Old Photos Of Where You Live

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….Pluto St, Kirkdale;

 

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….Rabbit Lane, Childwall;

 

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…Society of Cruelty to Children, the building still stands on Islington near its junction with Shaw St. I wonder what life had in store for those poor kids

 

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….Bluecoat Chambers;

 

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….tram lines and cobbles I well remember on West Derby Rd, I wonder if they’re still there below the current surface;

 

[Bryan+]

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My very first job was right above them doors!

 

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….1960 fire at Henderson’s in Church St in which 11 people lost their lives;

 

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….Liverpool Sailors Home, Canning Place, opened 1850, closed 1969 and demolished in 1970s. Imagine a building like that now;

 

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….the bloke on the ladder, my word;

 

[degsy]

….the bloke on the ladder, my word;

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Back In the day, I've been up one of those wooden ladders, not quite that tall though.
When you're half way up is the worse part, they flex and bow like one of those wobble boards...overalls tucked in your boots time.

 

[Joey66]

Back In the day, I've been up one of those wooden ladders, not quite that tall though.
When you're half way up is the worse part, they flex and bow like one of those wobble boards...overalls tucked in your boots time.

I hated going up wooden ladders.... old bloke next door used to tie two together to reah his gutters & walk them along while up there to save him coming down all the time

 

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….Commutation Row got its name from a dispute its residents had with the Inland Revinue. In 1696 tax was paid on the number of window panes a house had, so the residents here made their windows bigger with fewer panes. The dispute was resolved with an agreement called ‘commutation’;