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Disappeared Liverpool

January 22, 2026

tags: phil maxwell, photoblog, street photography

It was in Liverpool where I first started taking photography seriously. These photographs were taken in the 1970s and early 1980s. Many of the buildings have now vanished.

Building work in progress on the Anglican Cathedral. The cranes have now disappeared. Liverpool 1974.

View through the window of a derelict house on Toxteth. Liverpool 1979.

Caryl Gardens. Liverpool 1978.

View from inside a derelict house just off Princess Avenue. Liverpool 1978.

Derelict houses and the Anglican Cathedral. Liverpool 1982.

St Michael’s School (now demolished). Liverpool 1970s.

Derelict road in Toxteth. Liverpool 1982.

View through a window. Liverpool c.1981 — View through a window in Toxteth. Liverpool 1981.

Liverpool 8, 1981 — Derelict housing in Toxteth. Liverpool 1981.

Boys on Earle Road (now completely redeveloped). Liverpool 1978.

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