Beresford Road c1890

**Colin Wilkinson** · 10-27-2010

I have quite a number of 'slum' photographs. Clearly the City Engineers had their own agenda (and did not start until 1898 at the very end of the Victorian era) which was slum clearance, insanitary housing etc. They did not necessarily want people in their photos - they were resigned to that eventuality. What I was writing about was the vogue for venturing into the slums with a hand-held camera to capture life in the raw. Which gives me an idea for my next post!

**Ged** · 10-28-2010

You're right there George. Some very heartbreaking pictures there - scary even.

**John Doh** · 11-01-2010

I too have only just seen Marky’s and Ged’s posts, but have been puzzling over that 1890 photo since I first saw it. I knew something was wrong with that description, so went down to take a look today and came back with a few pics. The shot is definitely of Mill Street at the junction with Beresford Road. The original church, which was St. Cleopas, not St Silas, was demolished a few years back and a replacement built plus a community centre and “Cleo’s Café” on the opposite side of Beresford Road. Bessemer Street is not in the picture at all, being two streets lower down, running parallel to Mill Street, joining Beresford Road opposite St. Cleopas school (also rebuilt).

Now my only question is ‘Where’s St. Silas?’ I know where St Silas primary school is – between High Park St. and Admiral St. Perhaps it too has been demolished?

Incidentally, the refurbishment of The Florence Institute, just a little way down from where the photo was taken is now well under way – will post photos later on a new Thread.

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**Colin Wilkinson** · 11-01-2010

Thanks John - and my apologies. Of course it is St Cleopas (it says so on the map). Bessemer Street is on the neg - but as you note, it is further down the street. I'm not sure where St Silas came from - but I have photos somewhere ...

**John Doh** · 11-01-2010

Here are a few more, complete with autumn foliage, just to show they do have colour now in the Dingle...

Oh, and George, there wasn't much litter around today... apart from a few eggshells that seem to have appeared inexplicably overnight...

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St. Cleopas new church, centre and café is on RHS.