Old Photos Of Where You Live
- Thread starter Eggs
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….could well be @Tim's tourettes, I think they were in Wavertree and had a big old chimney nearby. Have say, I don’t remember the chimney but I dare say your Dad would know;
Tim's tourettes
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….i’m sure there’s plenty from those areas on here, I’ll keep my eye out for more. I’m on a few FB groups and tend to pick them up from there but others post old pics.
Don’t do any social media though except here
….i very rarely post on FB, Mrs Eggs has a nosey on it more than me. ‘Messenger’ is a regular route for family comms. As well as here, I’m on a horse racing forum plenty but that tends to get a bit quiet after Cheltenham/Aintree before picking up again in Autumn.
I don’t judge mate … ignore me
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Is that Bessie Braddock in the second picture ?
….yep, I thought exactly the same. I’d be quite certain it is. There’s a blue plaque on a house in Zig Zag Rd, West Derby, where she once lived.
Hidden in plain sight on Hackins Hey.
Most people walk past this old ironwork without giving it a second look — but it’s a brilliant little survivor from Liverpool’s working past.
This is a teagle: a Victorian wall-mounted hoist used to lift goods from the street up to upper-floor doors.
Before modern lifts, loading bays and forklifts, buildings like this had to make every bit of city-centre space work hard. Heavy goods could be raised from carts below and hauled straight into storage rooms above.
It’s a small detail, but it tells a big story — of merchants, warehouses, insurance offices, ironwork, trade, and a city that never really stopped moving.
Once common, now rare;
Most people walk past this old ironwork without giving it a second look — but it’s a brilliant little survivor from Liverpool’s working past.
This is a teagle: a Victorian wall-mounted hoist used to lift goods from the street up to upper-floor doors.
Before modern lifts, loading bays and forklifts, buildings like this had to make every bit of city-centre space work hard. Heavy goods could be raised from carts below and hauled straight into storage rooms above.
It’s a small detail, but it tells a big story — of merchants, warehouses, insurance offices, ironwork, trade, and a city that never really stopped moving.
Once common, now rare;
…..Mere La demolition;
…..St Domingo Rd, part of my trek to Goodison from Everton in ‘60s, needless to say we never owned a car;
