Birkenhead & The River Streets
One of the most deprived areas in the country, the River Streets in the Birkenhead Docklands...
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Tees Street and the surrounding area was once the subject of a Granada documentary highlighting the mass unemployment that had become synonymous with Birkenhead.
Tees Street Isn't Working - YouTube
When the programme was made in the eighties, Tees Street had only one resident with a job. The rest were - and in many cases continue to be - unemployed...
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Below, one house remains in Ilchester Road. The occupant has been fighting to save his home from demolition.
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Vast numbers of houses in the area have already been knocked down.
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In the past many local residents were employed by factories and ship-building companies, such as Cammell Laird. Today, the work simply isn't there. The River Streets are still 'not working'.
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Here we see one of the local pubs - the New Dock - which, along with the adjoining tenement block, now awaits demolition.
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A number of other Birkenhead pubs have also closed in recent times...
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More photos soon...