Comments on: Lost Liverpool (4)

By: stan howard

stan howard — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:29:30 +0000

when i was a very young child i remember a few of these courts, one that sticks in my mind was in or near robsart street it had a big mural of king billy on a white horse on the end wall, another was on gt homer street, i think this court had an ornamental cast iron drinking water tap, these taps were in many places in the city. i also remember urinals made of very large sheets of thick slate, one was by what was the old lyric music hall off kirkdale rd near everton valley. then there were the huge houses on everton valley with very long paths and several sets of steps just to get up to them.

By: Ann

Ann — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:49:46 +0000

Hear hear!! re a living museum.Your site is a wonderful reminder of times gone by,some may look dismal, but these images hold a wealth of information especially to family historians. I was one of the many shipped out of Liverpool in the so called slum clearances of the 1970’s, sadly the old houses were replaced by newer,not so well built, and worse slums. The City councillors say it will never happen again, what then the fate of the Welsh Streets and Kensington. The ‘Dockers Umbrella’ went and they regretted tearing it down, how many more wonderful gems of the past have to go.

By: Darren White

Darren White — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:42:15 +0000

The Wash House is a similar facade to the building next to the sailor’s home. Five arched windows, with half-round windows above them.

By: Darren White

Darren White — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:36:14 +0000

The Court: the stairs on the side wall are puzzling, as there’s no room for a landing from the top thread? Just solved it. There would have been a storey at this level closing the court off, with an access tunnel, or archway beneath it.