Victoria Street, 1936

**Colin Wilkinson** · 03-01-2011

The Post Office c1900 Victoria Street is one of Liverpool’s more recent main streets. By more recent, I mean it was constructed as late as 1867/68 to connect North John Street to Manchester Street. The area had been basically an area of narrow streets with slum housing interspersed with industry (including a herring house, which must [...]

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**Oudeis** · 03-01-2011

It looks as if the first picture is not one of traffic congestion. The trucks appear to be parked, the drivers stand by their cabs (the banana truck certainly) and the other trucks' cabins are empty too.

**goldenface** · 03-01-2011

Wow! The Fruit Exchange is the name of the building next to the now Revolution and is now in danger of the upper storeys becoming a real grot spot.

The Post Office especially looks a wonderful building. It's quite interesting this part of Liverpool, didn't Stanley St have a Jewish burial ground too?