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]

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]