That made me laugh, just had my new glasses and when i first looked at the picture i too thought they were planes !
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Excellent photo's GD. Very good. :handclap:
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Church Street taken by me Xmas time 1958 which I have posted before,then this week 2011 from the other side of the street.
Church st looks fab in the old pic. It looks quite elegant in black & white. :)
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Castle Street in the rain
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And looking the other way
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Dale Street in the rain
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Exchange Flags in the rain
Great Photo's Joe! The City is looking really good!:PDT11
Hey Joe
It's amazing that when you walk behind the Town Hall the world becomes all black and white.... lol
Fine work as ever, Joe. Enjoyed.
Cheers
Chris :PDT_Aliboronz_24:
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Queen Avenue off Castle St
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Towards Castle St from Dale St
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Queen building on Dale St
Just walking in the rain
Cracking pics, I notice Sefton and Derby House in Exchange flags have been renamed too. I wonder why?
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Looking at some of my old Xmas pics and realised how much better Church St looked in 2008 without the sheds and stalls, This year there is not much colour in the lights and I don`t remember any nativity scenes in the lights.It mustn`t be P C
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Garswood Street ,Dingle
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Elswick Street, Dingle
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Drycott Street, Dingle
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Charlecote Street, Dingle
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Althorp Street, Dingle
Some old streets in Dingle, Elswick is the street that appeared in the opening clip of the T V show "Bread"
Excellent views, Joe. I love those sloping streets and the view of the Mersey in the distance. :handclap:
Cheers
Chris :PDT_Aliboronz_24:
Great those Joe. My wife's nan lived in Netherby street, another of those, in fact her dad was born there. They're pretty steep, you need a good handbrake and you can hear the trains rumbling underneath the house. Great view over the river from the bottom though.
I remember they area very well! Drove taxis for Bob Mitcheals from South Hill Road, way back in the late 50s!!! Got a lot of work getting merchant seamen back to their ships, or the Seamans Home, from the many pubs in Park Rd and Mill st :PDT_Xtremez_12:
My aunt and uncle lived in South Hill Rd for many years,their house was right at the bottom end of the road with a garden and funnily enough their son Raymond Unsworth was in the merchant navy with Blue Funnel Line perhaps he got in the back of your cab at one time! He brought great presents home from his many trips visiting that little house down the 'south end" as my mother used to call it was a real treat.
Quite possible Doris! Bob Mitcheals operated from his home situated about midway down Sth Hill rd.
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2008 mural on Park Hill Road
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2008 mural on Park Hill Road
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Garden of remembrance on Mill St
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Garden of Remembrance on Mill St
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The "Florrie" restoration coming along well
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Side view of the "Florrie"
Who would have thought grass would surround the Florence Institute, we could have a thread on the greening of Liverpool. I know it takes time to get these restoration projects underway but a bit off grass does soften the often desolate feel while the work goes on.
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Loved that Queens Avenue photo what is Leather Lane looking like these days?
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Corn Street,L8
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Yates Street L8 St Gabriel`s Church on the right
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The Park Palace on the corner of Mill and Park Streets. Built in 1893 as a music hall,went on to be a cinema,engineering works and even a chemist shop.
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Park Road Centre for sports on Steble Street `L8
Great pic's Joe! Always wondered about the terrace in front of those houses in Corn st.,and why they were built like that?
Great pictures Joe
Mossy
or just bedrock
..or the slope of the land. Google Earth says the Yates St. is around 5 ft lower than Corn St. immediately behind the building shown.
This google street view shows the slope at the end of the street opposite the church -
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The terrace is just part of cut and fill...
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This is from the other end, from 2 years ago
I can see the reason for the terracing,but when you consider the steepness of the streets in Netherfield rd,etc? Is it just a different technique?
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A view from Sandhills Station,football pitches cover some old streets,Aspinall.Rockingham,Flinders and Lathom St. The white building is the old Grosvenor cinema now a Funeral Directors,alongside is the old U A B(Social security) building.
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Red brick building on the left is the old British American tobacco factory now apartments,the heights on Netherfield look as if they are having a makeover.
Whenever I stand on Sandhills station my mind always wanders back to my childhood days as we never travelled more than 2 miles from the area till we started working.
Good pics as per usual GD. :handclap: