Unseen Liverpool

[Sirob]

Booking Hall, Liverpool Central, July 1971
My car, Bedford Road, Walton, August 1971
English Electric, Netherton, works shunter, July 1976
Another view of Exchange Station, 9 April 1977
Boundary Street, Kirkdale, 1983

[ChrisO]

Those 3 pictures of Exchange Station a page back. In the one with the Class 08 shunter, is the building in the background the David Lewis Hospital?

[Sirob]

I think that it is the David Lewis Hospital, I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong!

Down on the docks; a Mr. R. C. Riley, who normally photographed BR, strayed on 11 April 1959 and took these super pics!

Fireless No 43 at the oil dock
Avonside No 26 at Princes Dock
Avonside No 7 and Hunslet No 31 at Huskisson Dock (2)
In Canada Dock goods yard, 51537, the last L&Y 0-6-0T was extant

[Sirob]

Some more;

Birkenhead Woodside, March 1967
Liverpool Exchange with 45312, 1966 (J. Corkill)
Edge Hill Shed with 45156 groomed for a railtour, 20 April 1968 (J. Corkhill)
-And four months later on the scrap line at Lostock Hall
Lime Street Station, 45110 starts the last BR steam train, 11 August 1968

[tony_dk@hotmail.com]

Sirob
Can I come and live with you and drool over all these old photographic gems? The wife and 4 kids will have to stay here in Denmark.!
Please tell us you have thousands more to come because you are making a lot of people very happy with the effort you are putting in, 15000 views now!
please please keep up the great work
Tony

[taffy]

In the 1960s no one thought of using a station as a basketball or concert arena. The best location was Central Station, with its own underground station beneath. Imagine that as a concert arena. The city has done some really stupid things.

.

Agreed. Didn't they do similar in Manchester, converting their Central Station into an exhibtion hall.

[merseywail]

A few shots of steam at Port Sunlight, at the vintage rail and public transport weekend. this was held from April 30 to May 2nd 1988

[Sirob]

Tony, your kind words are much appreciated. What started as a month long mission to share and thus preserve a few pics has turned into an nightly ritual! Yes, there are a lot more to come, but there may be gaps between postings as I don't always have time to scan and restore what are often badly damaged negs or prints. You would become a hermit if you lived with us, drooling over my archives!!!

Class 2 Bedford Road Primary School, 1961
Arnot Street School, Walton, 1924
Coopers, Church Street, Trex promotion, 1932 (J & J Bibby)
Lybro factory, Mount Vernon, 1982
Bibbys, Dundee Street, 1932 (J & J Bibby)

[Sirob]

Knotty Ash Station in 1961
And again in 1981 (both N. Daley)
Chatsworth Street Cutting, Moorish Arch foundations dig, 1978 (Merseyside County Museums)
Lime Street Station, 44933 on empty stock, 5 August 1967 (M. Yardley)

[Sirob]

Huskisson Goods Yard, 47487 with LUPTS Special 13 June 1964 (I. G. Holt)
Princes Dock Bridge, with train for Riverside Station, 1950
Runcorn-Widnes rail bridge with Deltic, Transporter in background, no date
Liverpool Central Station in 1953
Mersey Docks & Harbour Board No 11, Demolition contractors loco on Overhead in the background, 1957 (D. Trevor Rowe)

[John(Zappa)]

Wonderful pics once again Sirob

[5th beatle]

Great photos.

I was wondering if you have any of the interior of Lime St dating from the 60/70/80's ?

[Sirob]

Lime Street Station, AL6 3171 at the buffers, June 1966
Gwladys Street, Walton, towards the "Tin School" 1957
" New Liverpool Housing" location unknown, 1956 brick promotion leaflet
Southport loco shed "Steamport" 1970's

[John(Zappa)]

Brilliant pics once again.Ahh the memories of a three wheeler

[Ged]

Hiya Keith. The new Liverpool housing pic is of Queen Anne Street and part of the 4 squares tenement development off Soho Street.

Great pics once again.