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Harland & Wolff, Liverpool

Harland & Wolff, Head Quarters | Harland & Wolff, Engineering & Foundry It was around 1913 when Harland & Wolff Ltd, expanded their existing shipbuilding business into Liverpool. Opening a further engineering Works and foundry on Strand Road, along with…
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Brooks House, Hanover Street

Who remembers this now long lost, Hanover Street building?… The building was originally named ‘Brooks House’, 31 Hanover Street and was the former home of Joseph Brooks, a Liverpool merchant & ropemaker. The house was believed to be one of…
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Demolition of the Former ‘Garston Hotel’

The Garston Hotel was built in 1853, at the junction of St Mary’s Road, Seddon Road and Dock Road. Built alongside the former Garston Dock Station on the Cheshire Lines Committee Railway (CLC). Customers of the Garston Hotel would have…
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Aerial view of the Pillar of Hercules and the Wapping Cutting

A short video, shot with the kind permission of St Anne’s school, Edge Hill, for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Trust. The aim of which was to record and document the remains of the original ‘Pillar of Hercules’, a remnant…
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Red Star Tunnel, Liverpool Lime Street

The Red Star express parcel delivery service was launched by British Rail in April 1963. Red Star utilised the many Inter City, passenger train services that served the major cities throughout the UK. However in May 2001, Red Star ceased…
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Futurist Cinema, Lime Street

The Futurist was a lovely old Cinema that stood on Lime Street in Liverpool City Centre. Sadly the building was finally demolished in 2016, despite a campaign by Heritage Organisations to save it. The former Cinema opened its doors on…
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