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Category Archives: Buildings
Raising a glass to ‘Frosts of Walton’
There are buildings you often pass that clearly have a history to be told. One such building is on Walton Road, Liverpool. Often that history is easy to find with no more than a few clicks on Google. However, if … Continue reading
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Tagged Buildings, Heritage, Liverpool, Liverpool History, Liverpool pubs, Liverpool1207, shopping, Walton, Wetherspoons
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Fruit Exchange, Victoria Street, Liverpool
A building that comes from a key trade in Liverpool, a building sadly in disrepair: HISTORY: No.10-16 Victoria Street was built in 1888 as a railway goods depot for the London & North Western Railway, a reminder can just about … Continue reading
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Wellington Rooms – Updated
Wellington Rooms – Mount Pleasant: 1815-16 This is another of Liverpool’s empty buildings that creates much discussion and debate, and one that holds many memories for many people. How fantastic would it be to see this gem alive once again … Continue reading
Posted in 1800 - 1849, Buildings, Liverpool, Uncategorized
Tagged architecture, At Risk Buildings, Liverpool, Liverpool Irish, Liverpool1207
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Clayton House – Little House in the Square
‘Little house in the square’ Following the time-lines of buildings or sites is often fascinating, and gives you a much greater appreciation of the surroundings we now live in. The ‘little house in the square’ certainly falls into this category, … Continue reading
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Tagged Clayton Square, Heritage, Liverpool, Liverpool1207
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New research………
The latest piece of research is now coming along nicely. And it is again about something of a Liverpool institution………..Owen Owen, Clayton Square. As ever the research is both fascinating and revealing as I learn more about not only the … Continue reading
Posted in 1900 - 1949, Buildings, Liverpool, Uncategorized
Tagged Liverpool1207, retail, shopping
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Liverpool Parish Church, Our Lady & St Nicholas
Liverpool Parish Church, Our Lady & St Nicholas We quite often hear of places being described as ‘an oasis’ within an otherwise hectic environment, and if ever this phrase was ever justified then the gardens of St Nicholas in Liverpool … Continue reading
Compton House, Church St, Liverpool – A History
“Compton House. Established 1832. Destroyed by Fire, December, 1865. Rebuilt, 1867” Liverpool has a rich heritage when it comes to retail, the names of Owen Owen, George Henry Lee, T J Hughes, Bon Marche, Henderson’s, Bunney’s, Littlewoods, and of course … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, Buildings, Liverpool, Liverpool1207, retail, shopping
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Baltic Creative and the William Smith Warehouse
Any new development in Liverpool tends to attract mixed comments, but especially when it also involves an old building; in this case the former William Smith Warehouse on Norfolk/Simpson Street At the time of writing the following Tweet in Sept 2017, you can … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, At Risk Buildings, Baltic Triangle, Heritage, Liverpool, Liverpool1207
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Wellington Rooms
Wellington Rooms – Mount Pleasant: 1815-16 This is another of Liverpool’s empty buildings that creates much discussion and debate, and one that holds many memories for many people. How fantastic would it be to see this gem alive once again … Continue reading
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A Hardman Street History 1816 – 2018
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Posted in 1800 - 1849, 1850 - 1899, Buildings, Churches
Tagged Atlantic House, Hardman House Hotel, Heritage, Liverpool, Liverpool Churches, Liverpool1207
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