Liverpool, Merseyside

My time in Liverpool

My memory of Liverpool was living in number 12 Kensington Rd near the corner of Hall Lane where the post office was. My parents' landlady was Mrs Elizabeth Smith, I think she was Tommy Smith's mother? I remember my father taking me & my sister to St John's Gardens on weekends and to Otterspool until a tragic accident involving a young... [more]

University

I have fond memories of living in Liverpool. I lived behind Hope Street and paced the pavement of Bold Street most days. This is a wonderful picture for me.

edinburgh street liverpool 5

I was born in 101 Edinburgh Street in 1943, my parents were Norman and Ellen Harris, i was christened in St Georges Everton, i have fond memorys of Netherfield Road my My Uncle Alec Harris ran the Protestant Reformers in China Street which moved Location to Rose Vale, the people are the salt of the earth.

Blacklers Office

My first job after leaving Our Lady of Mount Carmel school was in the accounts office of the well known Blacklers Department Store. The office only was located in Bold Street during 1953. The office staff relocated to the main store during 1953/54. I worked with a friend called Margaret Langshaw. We both left to work at Littlewoods Pools in Edge... [more]

SS Majestic 1890

On 25 June 1890 my grandmother, Emma L Hasell, 24 years old, left her life as a household servant and sailed on the Majestic for New York where she joined her fiance, William Henry Pickering, formerly of Silverdale and Tunbridge Wells. She stayed in the YWCA until she found work. They married in November 1891.

to a new life

My greatgrandfather Patrick Matthews, his second wife Mary Ann (Smith) together with their daughter Rose sailed on the maiden voyage of the Majestic to New York in April 1890. Patrick was from Cootehill, CountyCavan, Ireland. In 2005 I found his descendants living in Florida. My husband and I flew to America for a holiday and met our new cousins.... [more]

Mum's House in Lamb Street

My mum lived in Lamb Street, the bottom half, she lived with her mother Harriet Prescott, sister Gertie and brother Billy. When Mum was born she was given the same name as her mother. They were bombed out of Lamb Street during the war, there do not seem to be any photos in books on the website of Lamb Street. Mum... [more]

part of my heritage

this is where my great-grandparents Thomas Hugh Roberts and Annie Corcoran married in 1903. I have their marriage certificate which has a drawing of the church on the top.
he was sadly killed in an accident at Waterloo Goods Station in 1912.

there used to be a cross in the pavement outside HMV commemorating the church. I hope it's put... [more]

Liverpool and Merseyside Photographic Memories

It was planned that around St George's Hall there would be unbuilt areas so as to show off the Hall, the grandest of the civic buildings. At the back is St John's Gardens, and in front is the open area of St George's Plateau. At the time of our photograph, it contained the equestrian statues of Prince Albert (1866) and Queen... [more]

Liverpool and Merseyside Photographic Memories

We see George's Dock from Mann Island. We can just see St Nicholas' Church and the Tower Building at the very far end. George's Dock was built out from the original shore-line and opened in 1771. At the time it was Liverpool's largest dock covering 26,793 square yards; it could hold, as we can see, a considerable amount of shipping. The... [more]

Victorian and Edwardian Maritime Album

Construction of St George's Dock was authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1761. The town's third dock, it extended from the corner of St Nicholas Churchyard to Moor Street; the land was provided by the Corporation. The decision to build St George's was one of necessity, as the Old Dock, prone to silting, had to be closed on occasion for dredging, while the Salthouse... [more]