Yes, the original chapel was demolished, although there is a smaller one there now that was built later.
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Yes, the original chapel was demolished, although there is a smaller one there now that was built later.
For a number of years and until quite recently, I have sent postcards, to a young handicapped person in Liverpool, from the various locals I have visited on my travels. That person has since moved on to other hobbies and, suprisingly, sold the postcards for a handy sum of money. So it would seem that the hobby of postcard collecting can be financialy rewarding aswell as a very enjoyable past time.
95 High Street, Wavertree.
It was built about 1860, and was 6 feet wide and 14 feet from back to front.
It was occupied until 1925 and then stood empty until 1952 when it was incorporated into the "Cock & Bottle".
This card was posted in 1909.
Thanks, Philip. I will have to have a look out for this card on ebay.Quote:
Originally Posted by PhilipG
Chris
Newsham General had a main entrance on Belmont rd. There was a side entrance on Richmond park and the ambulance depot was on Lower Breck rd and is still the depot for paramedics.
The hospital was demolished 1980s (I might have some photos - I'll have a root for them). There are two old age homes on the site now. and also a doctors and a pharmacy. There are a few new houses on the site where the convant was next to the hospital (Little Sisters of the poor).
This card was posted in 1914, and the view is from the Liver Building.
If anybody has access to the Liver Building, a shot taken today would be fantastic.
Note New Brighton Tower.
For about 20 years it was the tallest structure in the UK.
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~dstewart/tower.htm
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95 High Street, Wavertree.
That's fascinating Philip. I don't think I'd have recognised that view if you hadn't said it was from the Liver. What's that building down on the right hand corner ?? It looks similar to the Pier Masters house on the Albert Dock.
I suppose it would have been something like that.
John, I've mentioned this before on another forum, but I was there too. I was with my Mum and our Colin who was still being pushed in a buggy. We were going home to Hughes St after visiting Newsham Park. My Mum stopped to chat to a friend, on the other side West Derby Road from The Belmont pub. As they were chatting, I saw smoke coming from the roof of St Margaret's. A short time later, I saw the flames. It was one hell of a blaze!Quote:
Originally Posted by Waterways
The two demolished warehouses at East Waterloo Dock are seen. All they have to do was build apartments identical to them. Steel frame and then clad in identical brick. Cheap to make maximising the site potential as lots of apartments are created. Too easy isn't it?Quote:
Originally Posted by PhilipG
The old accumulator tower at the Half-Tide Dock can be seen. The passage to Georges Dock is converted to a small graving dock.
Cracking postcard Phil.Quote:
Originally Posted by PhilipG
As requested:PDT_Piratz_26:
http://www.liverpoolpictorial.com/livermay.jpg
Cracking picture!
Wasn't this the site of the Large Objects Museum at one point? I remember going as a kid in the 80's and LOVED it.
Anyone else remember it too? any pics???
Yes, I remember the large objects museum being there. Only now that you reminded me tho' :)
It was always a bit confusing ... Newsham General being on Belmont rd but having the same name as the actual park !Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisGeorge
The place alongside of the park was called 'Park Hospital' I think .. if I'm not mistaken. In latter years it has been some kind of clinic.
With regards to Princess Dock / Pier Head area: Here's a couple of 80's photos from my collection
More please!Quote:
Originally Posted by 5th beatle
Thanks:PDT_Aliboronz_24:
Wonderful photo, dave.
Thank you.
Great to see the other photos.
Lindylou.
I've checked old maps and the Customs Depot, Receiving House and the Marine Surveyor's Office were all in that area.
Great picturesQuote:
Originally Posted by Jona76
"Real photographic" are always better than the printed colour ones.
Just noticed the dry dock in the same area.Quote:
Originally Posted by PhilipG
Princes Dock in the 80s taken By Nancy O
Great to be able to compare the two pics of the northern docks. Thanks, Guys!!
here's the last of them. I'm sure there's more though on flickr & fotopic. Also try mersey-gateway.org
Whilst I'm here. I'm looking for any old photos of Queens Square, preferably just after the Roe Street expansion when they put in the 'bubble' bus stops. I have some from 1976 but would appreciate it if any of the readers had more
cheers
Some excellent images posted here, :PDT_Piratz_26:
brilliant photos!
Here's 2 snaps from 1982 and 1983.Quote:
Originally Posted by 5th beatle
It was said to be "The Longest Bus Shelter in the World". :eek:
Here's a few more of the 'gyratory'
superb photos. more would be most welcome
Those bus piccies clearly indicate of how to screw up a city centre.Quote:
Originally Posted by ayjaykay
one of the gyratory photos shows the remnants of the buildings around queens square. correct me if i'm wrong but wasn't the open eye gallery located down towards the start of the bus stops? (on the 4th photo i think)
Yes, you're right. The Open Eye was there before it moved to Wood Street. I've got another photo that clearly shows the old Open Eye. I'll try to find it.Quote:
Originally Posted by 5th beatle
EDIT: found it...
And here are a few more. The black and white one is from September 1985. The 4th one shows the Open Eye again, after the building next door had been demolished.
Hi all
I love the pic of all the green doubledeckers all lined up. Brings back a lot of memories.
http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/att...9&d=1165570299
Let me clarify, though, do you still have green buses in Liverpool, or are they now all different colors, as I thought I saw on one of my recent trips?
Chris
There are now 2 main companies running buses in Liverpool: Arriva and Stagecoach. The Arriva buses are a turquoise and cream colour, but not the same as the MPTE/Merseybus colours.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisGeorge
Those bus piccies clearly indicate of how to screw up a city centre.
True.
Unfortunately, just one of many eg: Clayton Square, Mount Pleasent, Canning Place.
There was no need for the whole of Queens Square to be consigned to wasteland. It was just a road widening scheme which I accept but they could have kept and spruced up many of the buildings instead of knocking them down and having the area lying idle for nearly 20 years. Imagine it today full of bars and restaurants (which it is now but hardly quaint)
A good aerial view of post-war Liverpool.
I've dated this as about 1949.
Hi Philip
A great post-World War II aerial view, Philip. Your dating to circa 1949 appears about right to me. Possibly Waterways or someone could confirm that the date of around 1949 seems right. You can certainly see the bombed-out areas, including the Customs House and the area around the Victoria Monument and the look of the landing stage also appears as it would have, I think, in the decade after the war.
Chris
The Customs House was demolished in 1948, but the photo still shows the cellars.Quote:
Originally Posted by PhilipG
Yes, understood, that's how I remember the Customs House from my childhood; I was born in 1948.Quote:
Originally Posted by PhilipG
Chris
It is just me or whenever I get a bus now and I see a double decker, I'm like a kid going straight to the top deck to get the best view over all the high rise walls that you don't normally see over in a car!:rolleyes: :)
Hi Jona76Quote:
Originally Posted by Jona76
As a little lad, I used to love to be on the top deck in the front seat. I would get endless enjoyment looking at everything from that vantage point. That is, until in later years I'd ride up there with my Grandad and he'd talk about all the people around us -- I trait that my 86-year-old mother is also developing! I used to feel like crawling under the seat listening to my Grandad's observations and hoping the people in question wouldn't hear!
Chris