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Images of the Week

Lime Street c1930s

This image, from a postcard posted in 1942, was probably taken from St George’s Hall plateau sometime in the 1930s […]

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Four of Liverpool’s finest rat-catchers!

Dating from the early 1900s, this photograph shows four Liverpool rat-catchers employed by the Port Sanitary Authority. What is striking […]

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Canning Half-Tide Dock

Probably taken in the late 1880s/early 1890s, this evocative photograph shows the Canning Half-Tide Dock when it was still the […]

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Japanese Tea Rooms, 8 Clayton Square

Taken on 14th February 1908, this photograph shows part of Houghton Street at its junction with Clayton Square. Left to […]

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St James Cemetery

This historic photograph was taken on 25th April 1936, no doubt to mark the fact that Liverpool Corporation had finally […]

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Hanover Street at its junction with College Lane

Hardly recognisable now, this scene at the junction of Hanover Street and College Lane was taken by a photographer from […]

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Victoria Street: Victorian with a vengeance

This street is one of the more ‘recent’ additions to the Liverpool townscape, if you can call the late 1860s […]

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Before the ‘Three Graces’

This late 19th century image shows the George’s Dock just before the end of its working life. Designed by dock […]

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Fancy That!

This animated view of Princes Park, complete with hot air balloon, celebrates the Fancy Fair that took place in the […]

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