Actually I do agree.
It's just that the very small terraces such as the ones in Walton where I grew up are too small you can walk in off the street, virtually stretch your arms and have the width of the front, and the backs are ugly and rat infested.
I agree that the large terraces are lovely and full of character.
Everton is a good example of an area that had its heart ripped out leaving a featureless nondescript area with a small population.
Tinsley Street - 14th August 2006
Lake Street - 14th August 2006
Lothair Road - 14th August 2006
Rockfield Road - 14th August 2006
Originally Posted by Urban
Yes, those tiny two up- two downs are far too small. My dad was born and raised in one off Goodison rd. Many of them though, are renovated, and the people have them like little palaces. But I would'nt like a house that small.
Many of the new builds are equally as small as I already said. Some of them are walk in off the street too. The ones that do have a small entrance hall are narrow enough that your shoulders almost touch the walls!
I wouldn't mind a new build if I could afford one of the big detached ones !!
We a family of 5 lived in a 2 up 2 down, outside toilet and all that lark... Today I own my own home, a 3 up 2 down terraced house...with an inside toilet... built in the 60's ..Yes, those tiny two up- two downs are far too small. My dad was born and raised in one off Goodison rd. Many of them though, are renovated, and the people have them like little palaces. But I would'nt like a house that small.
Many of the new builds are equally as small as I already said. Some of them are walk in off the street too. The ones that do have a small entrance hall are narrow enough that your shoulders almost touch the walls!
I wouldn't mind a new build if I could afford one of the big detached ones !!
Progress eh?
yes, it's amazing how big families lived in the tiny 2 bedroom terracesWe a family of 5 lived in a 2 up 2 down, outside toilet and all that lark... Today I own my own home, a 3 up 2 down terraced house...with an inside toilet... built in the 60's ..
Progress eh?
- families with 6 or even 10 kids ! No inside toilet and a tin bath !!
My dad's neighbours had 8 daughters and on Friday nights the whole family would use the same tin bath full of water !! Ha ! (ugh! ... but that's how it was in those days !) They couldn't afford to heat up refills for the bath for all of them.
Once a month we used to go to the washhouse.. remember them... you'd all share the bath.. then yer mam would throw in the washing... and we'd all struggle home with half a ton of wet washing in a borrowed pram
"Social Cleansing" Thats an awful phrase! I would hate to be a victim of such a cheap and nasty phrase!
Shame on Liverpool City Council!
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First cinema in city to be demolished
Sep 13 2006
By Nick Coligan, Liverpool Echo
THE first purpose-built cinema in Liverpool is to be bulldozed and replaced with flats.
Councillors gave the go-ahead for the demolition of the one-time Bedford Hall picture house, in Walton, despite last-ditch pleas to save it.
The cinema opened on Boxing Day, 1908, about two years before aboom in the movie industry led to a string of public theatres opening across the country.
Cinema historians claim the picture house, in Bedford Road, is of national importance because it predates that building rush.
But Liverpool city council's planning committee was told appeals to have it listed and saved for future generations have fallen on deaf ears.
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