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    Default st james station - back of cains

    does anyone have any info or pics of this long forgotten station?



    the only info i have is that it closed around 90(!) years ago and has been left ever since

    we took this picture a couple of months back and would be fascinated if anyone could shed some more light
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    This has fascinated me ever since I was kid, we used to travel into town on the train and they would always slow right down around this area and I would wonder about what it all was down there.

    There are steps down to the railway from high above all around there.

    Any info would be appreciated.
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    The facade of the station was still intact in the 70's at the junction of Parly and Park Place.
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    hi kev

    whilst we were looking around there we noticed that the doors were completely sealed.

    there is a mechanics that backs onto the side of the station, and I wonder if they could see more from their premises?

    there are also some flats overlooking it, if only we knew someone that lived there!!


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    there was a piece about the station in the echo a few years back, but my mum threw it away before i had a chance to read it! grrr

    mums eh?

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    I have been lurking for a few days and it is absolutely fabulous what you are doing here to make people aware of their history and ancestry.
    I joined after seeing the picture of St James Station and my boyfriend saying "See those steps, I have been down those hundreds of times"
    He works on the railway and has access to the platforms and an interesting series of rooms that originally would have housed the station master and other platform staff. The rooms are located on the left of the photograph under the arched bridge (called bridge 6 on the schematic) and apparently contain general rubbish left by railway staff. He has promised to take some pictures of the rooms and surrounding area next time he is on days.
    He thinks that if there was anything interesting such as signage or documents it would have been flogged by now but he will look anyway.



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    Quote Originally Posted by floyd View Post
    I have been lurking for a few days and it is absolutely fabulous what you are doing here to make people aware of their history and ancestry.
    I joined after seeing the picture of St James Station and my boyfriend saying "See those steps, I have been down those hundreds of times"
    He works on the railway and has access to the platforms and an interesting series of rooms that originally would have housed the station master and other platform staff. The rooms are located on the left of the photograph under the arched bridge (called bridge 6 on the schematic) and apparently contain general rubbish left by railway staff. He has promised to take some pictures of the rooms and surrounding area next time he is on days.
    He thinks that if there was anything interesting such as signage or documents it would have been flogged by now but he will look anyway.




    wow!!!!!!!!!!

    thats monumental!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    thats what i love about this forum! there is always someone who has some valuable info to share with everyone

    thanks again

    would love to see some pics!


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    I'm not an authority on Railways, but I've got some notes in my "Annals".

    The stations at St Michael's, Otterspool and Mersey Road (now Aigburth) opened in 1864.
    (I've no info on the others as far as Garston).

    Central Station and St James' Station opened in 1874, but I don't know where the trains terminated in the previous 10 years.
    It was said that St James Station was built for the congregation of St James Church, (which is just over the road), but that could be an urban myth.

    St James closed in 1916 and Otterspool closed in 1951.

    I think there was/is a book that tried to have photos of all Liverpool's stations.
    Central Library should know.

    This scan is from the OS map of 1890.
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    fascinating philip.
    any idea what that book would be called and how old it is?

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    Look for 'LIVERPOOL ST. JAMES' on this site for some info:
    http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/

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    Quote Originally Posted by marky View Post
    Look for 'LIVERPOOL ST. JAMES' on this site for some info:
    http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/
    Direct link: http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/s...es/index.shtml

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    yeah thats a good site, seen that before.
    They do some mad things thosE Sub Britannica people!
    I bet Jona is a member!

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    Quote Originally Posted by MissInformed View Post
    yeah thats a good site, seen that before.
    They do some mad things thosE Sub Britannica people!
    I bet Jona is a member!
    Hehe I'm not, but all the places in Liverpool that are 'managed' by Sub Brit, I have a very high up friend in Liverpool City Council who can get me in them.

    Sub Brit did contact me though when they heard about my underground adventures in the Air Raid Shelters next to Littlewoods on Edge Lane!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jona76 View Post
    Hehe I'm not, but all the places in Liverpool that are 'managed' by Sub Brit, I have a very high up friend in Liverpool City Council who can get me in them.

    Sub Brit did contact me though when they heard about my underground adventures in the Air Raid Shelters next to Littlewoods on Edge Lane!
    ohhh i knew you would some sort of involvement!! he he

    get me in these places too!!

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    Default Kirkdale Station Old Photos

    Anyone got or knows how to get sum old photos of kirkdale station?

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