Old Photos Of Where You Live

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Off topic I know, I came across this while finding the others and IMO it was too good to leave out.
A thing of Magnificence - an Art Deco masterpiece
The Mercury Train in Chicago

 

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….1910, Winter St, off Low Hill;

 

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….Rishton St;

 

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….Edge Hill School;

 

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…..demolition of Tommy Whites Gardens;

 

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…..Clayton Sq;

 

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….Central Library is such a gem of a building, I imagine lots of locals have never popped inside. This is the Hornby Library located inside;

 

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….Patmos St;

 

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….remember this stunning lamp post well from my secondary school days. Breckfield rd North/Robson St;

 

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….Patmos St;

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Is that Everton?

 

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Is that Everton?

….yep, off Northumberland Terrace.

 

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….Roe St, 1960s & now;

 

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….Toxteth Park Workhouse, built 1859;

 

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Erected: Monday 30th September 1822, London Road.

Reigning from 1760 to 1820, it is said that George III was unpopular in Liverpool, being perceived to have 'lost' America. His unpopularity was exacerbated by his alleged derangement and disappearance from public life and the appointment of his son as Prince Regent in 1811. Some medical historians have said that George III's mental instability was caused by a hereditary physical disorder called porphyria (the theory dramatised by Alan Bennett in theatre & film). A public subscription for the erection of a statue to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his accession elicited a sluggish response. The statue was finally unveiled in 1822, two years after his death and 14 years after the subscription was announced. Richard Westmacott of Mayfair was the son and father of eponymous sculptors but the only one to be knighted.

The equestrian statue of King George III in Liverpool was originally in Monument Place, London Road, unveiled in 1822 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his accession. It was created by Sir Richard Westmacott.