Category: Change & Communities
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Crown Street Closure
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 8th June 2015 | 0 Comments
This image shows a newspaper report from 1972 detailing the final closure of Crown Street station, and the last trip through the station by driver Bill Wilson. The clipping belongs to Bill Wilson’s daughter Pat.... Read more
Categorised under: The Station & Railway Pioneers, Change & Communities
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Graham Middleton describes the impact of both wars on Edge Hill and its inhabitants
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 7th October 2014 | 0 Comments
In this piece, Graham recalls the signs of destruction which were to be found on each corner of Edge Hill. Most significant of these were the bombed hollows with its heaps of rubble and broken glass, as well as the dust-filled air. Additionally, Graham describes the lasting impact of World War I which was evinced in the physical wounds some of Edge Hill’s population carried with them. Thus, highlighting... Read more
Categorised under: Change & Communities, Social Life, The War
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Graham Middleton remembers school
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 2nd October 2014 | 0 Comments
Graham Middleton remembers going to St Catherine’s infants school, with two classrooms and reading Janet and John books until he moved with his family due to over-crowding. He remembers the conditions he endured going to the toilet outside and his mother cooking on the open fire, getting soot on the spuds during bad weather. He also remembers the thick green fog called ‘pea-soupers’.... Read more
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Fred Foley remembers working as a projectionist at the Capital cinema
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 25th July 2012 | 0 Comments
Fred Foley remembers working as a projectionist at the Capital cinema, or the ‘Cappy’, while he was still at school. He remembers the two big projection machines and how he was taught how to use it by the Chief Projectionist.... Read more
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Fred Foley remembers Edge Hill just after the war
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 25th July 2012 | 1 Comments
Fred Foley remembers a yard where war surplus was kept at the bottom of Overbury Street. He also explains how he was born on the Wirral because his family were evacuated.... Read more
Categorised under: Change & Communities, The War
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Fred Foley remembers Troughton Street
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 25th July 2012 | 1 Comments
Fred Foley remembers Troughton Street, where he lived, and growing up in the local area, including his first pint and his confusion over his religious beliefs.... Read more
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Fred Foley remembers Lovat Street
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 25th July 2012 | 1 Comments
Fred Foley remembers Ernie Hudson the milkman and the Craven Heifer pub off Lovat Street.... Read more
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Fred Foley recalls going to Edge Hill library on Lodge Lane
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 25th July 2012 | 0 Comments
Fred Foley nostagically remembers Lodge Lane and going to the library there on a Saturday morning following his weekly bath. He also highlights the importance of visiting places from your past even though you can’t go back to the way it actually was.... Read more
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Fred Foley talks about the dogs home in Wavertree
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 25th July 2012 | 0 Comments
Fred Foley remembers the local area, in particualr going to Wavertree Park and hearing the dogs barking at the dog’s home.... Read more
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Mary Connolly remembers living in Myrtle gardens and shopping on Wavertree Road
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 24th July 2012 | 4 Comments
Mary Connolly remembers living in Myrtle Gardens and shopping on Wavertree Road.... Read more
Categorised under: Change & Communities, Shops & Shopping
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Mary Connolly recalls moving to Myrtle Gardens and having electricity
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 24th July 2012 | 0 Comments
Mary Connolly recalls moving to Myrtle Gardens after living in Hope place and having electricity for the first time.... Read more
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Pamela Spencer talks about her time working at University Halls of residence, Liverpool.
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 24th July 2012 | 0 Comments
Pamela Spencer recalls her time working as Bursar at University Halls of residence, Liverpool.... Read more
Categorised under: Landmarks, Landscapes & Locomotives, Work & Industry, Change & Communities
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Liverpool University Hall Completed. Daily Post Article
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 24th July 2012 | 0 Comments
Article in Liverpool Daily Post 4th November 1927 signaling the completion of University Hall.... Read more
Categorised under: Landmarks, Landscapes & Locomotives, Change & Communities
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Liverpool University Hall 1980s
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 24th July 2012 | 0 Comments
Photograph of Liverpool University Hall in the 1980s donated by Pamela Spencer who worked there as a bursar.... Read more
Categorised under: Landmarks, Landscapes & Locomotives, Change & Communities
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Liverpool University Hall 1981
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 24th July 2012 | 0 Comments
University Hall group photograph 1980. Liverpool University Halls of Residence. Donated by Pamela Spencer who worked at Liverpool Uni halls of residence as a bursar.... Read more
Categorised under: Landmarks, Landscapes & Locomotives, Change & Communities
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Liverpool University Hall 1980
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 24th July 2012 | 0 Comments
University Hall group photograph 1980. Photograph donated by Pamela Spencer. Liverpool University Halls of Residence. Donated by Pamela Spencer who worked at University Hall.... Read more
Categorised under: Landmarks, Landscapes & Locomotives, Change & Communities
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The Shipperies pub, Durning Road
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 11th July 2012 | 0 Comments
This photograph shows The Shipperies pub located on Durning Road, Edge Hill. Photograph taken in 2009... Read more
Categorised under: Landmarks, Landscapes & Locomotives, Change & Communities, Social Life
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Fire Station, Durning Road
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 11th July 2012 | 1 Comments
Image of the abandoned fire station on Durning Road, Liverpool Taken 2008... Read more
Categorised under: The Station & Railway Pioneers, Landmarks, Landscapes & Locomotives, Work & Industry, Change & Communities
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Tiled entrance to ‘WOODSONS’ / Pam’s alterations
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 11th July 2012 | 0 Comments
This photograph shows the former entrance to ‘Woodsons’ which later became Pam’s Alterations location on the corner of Wavertree Road / Milroy Street - the store moved further along Wavertree Road and is still open today (07/2012) Photograph taken in 2008... Read more
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Royston Arms 2008
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 11th July 2012 | 0 Comments
This photograph shows The Royston Arms on Royston St, Liverpool.... Read more
Categorised under: Landmarks, Landscapes & Locomotives, Change & Communities, Social Life
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St Mary’s Church 17 August 1975
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 11th July 2012 | 0 Comments
St Mary’s Church, Edge Hill. Photograph taken on 17th August 1975... Read more
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Mount Vernon Pub 17 Aug 1975
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 11th July 2012 | 0 Comments
Photograph of Mount Vernon pub taken on 17 Aug 1975. The area surrounding the pub has changed dramatically since this was taken.... Read more
Categorised under: Landmarks, Landscapes & Locomotives, Change & Communities, Social Life
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Botanic House Hotel March 1976
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 11th July 2012 | 4 Comments
Photograph of Botanic House Hotel... Read more
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Mount Vernon Road, Aug 1975
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 11th July 2012 | 0 Comments
Photograph of Mount Vernon Road taken in Aug 1975. There is a woman crossing the road.... Read more
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Mount Vernon Road, Aug 1975
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 11th July 2012 | 0 Comments
Photograph of houses on Mount Vernon Road, Aug 1975... Read more
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Smithdown Lane, Aug 1975
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 11th July 2012 | 0 Comments
Photograph of Smithdown Lane, Liverpool. In the forefront of the photograph demolished houses can bee seen, a block of high rise flats can also be seen. Photograph taken in August 1975... Read more
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Mason Street, August 1970
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 11th July 2012 | 0 Comments
Photograph of Mason St, Edge Hill... Read more
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Congress Street, Aug 1970
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 11th July 2012 | 5 Comments
Photograph of Congress Street, Edge Hill. A store ‘G Sloane’ can be seen to the left of the image. Photograph taken in Aug 1970... Read more
Categorised under: Change & Communities, Shops & Shopping
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Angled view of street
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 16th March 2012 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Kenn Taylor. Here we see the same street, but at a 45 degree angle... Read more
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View of street - close-up
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 16th March 2012 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Kenn Taylor. The same as in “View of street”, but from close up to the wall of the building in the foreground... Read more
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Further back view of street
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 16th March 2012 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Kenn Taylor. This is the same view as in “View of street”, but from further back... Read more
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View of street
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 16th March 2012 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Kenn Taylor. Here we see a view of a local street. A pharmacy is visible. Note also the various boarded-up and shuttered buildings... Read more
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A third boarded-up street
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 16th March 2012 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Kenn Taylor. Here is a third street that has been boarded up... Read more
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Milroy Street II
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 16th March 2012 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Kenn Taylor. This is the same inage as “Milroy Street”, but the camera is slightly further to the right this time... Read more
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Milroy Street
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 16th March 2012 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Kenn Taylor. This is the corner of Milroy Street, showing an apparently abandoned shop called Pam’s Alterations... Read more
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Another boarded-up street II
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 16th March 2012 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Kenn Taylor. This is the same scene as in “Another boarded-up street”, but from a different angle... Read more
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Another boarded-up street
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 16th March 2012 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Kenn Taylor. Here we see some more boarded-up houses, but in a different street... Read more
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Boarded-up houses II
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 16th March 2012 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Kenn Taylor. This is essentially the same image as “Boarded-up houses”, but taken from a closer view... Read more
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Boarded-up houses
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 16th March 2012 | 0 Comments
One of the images donated to Metal by Kenn Taylor. This one shows the houses in a street which have been boarded up, but have not yet been demolished or regenerated.... Read more
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Terry and Sandra Williams recall more about their life growing up
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 24th February 2012 | 0 Comments
Sandra Williams mentions how she, the tallest girl in the street, would shin up the lamp post to throw the rope around its bar and create a swing, an activity that often got them into trouble with the police! Terry recalls playing ollies on the bombed site in Tunnel Road, and scrape sugar falling out of the sacks on the wagon, put it in the Ollie bags so his grandmother... Read more
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Terry and Sandra Williams mention the local parks
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 24th February 2012 | 1 Comments
Terry and Sandra Williams remember mixing up lemonade power with carbonated water in a bottle before spending the day playing in the local parks: Mystery, Wavertree Park, Botanic Park and Princes Park. They remember the air raid shelters in Botanic, and how they used to play in them: Terry mentions that they are still there, but being covered up. They would also travel to the Cast Iron Shore in Aigburth:... Read more
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Terry and Sandra Williams talk about their families
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 24th February 2012 | 0 Comments
Terry and Sandra Williams remember their families and how close-knit they were: Sandra’s grandparents lived next door to her. Sandra names her parents, William Blight and Emily McKenna, and her paternal grandparents, Jack and Sarah Blight. Terry then mentions that most of his family was born in Chatsworth Street: he would regularly see his paternal grandmother, the former Florence Smith, who lived in Oldham Street, but never knew his... Read more
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Terry and Sandra Williams recall feeding the horse that pulled the milk float!
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 24th February 2012 | 0 Comments
Terry and Sandra Williams talk more about the outdoor pub, or more accurately off licence, on the corner of Tunnel Road and Heathcote Street: Terry would regularly buy a bottle of Bulmers cider for his father, and all the bottles would be returned: they would also recycle jam jars, milk bottles and lemonade bottles. Next, they mention the bins built into the backyard walls of their houses: the rubbish would... Read more
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Terry Williams remembers how he raised the money needed to see films
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 24th February 2012 | 0 Comments
Terry Williams recalls how, in order to raise the money he needed to go to the cinema, he would collect jam jars. He would also go to the house of an old widow, Mrs. Much, and take her vegetables to market: in return, she would pay him. Sometimes, she would encourage Terry to take Guiness bottles to the outdoor pub on Tunnel Road in exchange for the deposit, which could... Read more
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Terry and Sandra Williams remember what it was like to watch films
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 24th February 2012 | 0 Comments
Terry and Sandra Williams remember how, in the Tunnel Road picture house, a member of staff would spray a perfume which the patrons thought was nice, but was in fact intended to kill the fleas! They next mention the three cinemas on Lime Street, which were so crowded that quite often, couples would have to separate when a place finally became available, so you would have one eye on the... Read more
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Terry and Sandra Williams recall the local cinemas
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 24th February 2012 | 0 Comments
Terry and Sandra Williams mention the various cinemas that existed in the area when they were growing up: the Tunnel Road picture house, the Pavilion theatre, the Magnet in Picton Road, the Cameo and the Smithdown Picture Playhouse. They mention that the Pivvy was cheaper than the more popular Tunny, but was a frightening place to be inside because you would be “in the gods” i.e. near the ceiling,... Read more
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John Marston talks about his first girlfriend, Alison Evans
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 17th February 2012 | 0 Comments
John Marston remembers his first girlfriend, Alison Evans. When they were children, they used to play at getting married, and Brenda Allen once took a photograph of them. John then mentions that he saw Alison in town recently, and that she works in the town hall... Read more
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John Marston talks more about the community in which he grew up
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 13th February 2012 | 0 Comments
John Marston recalls more details of life in the railway cottages. He mentions that he moved in 1962 to Smithdown Road, then later Childwall Valley, and the schools he attended, Webster Road (in primary school) and Earle Road Secondary Modern (both now defunct). He mentions how they were plagued by cockroaches, how they washed in tin baths (all using the same water), and how there was a tin hut where they... Read more
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John Marston recalls the railway cottages where he grew up
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 13th February 2012 | 1 Comments
John Marston talks about his early life, especially the house his house in the railway cottages. He mentions how backward they were, with no toilets or electricity. He also discloses that his grandfather, Henry Marshall Marston, worked on the railway (though John has never found out what he did), and that he had two brothers... Read more
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Mo Clougher recalls her father, Fred Wallace, a coal merchant on Tunnel Road
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 5th January 2012 | 0 Comments
Mo remembers going to work with her father who owned the coal office at 29a Tunnel Road.... Read more
Categorised under: Work & Industry, Change & Communities
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Demolition
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 7th November 2011 | 0 Comments
This page shows two streets in the Edge Hill area which have since been demolished. The first street, which stood at the top of Smithdown Lane, is unnamed, while the second street is named as Bamber Street: the large chimney seen here was used for ventilation by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway... Read more
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Before demolition
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 7th November 2011 | 0 Comments
This is a map of the Edge Hill area before demolition. Many of the streets seen in this map no longer exist... Read more
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Vera talks about the local area
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 16th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Vera recalls how she was born above the family shop, and in 1973, moved to Froggatt Way: she and Michael discuss the maisonettes there. They mention the pubs, a Welsh chapel on Webster Road, and two notorious murder cases in the area. In 1864, a Welsh chapel was built in Smithdown Lane, and it was later relocated to Webster Road, being replaced in 1924 by the Cameo Cinema. The Cameo murder occurred in... Read more
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Vera recalls her early life growing up in Bective Street
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 16th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Vera tells of how she grew up in Bective Street. Describing herself as a “pensioner teenager”, she recalls the prefabs on Spofforth Road, and discusses her education... Read more
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Brenda Allen remembers what she would do in her spare time
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 12th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Brenda Allen remembers how she would keep herself amused. She mentions stairies, visiting the seaside, and of how Mrs. Elliott would occasionally join in the games. On one occasion, Mrs. Elliott pursued and caught Roy, Brenda’s elder brother, who had been cheeky to his mother, and brought him back to the house to be clouted by Mrs. Allen... Read more
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Brenda Allen recalls the community that lived in the railway cottages
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 12th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Brenda Allen remembers the close-knit community that existed in the railway cottages. She loved hearing the sound of the wagons as she lay in bed at night, and mentions how her brothers followed in their father’s footsteps by working on the railway. She particularly remembers the big house at the end of the street, that belonged to a Mr. and Mrs. Elliott - the house contained a model railway,... Read more
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Maureen Hunt recalls how her mother was forced to move house after Chatsworth Street was demolished
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 12th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Maureen Hunt remembers that her mother was one of the last people remaining in Chatsworth Street when it was demolished in 1968 (Maureen herself had already married and moved out by then), because she was so stubborn! Her house was demolished around her while she still lived there, and so she had to go to the Packington Street pub in order to use the toilet. What was more, instead of the... Read more
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Maureen Hunt talks about how she ended up with twins after her husband’s condom burst!
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 12th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Maureen Hunt mentions her children: she had six in total, of whom five are still alive. On one occasion, she ended up having twins after her husband’s condom split! Her mother was not impressed when she found out!... Read more
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Pamela Taylor shares her memories of living in Edge Hill
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 12th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Pamela Taylor remembers her early life in Edge Hill: her family moved when she was only four years old, but her family often talked about incidents that occured while there. She also remembers watching the trains passing through the station, and begins to tell the story of a prositute who used to sit on her doorstep, “advertising her wares”. Unfortunately, at this point the batteries run out - this is... Read more
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Pat Moffat recounts moving house from Earle Road to Webb Close
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 12th September 2011 | 0 Comments
Pat Moffat recalls how she had to move from Earle Road to Webb Close. At first, she was not made welcome by the existing residents, who looked down on anyone not born in that area, and Pat herself remembers she was very upset at having to move. After six years, however, Pat cared for a neighbour who had fallen down, and relations with the rest of the estate began to... Read more
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Wavertree Road and St. Mary’s Edge Hill in 1829 by E Beattie
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th August 2011 | 0 Comments
This painting, by E Beattie, depicts Wavertree Road and St. Mary’s long before the building of Freemans. It appears to be a rural area, perhaps because the station had not yet opened: at any rate, that situation was soon to change... Read more
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The linen and woollen drapers’ cottage homes
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 19th August 2011 | 0 Comments
This photograph, taken in February 1954, shows one of the cottages supplied by Freemans to its drapers. The place looks very comfortable: note the sofas and the porcelain figurines, perhaps a sign of the increasing affluence of that period... Read more
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Rear roofs towards the Capitol cinema 2
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 15th August 2011 | 0 Comments
A lighter version of the previous photograph... Read more
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Rear roofs towards the Capitol cinema
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 15th August 2011 | 0 Comments
Another view from the rear roofs of Freemans, this time looking towads the Capitol cinema... Read more
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Rear roofs towards 3-13 Overton Street
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 15th August 2011 | 0 Comments
This is a view from the rear roofs of Freemans, looking towards 3-13 Overton Street... Read more
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Low Hill awaiting redevelopment 2
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 15th August 2011 | 0 Comments
A lighter-toned version of its sibling... Read more
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Low Hill awaiting redevelopment
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 15th August 2011 | 0 Comments
This aerial view shows Low Hill between demolition and redevelopment, in May 1970. It also depicts Boaler Street, Phythian Street and Everton Brow... Read more
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Liverpool Corporation buses
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 15th August 2011 | 0 Comments
This image is a composite of the photographs from 1959 and 1967 and Liverpool Corporation buses bearing Freemans adverts... Read more
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Edge Hill awaiting redevelopment 3
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 15th August 2011 | 0 Comments
The same image as the two previous photographs, but considerably darker in tone... Read more
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Edge Hill awaiting redevelopment 2
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 15th August 2011 | 0 Comments
A slightly darker version of the previous photograph... Read more
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Edge Hill awaiting redevelopment
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 15th August 2011 | 0 Comments
This photograph was taken in May 1970, and shows Edge Hill after a lot of it had been demolished, as evidenced by the large empty spaces. Tunnel Road, Harbord Street and Wavertree Road are all visible, with Freemans, in the latter street, clearly indicated. The Catholic Cathedral can also be seen... Read more
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Advertisement panel carried on Liverpool Corporation buses 1959
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 15th August 2011 | 0 Comments
Another Freemans advert carried on a Liverpool Corporation bus, this time in 1959... Read more
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Advertisement panel carried on Liverpool Corporation buses 1967
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 15th August 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see a Liverpool Corporation bus, in a photograph taken in 1967, sporting a Freemans advertisement. From the late nineteenth century, the Liverpool Corporation (i.e. the town council) ran Liverpool’s tramway system, after buying out the Liverpool United Tramways and Omnibus Company (formed in 1876). After the Second World War, slum clearance policies had created new towns outside the old metropolitan areas: as a result, trams came to be... Read more
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10-14 Nelson Road & 16-18 Nelson Place demolished earlier
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 15th August 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we see some other buildings later demolished: 10-14 Nelson Road and 16-18 Nelson Place. Note that large parts of the main building in this photograph are already derelict or bricked up, suggesting that the demolition process is already underway... Read more
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4-6 Nelson Road demolished earlier
Resource Type: Image | Posted on 15th August 2011 | 0 Comments
Here we have a view of the now-demolished 4-6 Nelson Road. A vintage car is parked in front of a garage, and a sign advertising petrol can be seen. Houses are visible in the background. In the 1960s and 1970s, most of the Victorian houses in Edge Hill were demolished, and many have still not been replaced, leaving many parts of the area deserted or derelict... Read more
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The McElroy brothers talk more about their family
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 1st August 2011 | 0 Comments
The McElroy brothers talk about their parents’ occupations, how Steve was frequently punished by being locked in the coal hole, and how David became his siblings’ minder at the age of 10... Read more
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The McElroys talk about the rivalry between their street and another street
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 1st August 2011 | 1 Comments
David and Steve McElroy mention the bitter rivalry between their street and another street: Steve remembers he had no friends on that street, and that the children from the two streets frequently fought each other. David admits he has no idea as to the origin of this animosity... Read more
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The McElroy brothers discuss school dinners
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 1st August 2011 | 0 Comments
David and Steve McElroy talk about school dinners, and how bad they were! However, they were mercifully spared, as they lived close to their school... Read more
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The McElroy brothers talk about moving house after their Edgeware Road home was demolished
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 29th July 2011 | 0 Comments
David and Steve McElroy remember how they had to move house following the demolition of their house in Edgeware Road, and how their mother fiercely resisted moving for a long time. David also recalls how the move caused a serious inconvenience for him in travelling to university, and how he was sent to inspect their new home (despite the attempts to Steve to claim the credit for it!) before they... Read more
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The McElroy brothers talk about their extended family
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 29th July 2011 | 1 Comments
David and Steve McElroy talk about their maternal grandmother’s house on Chatsworth Street, next to Edgeware Street where they lived with their parents. They mention their aunts and uncles, including their Uncle Billy who was noted for his smelly feet! Steve also reminisces about playing with his cousin Anne in the back entry of his grandmother’s house, in her 14-inch television set!... Read more
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Steve McElroy recalls the bonfire on his family’s last night in Edgeware Street
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 27th July 2011 | 0 Comments
Steve McElroy recalls how Edgware Street, his childhood home, was demolished under a CPO (compulsory purchase order), but his mother determinedly stayed put for as long as possible. He also rememembers how he would take furniture from derelict houses, and the massive bonfire that he and his neighbours organised on their last day... Read more
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Ray Physick mentions the poor conditions in which many people in Liverpool lived
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 22nd July 2011 | 0 Comments
Ray Physick talks about the slum conditions which many working people in Liverpool endured, conditions that helped to fuel the famous transport strike of 1911... Read more
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Roy’s sister Pat talks about the practice of “doing the steps”
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 22nd July 2011 | 0 Comments
Pat recalls how the people in her street would “do the steps” of their houses with sandstone that she and the other children collected from the station, it having crumbled off the station walls... Read more
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Roy’s sister Pat recalls how her mother was once mounted by a dog!
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 22nd July 2011 | 0 Comments
Pat describes how her mother was “doing the steps” one day when she was mounted by an Alsatian dog, which apparently mistook her for one of its own kind! Not surprisingly, she always hated Alsatians after that!... Read more
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Hazel Freeman talks about the influence of religion on her father’s philanthropic activities
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 18th July 2011 | 0 Comments
Hazel Freeman reveals how her father was a “practical Christian” (in his own words), albeit not a churchgoer, and one day, when in a long traffic queue in a tunnel, he had time to think, and came up with the idea that everybody should do something for everybody else... Read more
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Hazel Freeman recalls her first flat in Liverpool
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 18th July 2011 | 0 Comments
Hazel Freeman remembers her first flat in Liverpool, how she and her flatmates had to go outdoors to get to bed, how they slept on iron beds, how they had to cope with vermin, and how they struggled to keep up with the rent!... Read more
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Hazel Freeman gived her impression of Edge Hill station and the Edge Hill area today
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 18th July 2011 | 0 Comments
Hazel Freeman marvels at the regeneration of Edge Hill, and especially the station and its renovation by Metal... Read more
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A Telford Court resident talks about her occupation as a nurse
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 11th July 2011 | 0 Comments
Residents of Telford Court Sheltered Accommodation share their memories with the children of St Anne’s Primary school... Read more
Categorised under: Work & Industry, Change & Communities
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A Telford Court resident talks about smog
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 11th July 2011 | 0 Comments
Residents of Telford Court Sheltered Accommodation share their memories with the children of St Anne’s Primary school... Read more
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Telford Court residents interview a local school pupil
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 11th July 2011 | 0 Comments
Residents of Telford Court Sheltered Accommodation share their memories with the children of St Anne’s Primary school... Read more
Categorised under: Change & Communities, Social Life
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Telford Court residents talks about early holidays in North Wales
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 11th July 2011 | 0 Comments
Residents of Telford Court Sheltered Accommodation share their memories with the children of St Anne’s Primary school... Read more
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Hazel Freeman talks about the local community and its demolition
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 11th July 2011 | 0 Comments
Hazel Freeman reminscences about her observations of the Edge Hill community, and expresses anger over its demolition, mentioning how her father campaigned to save it... Read more
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Telford Court residents and local school pupils talk about school
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 11th July 2011 | 0 Comments
Residents of Telford Court Sheltered Accommodation share their memories with the children of St Anne’s Primary school... Read more
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Telford Court residents talks about early school days
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 11th July 2011 | 0 Comments
Residents of Telford Court Sheltered Accommodation share their memories with the children of St Anne’s Primary school... Read more
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Telford Court residents talk about the church
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 11th July 2011 | 0 Comments
Residents of Telford Court Sheltered Accommodation share their memories with the children of St Anne’s Primary school... Read more
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Telford Court residents talk about early school days and misbehaving
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 11th July 2011 | 0 Comments
Residents of Telford Court Sheltered Accommodation share their memories with the children of St Anne’s Primary school... Read more
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A Telford Court talks to local school pupils about life on Smithdown Road
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 11th July 2011 | 0 Comments
Residents of Telford Court Sheltered Accommodation share their memories with the children of St Anne’s Primary school... Read more
Categorised under: Work & Industry, Change & Communities, Shops & Shopping
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Telford Court residents and local school pupils discuss school
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 11th July 2011 | 0 Comments
Residents of Telford Court Sheltered Accommodation share their memories with the children of St Anne’s Primary school... Read more
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Telford Court residents remember early Liverpool
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 11th July 2011 | 0 Comments
Residents of Telford Court Sheltered Accommodation share their memories with the children from St Ann’s Primary school... Read more
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Telford Court residents talk about old delicacies
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 10th July 2011 | 0 Comments
Residents from Telford Court Sheltered accommodation share their memories with the school children from St Anne’s primary.... Read more
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Telford Court residents talks about their daily life growing up in the area
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 10th July 2011 | 0 Comments
Residents from Telford Court Sheltered accommodation share their memories with the school children from St Anne’s primary.... Read more
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A Telford Court resident remembers attending a “posh” school
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 10th July 2011 | 0 Comments
Residents from Telford Court Sheltered accommodation share their memories with the school children from St Anne’s primary.... Read more
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Telford Court residents remember the presents they used to receive
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 10th July 2011 | 0 Comments
Residents from Telford Court Sheltered accommodation share their memories with the school children from St Anne’s primary.... Read more
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Telford Court residents talk about using the local telephone boxes
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 10th July 2011 | 0 Comments
Residents from Telford Court Sheltered accommodation share their memories with the school children from St Anne’s primary.... Read more
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Telford Court residents recall their childhood amusements
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 10th July 2011 | 0 Comments
Residents from Telford Court Sheltered accommodation share their memories with the school children from St Anne’s primary.... Read more
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Telford Court residents talk about their sheltered accomodation
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 10th July 2011 | 0 Comments
Residents from Telford Court Sheltered accommodation share their memories with the school children from St Anne’s primary.... Read more
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Telford Court residents and St. Anne’s School children discuss how different school life once was
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 10th July 2011 | 0 Comments
Residents from Telford Court Sheltered accommodation share their memories with the school children from St Anne’s primary.... Read more
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Telford Court residents regale St. Anne’s School children with the misery of their own school days
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 10th July 2011 | 0 Comments
Residents from Telford Court Sheltered accommodation share their memories with the school children from St Anne’s primary.... Read more
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Steven Moran talks about Edge Hill Station
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 16th May 2011 | 0 Comments
Steven Moran talks at Metals Victorian Christmas Event 2010 about the heritage of the station... Read more
Categorised under: The Station & Railway Pioneers, Change & Communities
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Simon Joyce talks about the railway sidings, the football specials and the community
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 16th May 2011 | 0 Comments
Simon Joyce shares his memories of coming to Edge Hill Station with his father as a child and how big it was then with the marshelling yards. He also remembers as a young police officer meeting the football specials with fans coming into the city on match days. He also recollects the old houses and the look of the communuity and remembers an old flag factory.... Read more
Categorised under: The Station & Railway Pioneers, Work & Industry, Change & Communities
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Steven Moran talks about community
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 15th May 2011 | 0 Comments
Steven Moran discusses the changing profile and lifestyles in the Edge Hill community of today... Read more
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Steven Moran talks about life in Royston Street
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 15th May 2011 | 0 Comments
Steven Moran talks about moving back to Edge Hill in the 1980’s and buying his first home in Royston Street... Read more
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Steven Moran about his childhood Christmases
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 15th May 2011 | 0 Comments
Steven Moran shares his memories of school and christmas as a child... Read more
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Steven Moran talks about life in Halewood
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 15th May 2011 | 0 Comments
Steven Moran talks about moving to Halewood from Credworth Street in Toxteth when he was a child and the different community he found himself in.... Read more
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Steven Moran talks about the local area
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 15th May 2011 | 0 Comments
Steven Moran remembers his childhood in the Wavertree area and then moving out to the wilds of Halewood at the age of 11... Read more
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Simon Joyce talks about the look of the old community
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 15th May 2011 | 0 Comments
Simon Joyce remembers the area around Edge Hill and how it has changed.... Read more
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Local residents remember their early lives at Metal’s Victorian Christmas Event in 2010
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 15th May 2011 | 0 Comments
Shared memories of school days and more at the Metal Victorian Event 2010... Read more
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Julie, Your Place Community Warden talks about the recent changes to Edge Hill
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 15th May 2011 | 0 Comments
Julie, local community warden talks about the changes she has seen happening in the area.... Read more
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Julie, Your Place Community Warden talks about the local area
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 15th May 2011 | 0 Comments
Julie, local community warden, talks about her upbringing, her job as a warden and her love of her city at Metals Victorian Christmas Event 2011... Read more
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Lucy Halligan remembers the sadly now-demolished ice rink and associated coffee bars
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Lucy Halligan remembers the ice rink in Kensington and the coffee bars were people would meet up.... Read more
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Margeret discusses how Edge Hill has changed as a result of the regeneration process
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Margeret talks to Alicia Rose about her memories of the Edge Hill area and how it is changing through the regeneration process... Read more
Categorised under: Landmarks, Landscapes & Locomotives, Change & Communities
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Lucy Halligan criticises the fiasco that the regeneration process has become
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Lucy Halligan talks about the regeneration of the Edge Hill area and the new houses that are to replace the old terraced streets and the Victorian properties along Edge Lane. The old houses have been up for over 100yrs the new ones have an expected lifespan of 30yrs.... Read more
Categorised under: Landmarks, Landscapes & Locomotives, Change & Communities
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Lucy Halligan laments the lack of vision displayed in the regeneration of Edge Hill
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Lucy Halligan talks about the regeneration of Edge Lane and the demolition of empty houses.... Read more
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Margeret reminisces about the old community spirit
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 19th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Local resident Margaret talks about community spirit in the old days, leaving your door open, children playing in the street and everyone feeling safe... Read more
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Lucy Halligan regrets the loss of the old community spirit
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 19th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Lucy Halligan remembers the community spirit from the old terraced streets around Edge Hill... Read more
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Lucy Halligan talks about the Victorian floorboards used in the renovation of the station
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 19th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Lucy Halligan talks about using the old floorboards from the demolished Victorian houses for the revamp of Edge Hill Station.... Read more
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Lucy Halligan explains why the roads in Liverpool city centre are closed to traffic
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 19th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Lucy Halligan remembers when the 34 bus came along Jubilee Drive before the roads were blocked off.... Read more
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Liz Pascoe recalls moving into Adderly Street
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 19th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Liz Pascoe remembers moving into Adderly Street and making friends with new neighbours... Read more
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Kenny Thomas remembers his local community in Toxteth
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 19th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Kenny Thomas remembering his upbringing in Toxteth... Read more
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Frances Green talks about her local community
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 19th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Frances Green talks about growing up by Crawfords biscuit factory and the demolition of their community for the factory’s expansion which Bessie Braddock fought against... Read more
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Frances Green talks more about the local community
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 19th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Frances Green remembers hanging round the local pubs on Edge Lane as a child intrigued by what was going on inside, and the luxury of having her own bedroom.... Read more
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Frances Green remembers the now-defunct Liverpool tram service
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 19th January 2011 | 2 Comments
Frances Green talks about the last days of the Liverpool Trams, the tram sheds on Edge Lane and the excellent service they provided even on Christmas day.... Read more
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Frances Green recalls being a latchkey child
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 19th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Frances Green remembers her days as a ‘latchkey kid’ with the key hanging on a nail behind the letter box and, when the key was sometimes lost, borrowing a neighbours as all the keys would fit each others doors.... Read more
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Frances Green recalls the street parties to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 19th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Frances Green remembers the Coronation street parties and identity badges, photos of which she donated to the Liverpool Life project... Read more
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Frances Green remembers the horse that delivered bread and milk to Edge Lane
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 19th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Frances Green remembers feeding the horse who used to deliver the bread and milk from Hansons Dairy on Edge Lane.... Read more
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Frances Green remembers a neighbour who was killed in a hit and run accident
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 19th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Frances Green recalls being moved out of the area to Knotty Ash and also one of the first hit and run accidents on Edge Lane when an elderly neighbour was run over on the way home from the Wellington Pub.... Read more
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Frances Green talks about the cats in her neighbourhood when she was growing up
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 19th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Frances Green who lived at the back of Crawfords biscuit factory as a child remembers most people keeping cats when she was a child to keep the mice away, people who didn’t have cats would often ‘borrow’ a neighbours if they had a mouse problem.... Read more
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Ed Darcy Hatton remembers his early life
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 19th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Ed Darcy Hatton remembers his early years in the Edge Hill area, living in the front parlour of his grandmothers home.... Read more
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Chris Markham remembers his childhood
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 19th January 2011 | 1 Comments
Chris Markham remembers Tunnel Road from his childhood.... Read more
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Barbara Galt talks about the demolition of the local area
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 19th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Barbara Galt remembering Brae St school and St Cyprians Church where many family occasions were celebrated... Read more
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Barbara Galt recalls the community spirit of her childhood
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 19th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Barbara Galt discussing changing community spirit and remembers the days of street parties.... Read more
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Alan Hay recalls the community in which he grew up
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 19th January 2011 | 0 Comments
Alan Hay talks about the community from his childhood and days out to the beach for the whole street.... Read more
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Alan Hay recalls the railway cottages on Spekeland Road
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 19th January 2011 | 1 Comments
Alan Hay remembers the railway cottages on Spekeland Rd for the original railway workers.... Read more
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