Old Photos Of Where You Live

[LEONARD]

….found this pic of Houghton St (1949) and the ‘dog leg’ turn in the original is consistent with this as is the shape of some of the buildings on the right. Not a definitive answer;

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….and this of Clayton Sq, 1947;

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Notice white telephone box, before they changed to red.

I seem to remember an ice storage building around there, could be wrong.

 

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[Joey66]

The old iconic Pier Head -

 

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….1908, buildings on the right are largely unchanged;

 

[Blue Piper]

The Guardian has a nice few phtos in it .

Merry across the Mersey: Tom Wood’s visions of Liverpool – in pictures

From buzzing match days at Anfield to couples snogging during nights out on the Wirral, a new retrospective of Tom Wood’s work highlights his bond with the city

www.theguardian.com

 

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And here.

Mersey paradise: a tour through retro Liverpool – in pictures

Tom Wood spent decades photographing the pubs, clubs and bus rides of Liverpool – and the people who inhabited them. His new book paints an affectionate portrait of his adopted home town

www.theguardian.com

 

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….Liverpool Landing Stage;

 

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….1890/2023;

 

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….I remember Derek Guyler playing his washboard:

 

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….could actually see St John’s Beacon rising from the front of my house in Everton;