Old Photos Of Where You Live

[Lao]

I'd like a look mate, could you PM it to me, rather than bore the rest of readers

@degsy Sorry, wouldn't let me add pic in pm, sorry to bore everyone else!

 

[TommyDavo]

@degsy Sorry, wouldn't let me add pic in pm, sorry to bore everyone else!
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A friend of mine must be in that pic, born in late ‘58, so 13/14 then. Lives down South now, will send it and see if he can po k himself out

 

[Eggs]

…James St Station, opened 1886 as the terminus for the Mersey railway tunnel James St and Hamilton Square were the deepest underground railway tunnels in the world;

 

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[Lao]

A friend of mine must be in that pic, born in late ‘58, so 13/14 then. Lives down South now, will send it and see if he can po k himself out

Holly Johnson (Frankie goes to Hollywood) is on it, see if anyone can spot him!

 

[Eggs]

…..Amos St steps with The Braddocks in the background;

 

[Joey66]

 

[Joey66]

Queens Drive - the construction of it -

 

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[Nymzee]

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Where'd all the houses go? Demolished?

 

[carlos21]

Queens Drive - the construction of it -

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Nice pic there mate.

 

[Eggs]

Where'd all the houses go? Demolished?

…..yep, late 60s, early 70s virtually all of that area was demolished. We lived in a rented house in Everton but had to move out for demolition in 1971. Irony is, the estate they built on that patch was a haven for crime and only lasted 25 years.

 

[Huyton Layne]

Queens Drive - the construction of it -

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So that'd be the Fiveways? Madness to think it was just fields back then.

 

[Joey66]

The Edge Hill Archive attempts to tell the story of a place that has global significance - true liverpool would cost a fortune to replace them now ....