Images of the Week

This image, from a postcard posted in 1942, was probably taken from St George’s Hall plateau sometime in the 1930s and shows how one of

Dating from the early 1900s, this photograph shows four Liverpool rat-catchers employed by the Port Sanitary Authority. What is striking is the smartness of the

Probably taken in the late 1880s/early 1890s, this evocative photograph shows the Canning Half-Tide Dock when it was still the era of the sailing ship.

Taken on 14th February 1908, this photograph shows part of Houghton Street at its junction with Clayton Square. Left to right is No.7, the Clayton

This historic photograph was taken on 25th April 1936, no doubt to mark the fact that Liverpool Corporation had finally decided to close the cemetery

Hardly recognisable now, this scene at the junction of Hanover Street and College Lane was taken by a photographer from the City Engineer and Surveyor’s

This street is one of the more ‘recent’ additions to the Liverpool townscape, if you can call the late 1860s recent. Victoria Street, (along with

This late 19th century image shows the George’s Dock just before the end of its working life. Designed by dock engineer, Henry Berry and named

This animated view of Princes Park, complete with hot air balloon, celebrates the Fancy Fair that took place in the park in August 1849. It