Old Pictures of Liverpool

[gregs dad]

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I think it could have been in Camden St off London Rd

[Sirob]

It's the Trocadero, which became the Gaumont, Camden Street, off London Road. Closed 4 May 1974

[George]

I think it could have been in Camden St off London Rd

Yep you're right Greg,its just that I couldn't place the dark building at the side of it which put me off thinking it was london road area.
Lidl and carpark is now standing on that ground.

[The Gardens]

I always went to The Gaumont in the late 60s early 70s. It would screen the films after they had finished their run on The Odeon, and was half the price as a result. Following closure of the cinema it reopened as a snooker hall, I remember ending up in there on stag night, you could get a drink throughout the night (a rare thing in those days), and it was daylight when we emerged.

A picture from the late 60s is attached.

[gregs dad]

Our kid cleaning the keel of his fishing nobby,The Comrade on Burbobank sandbank opposite New Brighton in 1962. scanned from an old slide starting to deteriate.

[dina]

This wasn't exactly a school, but was where blind men worked weaving baskets, etc. I remember this building in use when I went past it to Cornwallis Street Baths in the late 50's and early 60's

[Ged]

Another 60 or so photos added to the post war and pre war section of my site. These being LRO offerings:

This one from 1903 shows the Liverpool/Bootle boundary on Stanley Road.






I have received around a dozen colour pics from a couple of contributors for my streets ahead page too, one lot from 1967-1970 showing bunting on the bullring for the Cathedral opening and the flyovers being built and another from the countries tallest skybar taken just recently.

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[Spike]

Nice one Ged, im off to have a look

[Ged]

Cheers Spike.

Here's one that's close to my heart as I just about remember Islington looking like this. From Fraser st on the left, these properties survived until the late 80s in a delapidated state including the white tower of Hyman's on the corner of Camden street.

On the right, the big building on the corner of Christian street is the TGWU HQ before it was demolished and rebuilt as that sandy looking building there now but I think currently undergoing demolition/renovation?

Across Islington is the Wellington pub known locally as Casson's. Rushworths was a little further down until you come to the Sessions house and the Islington/William Brown st that we all know and love as it is now.

This is another LRO pic, from 1961 but it was like this, on the right anyway until about 1970.








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[ItsaZappathing]

Cracker pics Ged.
Isn't the TGWU building a listed building now ?

[gregs dad]

And across the road from the TGWU building was Tom Regans were gentlemen of the road, if they weren`t staying in the Norton St salvation army place, went for their lunches.
As a kid I was told there were rooms over Tom`s, were for 2 old pennies you could spend the night drooped over a rope line. I think you would call it a doss house.

[Ged]

Plenty of them around wasn't there GD, sleeping over a rope pulled taut from one end of the room to the other, I can think of Champion Whates on Scottie and the Unique on Shaw st.

I don't know if that TGWU building is listed or not zappa, personally I don't mind it though I know a few people hate its design. That and the sandcastle, RSA building on Old Hall st are of their time, if we got rid of them, it'd be wiping out that period of architecture whether it be good or bad - there's worse imho.