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Took a walk around the Bullring aka St Andrews Gardens,they look as if they have had another face lift since last time I visited. They look alright for 75 years of age

You know,Sir Thomas White gardens could have had the same work injected into the place,instead of losing some 1000 occupants? and afew measily houses thrown up in its place which amountto about 40 houses that are now a sight for sore eyes..

Great pictures GD :handclap:

Majestic GD. They were just renovated again during the students leave in the summer and ready for the new influx.

George, you're right that many more of these blocks could have been enjoying a new lease of life. What price a city centre apartment these days.

"They do look good, don't they?" Just shows what could have been done with 'most' if not all, of the old tennies!!

The Cotton Exchange building from Bixteth Street in 1963.

I have to go to a Freight Forwarding Agents here now and then to lodge papers. Yes, it's still like the olden days in some cases.

This hangs on the wall of one of the corridors.



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I'm not that familiar with the building,but it looks totally different from that angle! Was this part "added" on,at a later date,Ged?

Good time to post this picture taken last July in Memphis.

It's the floor of "the other Cotton Exchange" which is now a museum, situated on the Mississippi river front, right next to the area where the bales were taken off the boats.

The guys up the ladders are dummies (as in "one of Lewis's"), and the stuff in the foreground are display cases with large old photos on them, but this is the actual trading floor.

As you can see on the left, the futures prices from the Liverpool Cotton Exchange floor in the building above are prominently displayed. This floor closed in 1978, done in by computer trading - when did the Liverpool one stop trading cotton?

My pic from July -

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A stock picture of the outside of the building/museum - looks like very few changes from original, which was built in 1874 --

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The Liverpool building dates to 1906 and does look a little more modern.
Cotton was a major part of the growth of both cities in the 1800's, two cities built on cotton....

Hiya az_gila, the info you need's in here...http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a...380cot&cid=0#0

I've some fairly recent recollection, of some type of international, cotton trade meeting,in Liverpool! The article,in the "Echo" stated that though many thought Liverpool's cotton trade was a thing of the past, it was in fact, still quite robust,so I can only assume there is still some connection with "King Cotton",even now!?

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I've some fairly recent recollection, of some type of international, cotton trade meeting,in Liverpool! The article,in the "Echo" stated that though many thought Liverpool's cotton trade was a thing of the past, it was in fact, still quite robust,so I can only assume there is still some connection with "King Cotton",even now!?

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Sounds like it was this last week...

http://www.ccstrade.com/futures-news...ton-800090462/

International Cotton Association meetings for 2010 - Liverpool and Memphis both turn up...

http://www.ica-ltd.org/events

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It`s good to see the old art decor Co-op building in London Road in use again as a B &M store.
The upper floors have been let for student flats for some time now

Good shot. :thumbsup: I like this building.

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It`s good to see the old art decor Co-op building in London Road in use again as a B &M store.
The upper floors have been let for student flats for some time now

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Sorry to be school marmish about it, but you mean Art Deco. :002:

Can`t tell my rrrrr`s from my elbow Chris