Jamaica House was still there tonight, among several derelict/for sale properties. It's not surrounded by any hoardings yet.
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Jamaica House was still there tonight, among several derelict/for sale properties. It's not surrounded by any hoardings yet.
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Monday 3rd December 2007.
Last edited by A.D.W; 12-03-2007 at 02:49 PM.
I took one look at the rain and thought 'not a chance' - not the prettiest of buildings I'll grant you and probably wouldn't have noticed it if it wasn't for the press.
Hey ADW - has one of your pics, a close up of the door on the corner disappeared - where's that Tom Slemen when you need him?
It doesn't look anything like a warehouse to me, which the building next door obviously was, and the next block - with 3 storeys - are older.
Last edited by PhilipG; 12-03-2007 at 05:31 PM.
I'm really sad to hear this building is to be demolished. My interest is that I've recently thought I'd like to buy an antique clock with a Liverpool connection and noticed on websites that Morath Brothers were a leading Liverpool clockmaker and retailer for many decades - they were based in this building. If you put Morath and "clock" into Google you'll find loads of old clocks, including some splendid antiques. I think they were German brothers who imported most of their clocks. I knew they were based at 71 Dale St and recently wandered down to look at it. It's in a sorry state, as the photos show, although if you look carefully at the side wall (on Vernon St) you can still dimly see - through the plaster - a painted sign saying something like "Clock and Watchmakers etc". Imagine what it must have been like inside that building in say 1900 when it was a leading clock dealer... A bit of the city's history is about to disappear.
About a third of Jamaica House had been demolished, when I passed it this morning.
Hi Jonty
I am also sorry to hear about this demolition.
It could be that this part of town had a number of clock or watch makers at one time, as like trades often congregated in certain sections of towns in earlier centuries. John Wyke (1729-1787), who gave his name to Wyke's Court, had property where the Magistrate's Court is now located on Dale Street, and a historical marker records that fact (see below; the back of this building, the former bridewell, can be seen in one of Cadfael's shots from the tower of Municipal Buildings). Wyke, a watch and clock toolmaker in Liverpool and Prescot, was the first English manufacturer to produce an illustrated catalogue of his wares.
Chris
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