1950s flats and maisonettes.

[robbo176]

Mandy,when you lived in the Radcliffe Estate, did you have a sister or relative called Titch Roberts who hung around with a girl called Shields from Jenkinson Street - this would have been about 1976/77 when our classmate Gerard McCarthy lived there?

Hi Ged my surname is Robinson & we lived in Westbourne Way on the Raddy we only lived there for about a year 1982/3 until that house went on fire on Bonfire night

[Ged]

Ahh ok. So it wasn't your sis or anything whose a rse I used to grab then run away.

Some more flats in the Boundary street area from the train.

[theninesisters]

A view of Smithdown Lane from the Paddington end - looking towards the Stable Yard on the left and the lack of Police station on the right. Flats in the distance were on Smithdown Lane past Grinfield Street.

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[Sloyne]

A view of Smithdown Lane from the Paddington end - looking towards the Stable Yard on the left and the lack of Police station on the right. Flats in the distance were on Smithdown Lane past Grinfield Street.

Source LCC

The flats "Tennies" were named Sidney Gardens. I have (somewhere) pictures of thes tennies taken from Sidney House. I will try and locate them when I head north next weekend.

[Ged]

Thanks Jona and Sloyne. Those tennies are also in Ainscough's Liverpool book. Sidney Place and back Sidney Place. I'll look forward to seeing those pics.

[mike delamar]

took these pics today, of maisonettes in garston/allerton, these look identical to the ones i am building, although the front entrance seems moderner, i dont think it would have had the front door like this, and also the more modern double glazing, would love to see some pics of this style from the fifties, would also like to know the door/window arrangement on the rear,










cheers

mike

[theninesisters]

These used to be situated on Childwall Valley Road, just past the bridge on the right hand side down from the Fiveways. A 1960's build, gladly they were demolished last year!!

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[Kev]

Excellent pics everyone

[Ged]

Mike, they are new security doors with buzzers, the old entrances were just open 'square'archways (if there's such a thing) but you'll be my meaning by looking at these on Bevington Hill off Scotland Road, below.

Also scroll down on my website to see front, side and rear views of Gerard Close from 1952 in their newly opened state.

[Ged]

I took these yesterday when I was in the area anyway.

The only set of maisonettes left in Boundary Street L5. This street was once lined with them. This section is from Vauxhall Road to Stanley Road.

The next set of flats still going strong are on Carver Street, L3. Taken from Islington.

Grosvenor Street just prior to demolition, one block resembles Hitchcock's 'The Birds'.

Finally Great Crosshall Street which has these flats on either side facing each other. Another block existed here but was demolished in the 60s after only a decade to make way for the flyover.

[Ged]

A fine example of the Council's policy in the 90s to convert some of the aforementioned flats into houses. These are on Green Street L5 and others in the area exist on Blenheim and Tatlock Street. The open entrance had to be bricked up and the internal stairwell and landings removed and new rooms made so quite a job really.

[mike delamar]

that pic in the 60s ged is absolutley fantastic, love the road vehicles

reason i need to know the doors is ive made a start on the front



so the doors will be on the inside then?

the pic of the house, i had a feeling the ones in smithdown lane had been converted as they are in the exact same spots




mike

[chippie]

The house I grew up in during the 60s was dark and dingy. It was a two up, two down terraced midden off Breck Road. The only light we had at night was a gaslamp in the ceiling. We had a candle each in the upstairs bedrooms, bare boards on the floor and distemper on the walls and ceilings. There was no door on the outside toilet and when you went, three households could see you. The windows at the back of the house were dirty and broken. The last time a window cleaner saw those windows, there was a dictator instead of a royal in London. We ate when there was money in the house, which was not very often and my staple diet was stale bread and dripping or jam if someone got a wage packet. Before I moved in there, my gran had a husband and brought up eight kids in there years before. I applaud that woman and hope she is in a far better place than the hovel that she was forced to inhabit back in the good old days.

[Ged]

Boundary Street, now new housing. Just the other side of the bridge is now the big tai pan chinese restaurant. This area was desolate for quite some time.

The rear of the flats shown in post No.1

[Gerard]

Ged Lad..what No's the Torr St one.