The first of the ‘Three Graces’ on Liverpool’s waterfront was completed in 1907 when the Port of Liverpool Building, then known as the Dock Offices, opened. The final product though was far different than first envisaged, as a plan for a twenty storey skyscraper was rejected and a dome added to the chosen design late […]
NO FLIES IN LOAF OF ROYAL BAKERS
One of Liverpool’s most popular real ale pubs is the Fly in the Loaf in Hardman Street, so named as it is situated in the old Kirklands Bakery, who used that phrase as their slogan. This certainly was the case of a bakery that was renowned for its Vienna Bread and supplied members of the […]
MUNICIPAL DAMAGE
Liverpool City Council’s Municipal Building in Dale Street suffered some bomb damage in World War II, leading to the rear wall having to be rebuilt. Some 80 years earlier, a wall of the building was damaged on a much smaller scale, leading to a youth ending up in court. Designed by the Corporation Surveyor John […]
FIRE AT HEAPS MILL
There is a debate going on at present over whether a disused Victorian mill in the Baltic Triangle should be demolished to make way for new apartment blocks. If developers get their way, they will succeed where fire failed over 150 years ago. Joseph Heap first started milling rice on Park Lane in 1780, although […]
ESCAPING THE BRIDEWELL
The old Main Bridewell (opened 1859) is currently undergoing conversion to desirable student accommodation, but its past use meant that the occupants wanted to be there for as little time as possible and there were several daring escapes in days gone by. There was considerable embarrassment in 1865 when three men got out on a […]
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