Hi Edwardo,
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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.
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