Results 1 to 15 of 15

Thread: Sailors’ Home Interior, 1973

  1. #1
    Senior Member Colin Wilkinson's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2010
    Posts
    490
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default Sailors’ Home Interior, 1973

    In 1973, I spent the summer working in a warehouse in Manesty’s Lane, off Hanover Street. I was fortunate to grab a last view of the interior of the Sailors’ Home (see earlier post). It was a sad sight; abandoned and neglected, waiting for demolition. The building had been deemed a serious risk under the [...]



    More...

  2. #2
    Senior Member wsteve55's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    Crosby
    Posts
    2,199

    Default

    A couple of good pic's there Colin,any more, of the rooms,maybe?

  3. #3
    Keeping It Real !!!!!!!!! ItsaZappathing's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2008
    Location
    NORRIS GREEN/FAZAKERLEY
    Posts
    1,319

    Default

    Weird picture that first one the way it moves. Nice one Colin.

  4. #4
    Senior Member dazza's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    Third rock
    Posts
    1,131
    Blog Entries
    3

    Default

    Excellent Colin, the first colour pictures I've seen of the interior. It really adds another dimension to the building.

    Thanks once again for sharing.

    Daz

  5. #5
    Pablo42 pablo42's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2009
    Location
    Wallasey
    Posts
    2,650
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    Excellent Colin. Nice one.

  6. #6
    Re-member Ged's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2006
    Location
    Here, there & everywhere.
    Posts
    7,197

    Default

    Nearly like the Albany. Great pics Colin.
    www.inacityliving.piczo.com/

    Updated weekly with old and new pics.

  7. #7
    Smurf Member scouse smurf's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    Bootle
    Age
    50
    Posts
    933

    Default

    It looks like an old fashioned prison or one of them buildings u see on telly in places like Cuba

  8. #8
    Creator & Administrator Kev's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Location
    Under The Stairs >> Under The Mud.
    Posts
    7,488
    Blog Entries
    4

    Default

    wow! fantastic Colin, brings the home into colour! i've only ever seen b & w. it reminds me of the albany too
    Become A Supporter 👇


    Donate Via PayPal


    Donate


  9. #9
    Senior Member ChrisGeorge's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Location
    Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Posts
    3,590

    Default

    Excellent photos, Colin. I have left a comment on your site.

    C
    Christopher T. George
    Editor, Ripperologist
    Editor, Loch Raven Review
    http://christophertgeorge.blogspot.com/
    Chris on Flickr and on MySpace

  10. #10
    Martin hmtmaj's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2007
    Location
    Stoneycroft / Old Swan
    Posts
    851

    Default

    Just brilliant to see these Colin
    Started the Old Swan Website:

    http://oldswan.piczo.com/?cr=5

  11. #11

    Default

    Great Pic's Colin!

    Another great Iconic Building Gone, that would be Listed & Preserved If it was still standing Now!

  12. #12
    Captain Kong captain kong's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2008
    Location
    Everywhere.
    Posts
    811
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    I used to stay there in the 1950s, It was four shillings [ 20p today, ] a night for a room and Breakfast. the balconies were a work of art with the cast iron mouldings. the building was also a classic design. the lunatics who had it demolished should have been incarcerated

  13. #13
    Senior Member Samsette's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Posts
    134
    Blog Entries
    2

    Default

    I'll second that, Cap'n. I once read that those vandals considered it to be a symbol of the working man's servitude to big capital. The idiots.
    Perhaps the same clowns would have liked to see the seamans' continual victimization, so they could have another bone to chew on in the great class struggle.
    Blue Funnel sent me there to get a basic rig before heading on to the Outward Bound Sea School at Aberdovey. They had a slop chest at the back of that picture.

  14. #14
    Senior Member edwardo's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Posts
    132

    Default

    Good stuff again Colin.Do you know what all the paper work in the first photo was?NOT RECORDS I HOPE.

  15. #15
    Senior Member Colin Wilkinson's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2010
    Posts
    490
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    Hi Edwardo,

    I imagine they were records. It is amazing how many times I have talked to people who knew of important records being thrown out. In the 1970s, when the daily Post and Echo moved from Victoria Street, a director insisted that all their photographic records (glass plates going back to the nineteenth century) were to be skipped because they would only clutter up the new building in Old Hall Street. The same with the Albert Dock, St George's Hall and the Workhouse. I know individuals who have picked up ledgers, admission records etc that were being thrown out. It is said that when Cunard left the city in the 1960s, they threw out most of their passenger lists (in the Mersey I was informed - although that seems a bit unlikely). Absolute tragedy for all those tracing their family histories.

Similar Threads

  1. The Sailors Home
    By Bob Edwards in forum Bob Edwards' Liverpool Picture Book
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 07-07-2012, 12:14 PM
  2. The Sailors? Home 1860
    By Colin Wilkinson in forum Colin Wilkinson's Streets of Liverpool
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 02-03-2010, 08:31 PM

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •