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Liverpool (123)

January 24, 2026

Ferry on the Meresey. Liverpool 1972.

Postman on Wavertree High Street. Liverpool 2019.

Leaving the post office now. Lawrence Road. Liverpool, January 2019.

Lodge Lane. Liverpool 1978.

Ralph James protesting about TV licence fees for pensioners. Liverpool 2017.

Passing a shop window in town. Liverpool 2019.

Running across Rathbone Road. Liverpool 1970s.

Running in the Mystery park, Wavertree. Liverpool, July 2018.

Conversation outside a pub on Hanover Street. Liverpool 2019.

Passing a shop window in Waltomn. Liverpool 2019.

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Disappeared Liverpool

January 22, 2026

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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Liverpool (122)

January 20, 2026

On the 79 bus. Liverpool 2017.

On the phone at a bus stop on Church Road North. Liverpool, February 2018.

On the phone at South Parkway station. Liverpool, July 2018.

Shopping in Church Street. Liverpool 2017.

Church Street, Liverpool 2017.

The late Tony Mulhearn speaking at a rally for Liverpool Dockers, 2016.

On the phone in Lime Strteet. Liverpool, 2017.

By St Georges Hall, Liverpool 2016 — By St Georges Hall.
Liverpool 2016

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