Islington in 1905 showing the local fruit & Veg shop, the confectioners at No.59 and the perambulator shop. The second pic is taken on the junction of Mill Street and Park Street in 1925.

A busy South Castle Street at the Queen Vic monument and a scene at the south end of the Goree Piazzas in 1919 showing the White Star Line HQ at Albion House at the foot of James Street from where news of the sinking of the Titanic was relayed to the masses assembled below 7 years earlier.

Paddington in 1936. This was the continuation of Brownlow Hill in an easterly direction out of town and was abolished for the building of Paddington Comprehensive School which is now Archbishop Blanche. The second shot is of looking across Browside at the top of Everton Brow in 1927 from the high ground behind the lock up known locally as Prince Rupert's castle.

Norris Green's Boot Estate when under construction and newly opened, also showing the shops. With thanks to Vinny Timmings who recorded these in a booklet.

Gerard Street again, but this time seen from Bennett Street, lower down. Santangeli's ice cream parlour on the corner where the lady is standing in the doorway was formerly the Duck House pub. Gladstone dock is also seen under construction in 1927. To get some idea of its depth, just look at those workers standing on the top left hand corner of the grey sheds and look at those trains taking away the rubble.

Earlier on the page, we saw crowds of kids standing outside the house of John Sutcliffe who had been killed during the General Strike of 1911 when batons were drawn and two men were shot dead. X marks the spot here on Vauxhall Road where it happened. This is at its junction with Hopwood Street (now Gem Street at this part after a former local cinema in nearby Vescock Street), the pub is the Jamaica which still stands but empty. It was known locally as the Rat.

The Bull Inn shown next stands on the corner of Great Howard Street and Dublin Street and is shown here around 1914. It's still trading but stands in isolation as the dock workers houses on Dublin Street have been replaced by 1960s warehouses and units.

The ornate Derby Arms at the bottom of Everton Valley had carved, glazed pillars on its frontage. The lyric super cinema can be seen behind. A road improvement scheme saw to their demise. Next we see courts 5,7, and 9 of Eldon Street in 1912.Finally, Chorley Chambers in 1932 which stood at the junction of Dale Street and Fontenoy St.

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Tichbourne Terrace off Brunswick Road ran from the arched entrance of the City of London public house. The narrow terrace was cleared in the 1960s, this photograph being from 1935.

Wilmott Terrace off Wilmott Street, Everton can be seen here also in the 1930s.

St. Johns gardens in 1914 showing St. Johns House on St. Johns Lane when it had neighbours, Dr Duncans pub is now housed in the part of the building where the three arches are shown here. The Old Haymarket still has commercial properties which would be bulldozed just over a decade later to allow for the building of the Queensway road tunnel under the Mersey. Note the industrial chimneys.

Mann Island pre Crosville bus days when horse drawn trams were the order of the day. The steeple of St. Georges church can be seen at the top of James Stret on the site of the old Liverpool castle. A few years later, that too would be demolished and after the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, a monument would be built there in her commemoration and it still stands there today.

Arkles Lane in 1908 showing just how much of Stanley Park was sacrificed when making Arkles into a dual carriageway over a decade later.

The Liverpool/Bootle boundary line on Brasenose Road in 1903. How did those corpy workmen get those white lines over the rooftop like that?

Grafton Street at its junction with Park Street on the 2nd May 1941 showing the damage caused to the local air raid shelter during luftwaffe raids.

It's the day after new years day 1941 on Clarence Street but no celebrating letting in the new on this occassion as residents return from shelters to find their homes decimated.

Taken on 30th October 1934 on all hallows eve, or the day before Halloween to you and me, and what a grim and spooky looking court this is at Victoria Terrace off Upper Frederick Street. The recent weather it's suffered as done nothing to enhance the photograph either.

It's the 27th August 1941 and with the May Blitz still fresh in the memory, an air raid shelter is seen here situated in Back Reading Street, Kirkdale.

The elaborate arched bridge that carried the continuation of Brunswick Street from the Strand to the waterfront. In contrast, the bridge further North at Water Street was a plain structure. Either side of these bridges is Georges Dock which was infilled for the building of what we now call the three graces. This view on 22nd October 1902 takes in St. Nicholas's church known as the sailors church, the old tower buildings and the Pier Head station on the Liverpool overhead railway.

Taken from the Municipal Buildings tower on 7th August 1913. This view takes in the cultural quarter long before it was given this splediferous title by recent local politicians. In the left foreground are the buildings that made up the triangular area of land cleared for the building of the Queensway tunnel in the late 1920s

Rose Lane at the brew over Mossley Hill railway station as seen on 13th March 1935. Next is Carmel Street off Afgan Street on 10th August 1902.

It's the 25th July 1930 as we look up Great Charlotte Street from Roe Street. On the left is the Royal Court Theatre, on the right, the old St. Johns market. This street disappeared when it was built across with the new St. Johns precinct and the detailed side elevation of the Theatre was obscured, though it can still be seen as you enter the back part of the precinct. If you stand there and look straight ahead, you would have seen its continuation, Charlotte Street with Blacklers on the left and The Blob/Yates on the right. Behind the photographer, Gt Charlotte street continued down towards Whitechapel and Queens Square. The next photo shows Dale Street on 15th May 1929, this end being facing the Excelsior public house and subsequently demolished for the building of the Queensway tunnel shortly after this was taken.

Beau Lane, first showing Nos 1-7 then 8-12. Taken on a murky February day. It's not hard to see why residents whitewashed where they could reach to reflect a bit of much needed sunlight into their dingy court.

Hygeia Street off West Derby Road and Georges Terrace - both taken on 16th April 1935 to record the living conditions.

Looking across London Road from Gildart Street into Anson Street on 26.5.39. Riding Street can be seen leading off Anson Street and the scene is busy with trucks, cars and a street cleaners handcart. Blackledges bakery is on the extreme left corner, opposite is the National Provincial bank. Next is Breck Road on 9th December 1935 from Esmond Street looking South West. Finally, Back Roscommon Street - 28.6.34.

Eldon St, looking Westwards from Limekiln Lane towards Vauxhall Road on 17.2.1910.

Egypt Street showing Nos. 2 & 4 on 18.7.1928.

Woolton Street

Church Road during the decades

Church Road including its air raid shelters during WWII

The Cross at Woolton Village

Woolton stagecoach to Wavertree. The terminus in 1937. The Elephant Hotel.

The old chapel from opposite angles captured on the 8th February 1924 followed by a view across the rooftops of Woolton. The old school at School Lane is next.

L: Church Road South. M: Kings Drive. R: Vale Road in 1925.

Water Street showing the shops beneath Drury Buildings in 1930. A gloomy rainy day near St. Georges plateau, Lime Street in the first decade of the 20th Century.

Before the great expansion plans into the suburbs to cater for a population living in overcrowded unsanitary conditions, the likes of Speke and Norris Green were largely untouched farmland and fields. Here at Muirhead Avenue, Larkhill House was sacrificed as the building spread Eastwards. Seen first in 1921, just 4 years later, art deco flats adorned the wide tree lined boulevard which still exist there today.

Speke Road, Garston in 1921 and 1928 respectively showing roadworks and tarmac laying to feed the new industrial and residential region some miles into the South of the city. Bryant & May match factory which began life in Litherland can be seen. The factory is now converted to apartments appropriately called the matchworks.

Speke Village cottages in 1938 and Window Lane in Garston.

Great inroads being made. Queens Drive housing at its Wavertree section in 1911. Queens Drive subway in 1915 and then showing the cutting under the railway at Mossley Hill. Woolton Quarry ends this quartet of photos.

A neat and clean looking Farnworth Street which runs between West Derby Road and Kensington. Penny Lane is next recorded in 1936 to show house conversions.

Liverpool City Mission in attendance at Aintree Races outside the Sefton Arms Hotel. Next we see ash bin emptying down a back jigger in 1900.

An air raid shelter in Lower Lane in 1939 and a view along Groes Road, Garston in 1911.

Silvernia Stores and pet shop cum kennels at Broadgreen Road in 1934.

A Romany caravan takes up residence on wasteland off Pighue Lane in 1929.

Scenes around the Childwall fiveways area including recent damage to the road caused by wartime tanks.

Aberdale Road in 1935 and Cromarty Road, Old Swan in 1924.

Lark Hill Lane in 1927 showing the Farmers Arms behind. Swill boilers in the Corporation yard are seen next in 1910.

A 1906 view of Green Lane, Old Swan.

Hockenhall Alley which runs off the North side of Dale Street between Cheapside and Vernon Street and still exists but largely of unused buildings including at least one of which is listed. Seen here in 1933 when it was a residential area, a 1966 shot of it is on the post war b&w pics page.

Lyon Street and Prospect Street were both to be found just off Prescot Street, in fact part of Prospect Street still exists. Pics with thanks to Johnny Blue.

Coal tipping at the Macfie Sugar refinery Tithebarn Street on 3rd May 1918. Exchange Station can be seen opposite.

Gypsy caravans parked on wasteland at Empress Road in 1927 can be seen next.

Windows are smashed at the Shakespeare public house on Christian Street, Liverpool 3 during the police strike of 1911, an action which resulted in large scale disruption and rowdiness.

A city engineers photograph recording Broadway, Norris Green at the junction of Utting Avenue East, taken 9/8/1939.

Brydges Street off Mason Street in 1930 and No.6 Court, Baptist Street in 1927 showing dank areas of deprivation. Notice the cellar property whitewashed to give it some extra verve and how many council claims would be put in today if your gutter had swilled away the ground making it dangerous for your kids.

A barefoot street urchin mingles with the traders off Market Street in Liverpool city centre as next we see the premises of Owen & Campbell marine stores in Athol Street in 1890. Look at the difference in the dress sense between those wealthy enough to look at the wares on sale and the chap who has just come out of the adjoining court. Look also how even for that year, the steps of the residence are well worn.

Royal Street in 1937 sees a RAF plane crash. The authorities survey the damage from all angles as hoardes of onlookers gather. Four years later it would be bomb damage caused by the German planes instead.

The open air baths in Mansfield Street were situated behind a fine Georgian Terrace that fronted St. Anne Street and once housed a school and judges lodgings when the area was also home to a bowling green.

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