Birkenhead & The River Streets

[Ross08]

One of the most deprived areas in the country, the River Streets in the Birkenhead Docklands...



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...



Below, one house remains in Ilchester Road. The occupant has been fighting to save his home from demolition.



Vast numbers of houses in the area have already been knocked down.





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'.


Here we see one of the local pubs - the New Dock - which, along with the adjoining tenement block, now awaits demolition.



A number of other Birkenhead pubs have also closed in recent times...





More photos soon...