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    When I started this blog, my aim was to illustrate how photography had recorded Liverpool over the past 150 years. Wherever possible, I have been posting previously unseen images that add to the already large number of Liverpool photographs in circulation. My collection is obviously privately owned but I believe there is a responsibility to [...]

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    Absolute stunners, many thanks Colin.

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    Great seeing these pics for the first time, thanks Colin.
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    Hello Colin

    Just a note that I have started a thread at JTR Forums to recommend your site to persons interested in the Victorian period. Check it out at Streets of Liverpool Website. Keep up the excellent work, Colin!

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    Fantastic photos thanks for letting us see them.

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    Many thanks Chris. The more on the blog, the more pressure on me to keep it up to scratch.

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    Superb archive once again Colin. We do appreciate it. Thanks

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    Great posts Colin, likewise, I too believe in the responsibility in helping to get these great unseen images of our social history out to a wider audience.
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    Thanks for those Colin. Any info' on the fate of Old Hutte? I have a pic' showing the numbered bricks of an archway,belonging to this!Presumably,this was for future reconstruction,which didn't happen!

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    Sorry - but I have no info. I have always assumed they took it away to a landfill. I'll look into it.

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    Great them Colin. Notice how many actually had no shoes on. I remember me dad telling me he used to go to school with no shoes. That woulda been around the Second War too. Not that long ago.

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    Excellent Colin once again.

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    Hi Colin,
    heres the pic',if that's any use?! It was taken in 1961,presumably,just before they started work on Ford's.The other pic' is of the family who lived in the "Old Hutte".

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    Very good thread this, thanks Colin, also thanks to Kev for your links. Cheers!

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